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                                                              • Valley Honors Staff and Volunteers at 2019 Annual Service Awards Gala

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                                                                |Date: March 29, 2019
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                                                                Valley Honors Staff and Volunteers at 2019 Annual Service Awards Gala

                                                                Valley Honors Staff and Volunteers at 2019 Annual Service Awards Gala

                                                                On March 14, 2019, more than 500 Valley team members were honored for their milestone employee anniversar ...

                                                                On March 14, 2019, more than 500 Valley team members were honored for their milestone employee anniversary years and accrued hours of volunteer service providing remarkable care for our community. A f ...

                                                                March 29, 2019
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                                                              • Have You Seen This Dog? Your Cheat Sheet to Interacting with Working Dogs

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                                                                |Date: February 19, 2019
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                                                                Have You Seen This Dog? Your Cheat Sheet to Interacting with Working Dogs

                                                                Have You Seen This Dog? Your Cheat Sheet to Interacting with Working Dogs

                                                                If you’ve ever been visited by a therapy dog during a hospital stay or even after a long and arduous work ...

                                                                If you’ve ever been visited by a therapy dog during a hospital stay or even after a long and arduous workday, you have felt the joys of pet therapy. The health benefits of therapy animals are well stu ...

                                                                February 19, 2019
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                                                              • Dinner with a Doc Expands Valley’s Homeless Outreach Efforts

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                                                                |Date: November 09, 2018
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                                                                Dinner with a Doc Expands Valley’s Homeless Outreach Efforts

                                                                Dinner with a Doc Expands Valley’s Homeless Outreach Efforts

                                                                Valley Medical Center has long supported Renton RotaCare, a free Saturday clinic for families and individ ...

                                                                Valley Medical Center has long supported Renton RotaCare, a free Saturday clinic for families and individuals who are unable to obtain health insurance but are in need of non-emergent care. Earlier th ...

                                                                November 09, 2018
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                                                              • #OfftheClock – Champion Papillons

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                                                                |Date: October 30, 2018
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                                                                #OfftheClock – Champion Papillons

                                                                #OfftheClock – Champion Papillons

                                                                By day, Debra Sweat is part of Valley’s Health Information Management team. But when she is off the clock ...

                                                                By day, Debra Sweat is part of Valley’s Health Information Management team. But when she is off the clock, Debra’s teammates are of the four-legged variety. Fifteen years ago, Debra got in to the spor ...

                                                                October 30, 2018
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                                                              • #OffTheClock – Hiking, Mud Running, Skydiving, Team Building: Meet the Adventure Junkies!

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                                                                |Date: April 25, 2018
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                                                                #OffTheClock – Hiking, Mud Running, Skydiving, Team Building: Meet the Adventure Junkies!

                                                                #OffTheClock – Hiking, Mud Running, Skydiving, Team Building: Meet the Adventure Junkies!

                                                                At Valley Medical Center, our staff embodies the mantra “work hard, play hard.” While there are many indi ...

                                                                At Valley Medical Center, our staff embodies the mantra “work hard, play hard.” While there are many individual interests (a few which have been featured on this blog) there’s also an energetic group ...

                                                                April 25, 2018
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                                                              • Valley’s Honorees Soar to New Heights at 2017 Service Awards Gala

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                                                                |Date: March 30, 2018
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                                                                Valley’s Honorees Soar to New Heights at 2017 Service Awards Gala

                                                                Valley’s Honorees Soar to New Heights at 2017 Service Awards Gala

                                                                This year's annual Service Awards Gala, held on March 15 at the Museum of Flight, honored more than 350 s ...

                                                                This year's annual Service Awards Gala, held on March 15 at the Museum of Flight, honored more than 350 staff members and 73 volunteers for milestone years and hours of service while providing remarka ...

                                                                March 30, 2018
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                                                              • Does Your Health Need a Booster? Keep Your Vaccines Up to Date

                                                                Posted by Valley Communications
                                                                |Date: August 14, 2017
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                                                                Does Your Health Need a Booster? Keep Your Vaccines Up to Date

                                                                Does Your Health Need a Booster? Keep Your Vaccines Up to Date

                                                                August is National Immunization Awareness Month! Knowing what vaccinations are recommended and at what ag ...

                                                                August is National Immunization Awareness Month! Knowing what vaccinations are recommended and at what ages is an important measure for preventive health. The charts above showcase the guidelines from ...

                                                                August 14, 2017
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                                                              • Fun, Fashionable, and Cozy — Valley’s Youngest Patients Among First in Nation to Receive Starlight Foundation’s Brave Gowns

                                                                Posted by Valley Communications
                                                                |Date: July 25, 2017
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                                                                Fun, Fashionable, and Cozy — Valley’s Youngest Patients Among First in Nation to Receive Starlight Foundation’s Brave Gowns

                                                                Fun, Fashionable, and Cozy — Valley’s Youngest Patients Among First in Nation to Receive Starlight Foundation’s Brave Gowns

                                                                Staying in the hospital is going to be more fun, fashionable and cozy for Valley’s youngest patients than ...

                                                                Staying in the hospital is going to be more fun, fashionable and cozy for Valley’s youngest patients thanks to Starlight Children’s Foundation’s generous donation of Brave Gowns, delivered with four A ...

                                                                July 25, 2017
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                                                              • #OfftheClock – From the Clinic to the Field

                                                                Posted by Valley Communications
                                                                |Date: July 18, 2017
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                                                                #OfftheClock – From the Clinic to the Field

                                                                #OfftheClock – From the Clinic to the Field

                                                                Monday through Thursday, Erin Peterson, DPT, can be found in Valley’s Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, working ...

                                                                Monday through Thursday, Erin Peterson, DPT, can be found in Valley’s Lifestyle Medicine Clinic, working with patients to develop and implement custom rehabilitation programs. But after her regular wo ...

                                                                July 18, 2017
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                                                              • Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

                                                                Posted by Valley Communications
                                                                |Date: July 18, 2017
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                                                                Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

                                                                Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

                                                                Visitors tossing coins in to the Valley fountains often “make a wish” -- but did you know that your spare ...

                                                                Visitors tossing coins in to the Valley fountains often “make a wish” -- but did you know that your spare change helps grant wishes around the hospital too? Find out what it takes for our Volunteers i ...

                                                                July 18, 2017
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