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September 05, 2022 Weekly Announcements

This Week

Citizens for Healthcare Access Monthly Meeting – Mon, Sept 5th
Local 20/20’s Citizens Healthcare Access Group (CHA) is a long running forum of people from the community concerned about healthcare access in Jefferson County. Discussion topics include Charity Care issues at the hospital, Legislative actions supporting local healthcare, public health issues, dental care, mental health and more. There
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Resilience Review Column – Climate Emergency: Call to Action

Here is Local 20/20’s latest Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend  Leader (thank you, PT Leader!). It is copied below. Also note that you can find Local 20/20’s summary of the recent IPCC and 4th National Climate Assessment report here.

By David Seabrook.

Two significant reports from climate researchers were recently released outlining in detail the difficult challenge … Read the rest

Resilience Review Column – More than Six Tons of Fruit Given Away

Here is Local 20/20’s latest Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend  Leader (thank you, PT Leader!). It is copied below.

By Mary Hunt

Reach. Twist. Pick. Box. Repeat.

To put that in perspective, this year’s volunteer gleaners did that to approximately 9345 plums, 2055 pears, 2784 Asian pears, and 28,014 apples… there was a whole lot of picking going … Read the rest

Resilience Review Column – Time to Prepare for a Changing Winter Climate

Here is Local 20/20’s latest Resilience Review column in the Port Townsend  Leader (thank you, PT Leader!). It is copied below.

By Cindy Jayne

After a hot, dry summer with wildfire smoke a new normal for Jefferson County, let’s consider climate change projections for our area that might affect the coming winter, and how we can prepare.

Projections from … Read the rest