TOGETHER! Gives Free Sports Physicals for Tumwater Students

Students were able to not only get a sports physical for free, but talk with health care navigators about Washington health plan options. Photo courtesy: TOGETHER!
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Tumwater School District partnered with TOGETHER! and a broad coalition of healthcare agencies around the area to provide free sports physicals for the students of Tumwater School District as part of their Back-to-Basics event series. The event’s goal is to remove barriers for low-income families wishing to participate in student athletics, as well as improving access to healthcare overall. Families also had the chance to work with a health insurance navigator from CHOICE Regional Health Network to enroll in a Washington State health plan and find a primary care physician.

Health care provider from across the area came together for the Back-to-Basics event. Photo courtesy: TOGETHER!
Health care provider from across the area came together for the Back-to-Basics event. Photo courtesy: TOGETHER!

The event took place at Tumwater Middle School and was attended by over 200 families and staffed by over 60 volunteers. Physicals were given by volunteers from Providence Medical Health & Services, Olympia Orthopaedic Associates and Surgical Associates, P.L.L.C. Dinner for the volunteers was generously donated by Bayview Thriftway and Tumwater’s Costco Warehouse.

Another Back-to-Basics event, supported by Thurston County Medical Reserve Corps and Thurston County Public Health, will provide required immunizations to any student from preschool through age 18. That event will take place at Michael T. Simmons Elementary, 1205 2nd Ave SW, on August 23 from 5 – 8 p.m.

TOGETHER! is a local nonprofit organization that engages and mobilizes families, schools and the community to advance the health, safety and success of our youth. In partnership with Tumwater School District, they support the Community Schools program, which builds networks that center support for health, development and education in the schools themselves.

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