Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic

09/05/2025

We have a new Behavioral Health Consultant at Unify Community Health! Join us in welcoming Elaine Hart to the team!

08/26/2025

We hosted a teaching kitchen for preschoolers at Rosewood Family Health recently! These kids learned about healthy eating, how different foods affect our bodies, and made a few healthy meals of their own!

08/23/2025

Dr. Nargis Mozafari loves to be able to meet with patients potentially in need of mental health counseling in the moment, providing mental health care and reducing the stigma that is sometimes associated with it!

08/21/2025

The team at Unify Community Health Center just got bigger! Join us in welcoming Andrea Schmidt to the team!

08/15/2025

We're still celebrating our CEO Christy Trotter receiving the David B. Viet Changemaker Award from the Advocates for Community Health! Christy's advocacy for community health centers has elevated the voices of health center patients from the Pacific Northwest all the way to Capitol Hill!

08/13/2025

Dr. Don Gargas, a lifelong physician and co-founder of Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, passed away recently.

Thank you, Dr. Gargas. Your hands mended wounds. Your heart opened the hearts of many more. These walls you helped build will always echo with your compassion. Your legacy will live on in every family you touched.

Gargas, known for his work treating underserved children for decades in the Yakima Valley, died Aug. 1.

08/07/2025

We are honored to announce that Christy Trotter, CEO of Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic, has been awarded the David B. Vliet Changemaker Award by the Advocates for Community Health!

Christy has been recognized for her exceptional leadership and steadfast advocacy on behalf of the Community Health Center Program and the patients they serve.

“Christy is the embodiment of a changemaker—her vision, compassion, and tireless commitment have elevated the voices of health center patients from the Pacific Northwest to Capitol Hill,” said Amanda Pears Kelly, CEO of Advocates for Community Health.

Congratulations Christy! We are so proud of your achievements and look forward to your continued leadership in the Community Health Centers Program!

08/07/2025

Community Health Centers are on the front lines of preventing and managing chronic disease. In 2023 alone:

-3M patients received diabetes care — 70% reached A1c control
-5.7M were treated for high blood pressure — 65% achieved blood pressure control
-9M received obesity care — 72% of youth got screened and counseled on nutrition & activity That’s prevention in action.

That’s the value of Community Health Centers!

08/05/2025

For 60 years, Community Health Centers have been there for people— providing care you can count on, no matter your income or insurance.

What started in 1965 as a small program to bring healthcare to areas with limited access has grown into a powerful network that now serves nearly 34 million people at over 17,000 locations across the country.

During National Health Center Week, we’re celebrating this incredible journey and the difference CHCs continue to make for Americans every day!

08/02/2025

We are so proud of our latest group of residents who have graduated from our Sollus Northwest Family Medicine Residency. Here they are, receiving their certificates and being celebrated for their incredible accomplishments!

07/28/2025

We have a new provider at the Toppen*sh Medical-Dental Clinic! Join us in welcoming Dr. Erin Donahue to the team!

07/24/2025

Dr. Maxson shared offering a comfortable space for patients helps them to be heard and how beneficial that is for our mental health in the long run!