Serving Those Who Have Served TCJA Reaches Out to Veterans in the Community Tri-City Junior Academy (TCJA) Home and School served up the seventh-annual Veteran's Day Breakfast bright and early on Nov. 11, 2011, for those who have served our country. With donations from several church members and a small grant from Wal-Mar... Read more
Kettle Falls Racks Up Miles for Let's Move Day When the North American Division (NAD) joined Michelle Obama's crusade against childhood obesity by setting aside Sept. 25, 2011, as Let's Move Day, the Kettle Falls (Wash.) Church joined the fight.Undaunted by occasional sprinkles, 38 participant... Read more
Destination: Rosario Researchers Converge at WWU's Marine Laboratory Walla Walla University's (WWU) Rosario Beach Marine Laboratory, Anacortes, Wash., recently hosted the Sixth North American Echinoderm Conference — a truly international event, with more than a third of the 85 participants coming from 14 different ... Read more
Adventist Health News Notes Walla Walla General Hospital Earns Top Marks from The Joint CommissionOut of more than 3,000 hospitals submitting data to The Joint Commission, Walla Walla General Hospital (WWGH) was recently recognized as one of 405 top performers on key quality... Read more
Olympia Christian School Awarded New Van The Intercity Transit board of directors recently awarded the Olympia (Wash.) Christian School (OCS) a 12-passenger van, a grant based largely on demonstrated benefit to the community.The board said they are amazed at how many acts of service OCS ... Read more
Faith in Action Northwest Christianâs Week of Prayer Features New Pastor The Northwest Christian School in Puyallup, Wash., featured Seth Pierce, new senior pastor of the adjacent Puyallup Church, as speaker for the year's first Week of Prayer, which was held at the end of September."Pastor Seth inspired the students t... Read more
Skagit Students Serve the Homeless Seventh- and eighth-grade students at Skagit Adventist Academy in Burlington, Wash., began their school year with a community outreach project on Sept. 8.The classroom of 28 students helped with the Connecting Homeless Project held at Skagit Commu... Read more
400 Teens Share Acts of Service If you drove around Kirkland, Wash., on a sunny day in mid-October, you likely would have seen nearly 400 teenagers in green t-shirts participating in acts of service in the community.Representing western Washington's junior and senior academies, ... Read more
Adventist Named Native Leader of 2011 The National Center for American Indian Enterprise and Development named Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Tribal Community chairman, Native Leader of the Year earlier this year.Cladoosby and his wife, Nina, are members of the Lummi (Wash.) Church and dr... Read more
