Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics

Helping to meet the health care needs of our community

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Kindness and laughter...

A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

- Lawrence G. Lovasik

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children, to earn the approbation of honest critics; to appreciate beauty; to give of one's self, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived — that is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009 Grants & Contracts

We'd like to thank the following organizations for their grant support in 2009:

• Clallam County SHB2163
  This contract, with Clallam County, is to provide primary and behavioral health care for patients who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
   
• Clallam County Hargrove Funding
  This contract, also with Clallam County, provides behavioral health care for adults who do not meet the criteria of Peninsula Community Mental Health Center.
   
• City of Port Angeles
  The City of Port Angeles provides funding for services for adults who live within the Port Angeles city limits.
   
• Albert Haller Foundation
  The Haller Foundation was established by Clallam County pioneer Albert Haller. It gives grants to charitable organizations in Clallam County giving priority to those organizations which provide food, housing, clothing, medical care and other programs that may enhance and enrich the lives of the poor and needy of Clallam County. Haller Foundation funding is used for general operating purposes.
   
• The Benjamin N. Phillips Memorial Fund
  The BNPMF is a fund within The Seattle Foundation and it makes grants to organizations that improve the lives of Clallam County residents. BNPMF funding is used for general operating purposes.
   
• Episcopal Charities of Western Washington
  ECWW is a charitable outreach fund within the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. It funds programs that have a Christian response to a social need. ECWW funds are used for general operating purposes.

VIMO is also funded by annual partners and affiliates and donations from generous individuals and donor organizations.