End Of Week Misc

At VAPSHCS I met Cyril, Nate and Al (whose last name I forget) at Director Taddich's office to discuss issues. I confirmed that magazine donations could resume at Stage 3 (but had to take home the ones I'd brought.) Going into the hospital required screening and they gave me a wrist band to show I'd passed.
Leigh at FEEST sent me a consent form so that the donor PCC could use the photo of us in their materials describing their charitable work. Fun! although that was in the pandemic's early days, so I think I had a bandanna mask with rubberband earholders; I hope I had my "Hold Fast" gloves too!
I attended the Lo Bono Section roundtable. I introduced myself with the billing story of Mary's case, with the moral "I wished I'd kept track of my hours better!" which got a big laugh and a long discussion of methods. Most of the meeting was discussing the LLLT sunsetting; my contribution was to describe how it might have gotten tangled up with the 2014/2015 Sections cash grab debate. I have a lot to learn on the rest of the subject, since those present felt that a skilled LLLT was a big asset at a good price. The medical profession has a spectrum of professional skills, so why not the legal profession? The problem of funding implementation is knotty. Discussion to continue since the sunsetting is a reality but the need may continue.
In the evening, several of us tried zoom gaming as a way to get together. This worked pretty well. Originally we were just practicing gaming as an exercise to liven up next week's Time Bank meeting, but it turned out almost everyone who wanted to practice couldn't make the Time Bank meeting, so we decided just to have the practice for fun. It turns out Codenames via Horsepaste works well. As when playing in person, my team won most of the time but I made a few hilarious missteps.

Front Yard Rose And Pal

Bird House Tree

High Density Bird Housing

Horse Flower

Joyful container flower garden

Little Free Library of Simple Design

House Painted To Match Little Free Library

Tiny Red Survivor House

Milk Jug Slow Watering Device

VAF meets Councilmember Lisa Herbold at Seattle VA

Friday meeting with Seattle City Council Member Lisa Herbold at VA Puget Sound Healthcare. On the left Nate Ford, on the right Cyril Miller; we showed some if the things community activism had helped bring to the facility and talked about ways local government (such as the city) might help (few recall that 15 years ago, Council Members were helpful in our campaign to repair the therapy pool and upgrade the physical therapy facility. It's time to revive the coalition only better!)

Small house extreme

At VA Puget Sound Health Care System Healing Garden

Rainy Day In The Garden

A rainy day is a good day to tend the plants in the #HealingGarden at VA Puget Sound Healthcare System. The pot in the foreground was empty so I added periwinkle that needed to be thinned from my yard anyway, an azalea from the market on 16th SW, and compost from my bin (so technically banana peels and pizza boxes passed through worm guts haha!)

July 4 Lunch with VAF at VAPSHCS

Serving now: 4th of July feast at the VA hospital with Cyril, Costco Bob and Veterans And Friends Of Puget Sound

Diane's daughter, Nate Ford, and Diane Tice

Janice and Jake

Rene and Peggy

Marvin

The Food Line

The Dessert Ladies

July 4th Picnic at Veterans' Hospital

Three of the 25 volunteers who served an Independence Day meal to in patients and staff at VA Puget Sound Health Care System today. Of course we can't show pictures of patients! The food was donated by generous local businesses and the volunteers were mostly from DAV Chapter 23 - West Seattle, Paradise of Praise Church, union members who came in on their day off, and the lead organization Veterans And Friends Of Puget Sound. Hundreds were fed!

Picnic at VA Hospital

The picnic for patients and staff at VA Puget Sound Healthcare System went really well. Area businesses donated an amazing amount of food and we volunteers had a great time serving those who served, as the saying goes!