From Diagnosis to Recovery: Carrie’s Story
“Cancer is like a long walk into uncertainty,” Carrie King, an Island Hospital patient, recently told us. Carrie knows this journey all too well. She had two aunts and a cousin pass away from cancer. Knowing cancer runs in her family, Carrie would schedule a routine mammogram every year for her birthday. Then the unthinkable […]
Climbing Mountains to Care for Patients
[smartslider3 slider=20] The Pastoral Care Services program and its volunteer Chaplains help Island Hospital fulfill its promise to “place your emotional and medical needs first and foremost.” When the program’s future was in jeopardy due to budgetary constraints, you rallied! Your contributions to the Island Hospital Foundation have kept the program going since 2018. Anacortes […]
Investing in the Future: John Carabba Scholarship
We are proud to award the 2019 John Carabba Scholarship to Anacortes High School Seniors Sadie Leavitt and Brenna Palmer Perry. Sadie Leavitt is attending University of Hawaii to study dentistry and business. Brenna Palmer Perry will attend the University of Hawaii at Hilo to study physical therapy. We are happy to invest in the future of these two students!
Puppy Love Benefits Patients & Staff
The Island Hospital Therapy Dog Program has been bringing PAWSitivity and PUPtacular support to patients and staff and the Anacortes School District since 2015. Why? Studies have shown there are BONE-fide health and wellness benefits of animal-assisted therapy, activities and education, including lowering one’s blood pressure. We’ll BARK to that! Currently, five registered Therapy Dog […]
Heart Attack on Commercial: How YOU Helped Bob
When Bob and Sue Turpen set out to run errands, going to Island Hospital was not on their list of stops. While driving down Commercial Avenue, between Walgreens and Safeway, the car veered into on-coming traffic. That’s when Sue noticed Bob wasn’t breathing. She quickly pulled the emergency brake to stop the car. Without her […]
Gala of Hope: Emergency Department Goes Above and Beyond
“We didn’t anticipate the heart failure,” shares Anacortes resident, Josh Maltsberger, as he remembers the summer night his baby’s life was in jeopardy. “No one in the ER appeared overwhelmed by the situation.” At just two weeks old, Baby Joanna began to show signs of distressed breathing. As her lips turned from rosy-pink to blue, […]
IHF Receives GuideStar Seal of Transparency for 2018
Island Hospital Foundation was recently recognized for our transparency with a 2019 Gold Seal on our GuideStar Nonprofit Profile! GuideStar is the world’s largest source of information on nonprofit organizations. More than 8 million visitors per year and a network of 200+ partners use GuideStar data to grow support for nonprofits. In order to get the […]
The Color of Miracles: Emergency Department Services
“I wanted to fight,” recalls Island Hospital patient, Paula Paulus, as she retells what she remembers of the day a stroke caused her to collapse in her home, alone. Paula was on the phone with Reta, a friend who lives in Canada, when she collapsed in her kitchen in October of 2018. “I don’t remember […]
Health Screenings – Was it a Pulled Muscle or Something More Serious
Local community member, Tracy, is not your typical case – but who really is? She had normal cholesterol; low blood pressure; avoided taking medications; and is a vegetarian – so it was quite a surprise when she thought she pulled a muscle and it turned out she was actually having a heart attack! Heart […]
Mental Health – Support for Students in Anacortes
Today’s youth see more of what life has to offer – both good and bad – on television, at school, in magazines, and on the internet which makes providing programs like Mental Health Intervention for youth in Anacortes schools even more important now than ever before. Mental health is an essential part of a child’s […]