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Washington State eyes health and wellness facility

The Washington State Community College Foundation updated the college’s board of trustees during its regular meeting Monday night on the construction of a health and wellness facility in the next five years.

“We want to establish a set dollar amount for the college needs including the health and wellness center,” said Anna Rittenhouse, executive director of the foundation. “We also want to propose that we hold a combined board retreat with the board of trustees, us and someone to facilitate professional guidance.”

Rittenhouse brought this idea to the board and Trustee David Vandenberg moved to accept it.

“I move that we hire a consultant to work on this campaign,” he said. “We should have a comprehensive campaign with all of the above not individual campaigns for the health and wellness facility and college needs.”

The campaign is to raise money to build the health and wellness facility along with raising money for scholarships and needs within Washington State.

“Basically, this motion is to use up to $25,000 to engage a consultant for the timeline of the health and wellness facility before the new budget,” said Trustee John Lehman.

The concern of the other board members was whether this fit into the general budget for this fiscal year.

“We have resources in the budget that would make this possible,” said Treasurer Jess Raines. “There’s a budget specifically for strategic assignments to which this falls under so the answer is yes, we can do it.”

The motion was approved Monday.

The committee for the health and wellness facility meets once a month. Lehman and Vandenberg both serve on that committee. The Washington State Community College Foundation is responsible for contacting alumni and other donors for projects like this to benefit the student body.

“It’s not a sprint but a steady run,” said President Bradley Ebersole. “We plan to make progress soon.”

The next Board of Trustees meeting will be March 27 at 4 p.m. in the community room located on campus.

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