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  • Vashon Island residents to have COVID-19 Testing Project
    Vashon Island will have a COVID-19 Testing Project for island residents referred by a care provider. Vashon Island’s volunteer Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), in collaboration with Vashon Island Fire and Rescue, and VashonBePrepared, will open the project site on April 7, 2020, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and operate on weekdays as the availability […]

  • Local physicians recommend against establishing a COVID care center on Vashon Island
    Vashon medical professionals have recommended against establishing an on-island care center for COVID-19 patients. In a care plan issued Friday, April 3, the Vashon Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) said the island lacks what is needed for such a center, including available doctors, other health-care workers, and a facility with necessary supplies. One example: There is […]

  • Stay At Home and Eat Well
    We are in the midst of a pandemic that is putting many of our health care providers on the front line.  They are constantly exposed to huge amounts of a potentially deadly virus, often working under increasingly grueling conditions without adequate equipment. The next time you spray your kitchen counter with Lysol because a few […]

  • WSF temporarily reducing service on the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth Route
    Washington State Ferries is temporarily reducing service on the Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route beginning on Sunday, March 29 due to significant declines in ridership. The reductions are tentatively scheduled to last through April 25. In addition to the route operating on its two-boat schedule, the following daily sailings will be cancelled: 1:25 a.m. from Vashon to Fauntleroy 1:45 […]

  • Crises and Opportunities
    Well, it appears that the world turned upside down since the last issue.  I’m sure we are all amazed at how quickly and how completely things can change due to the presence of something that most of us have as yet to personally see any evidence of—a mighty civilization laid low by the tiniest and […]

  • Vashon Loop Delays Printing until April 2
    Due to distribution issues during the Coved-19 outbreak the Vashon Loop will be out in print on April 2. The website is still being updated with relevant stories. Our website remains free to use for all. If you have information or a story for the Vashon Loop please send it to editor@vashonloop.com At this time […]

  • VYFS is Continuing to Provide Essential Community Services During COVID-19 Crisis
    As the Vashon Island community faces the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vashon Youth and Family Services continues to provide vital social services to the island community. VYFS programs have adapted how they operate to both meet the need of the community and to comply with all instructions from the CDC. One of VYFS’s biggest […]

  • Local physicians explore COVID testing for Vashon residents
    The Vashon Island’s Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) has established a COVID Testing Steering Committee. The committee is exploring options for testing island residents for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Humans have no immunity and currently no medications are available. Vashon Island currently has no cases confirmed by Public Health – Seattle and King County […]

  • 2020 Spring Fix-It Café Canceled
    The Vashon Fix-It Café, dedicated to reducing waste and building community, scheduled for Saturday, March 28, 2020, from 10am to 2pm at the Vashon Eagles Club has been canceled. As Vashonites shelter in place and take on home repairs and projects check out the Fix-It Café website at http://vashonfixit.com/. There you will find a number […]

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Direct link to the Vashon School District Emergency Information – Snow/Weather Schedule changes page can be found here. http://flashalert.net/news.html?id=4288

Stay updated on most King County Schools here: Public Schools Emergency Communication System. www.schoolreport.org

South Sound and Kitsap School information can be found here: www.pugetinfo.net/

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Vashon Be Prepared – Voice of Vashon – Update

Whenever something happens that you need to know about, we’ll get it out there for you. Stay tuned, Stay warm, stay safe, and stay tuned to VoV Standing By at 1650 am on your AM radio dial.

Do you know what to do? What would you do if your home were damaged so bad you could not stay there? How would you cope with the power being out for seven days or longer? How would you help your neighbor? Making sure that not only you are ready but so will your pets. www.VashonBePrepared.org

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