Leah Leach

1 month ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Leah Leach

PORT ANGELES — The 18th annual Red, Set Go! Heart Luncheon netted a record-breaking $266,000 to benefit the Olympic Medical Center Heart Center in Sequim. Friday’s luncheon, produced by the OMC Foundation and presented by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, also drew the most participants in its history, with 390 people attending. A major donor to the event was George Brown, a longtime OMC donor who contributed $100,000 to the cause of upgrading cardiovascular ultrasound equipment.

2 months ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Leah Leach

PORT ANGELES — Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women, but it may be difficult for women to spot the signs, say those speaking at the Red, Set Go! Heart Healthy luncheon planned for Friday. Such well-known symptoms of heart attack as crushing chest pain and pain radiating down the left arm are not necessarily the way women experience this medical emergency. Women’s symptoms often are more varied and subtle than those for men. But they can be just as deadly.

Nov 29, 2024 | peninsuladailynews.com | Leah Leach

PORT ANGELES — Sherry Phillips hugged a woman who broke into tears as she talked of the tree she was decorating to honor her late father, Chris Morganroth III, who had died only the Tuesday before. “You asked me why I do this,” Phillips said over her shoulder to a reporter standing nearby. “This is why.”Many of the lavishly decorated holiday trees on display at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E.

Nov 25, 2024 | peninsuladailynews.com | Leah Leach

PORT ANGELES — The 34th annual Festival of Trees will open Wednesday night with the lighting of huge LED ornaments and renditions of “White Christmas” in English and S’Klallam. The opening ceremonies will be at 5 p.m. outside the main entrance to the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

Nov 22, 2024 | peninsuladailynews.com | Leah Leach

Recipients thank donors at hospital commissioners’ meeting By Leah Leach For Peninsula Daily NewsSaturday, November 23, 2024 1:30amNewsClallam County PORT ANGELES — Donations to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation will plump up both the OMC Pediatrics Clinic and a scholarship program that not only helps area students further their medical careers but also adds homegrown staff to the local hospital.