MILWAUKIE -- The Milwaukie Rotary Club has donated $4,500 to Partners for Healthy Students, a newly formed non-profit organization raising funds for a new Milwaukie High Health and Wellness Center.
A group of parents, students, school staff and community members have worked to raise funds for the school-based health center for three years according to a press release from the North Clackamas School District.
Project leader and assistant principal at Milwaukie High, Michael Ralls, said every donation helps and that the group hopes to provide every student with the care he or she needs.
"We are so grateful for this generous contribution," Ralls said. "Every contribution that comes in takes this project forward to the day when we can provide every student with easy access to needed care for physical, dental, and mental health. The end result will be increased academic achievement."
So far the project has raised $105,000 which includes grants from Clackamas County and the Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust.
Outside In is the project's medical sponsor and already provides Milwaukie High and New Urban High School students with medical services one day a week on their school campuses.