EDITOR’S NOTE: There are many resources available that provide help and hope; SOS Tillamook and local partners provide information and trainings to make Tillamook County a “Suicide Safer” community. See below more…
Category: Wellness
Inventory of Thoughts: Perspective of the Person with Thoughts of Suicide
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook County Pioneer and SOS Tillamook have provided ongoing outreach and education about suicide prevention in our community through events, movie screenings, community conversations and trainings – there…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Truck Driver On the Road to Healthy Habits, Sees Results
By Michelle Jenck, Tillamook County Wellness Coordinator For a truck driver, long hours behind the wheel make it important to be alert and healthy. And there are physical demands of the job,…
REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE AND SHARE TILLAMOOK MID-COUNTY PARKS AND REC DISTRICT SURVEY – Survey closes May 15th
Tillamook County Wellness partners with local organizations seeking to improve the health and well-being of Tillamook County residents. If you reside within the Tillamook School District 9 boundaries, please take the survey…
GREAT SPEAKER AT PIONEER MUSEUM SATURDAY, APRIL 13 – “How we grow old”
Join Melissa Madenski, a former resident of South Tillamook County, as she leads the Oregon Humanities’ Conversation Project called “How We Grow Old; Stories of Aging in Oregon and Beyond.” The discussion…
Words from the Y: April is ‘Support our Y’ Month
By Kaylan Sisco, Executive Director While my recently developed call sign is “Kaylan from the Y” I am overjoyed to share that title with so many other people. More than 4,000 community…
Meal Planning 101: Scan, Plan & Cook
Thanks to a sponsorship by Tillamook County Wellness partner, Oregon Dairy & Nutrition Council, we will periodically feature articles and recipes from Judy Barbe, author, columnist and nutrition expert. As a registered…
Step It Up! Tillamook County – Walking Groups South, Central, North Available
April is “Move More” month and the first Wednesday in April – April 3rd is National Walking Day. To celebrate, we are teaming up to offer Step It Up! Wellness Walking Groups….
Don’t Fool Around! Find Out Your Diabetes Risk – Diabetes Prevention Program Intro. & Screening at Tillamook YMCA Monday April 1st
By Kelly Benson, Healthy Living Director, Tillamook County Family YMCA The Tillamook YMCA, in partnership with North Senior & Disability Services and Health Insight, provides the Diabetes Prevention Program informational one-hour orientation…
Eat, Sleep and Live for Your Optimal Health – Join us April 5 – 6
Emerging science supports the concept that “diet and food” can be used as powerful treatment interventions for multiple chronic diseases. Adventist Health Tillamook provides this seminar presentation from Dexter Shurney, MD, MBA,…