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Departmental Accomplishments for December 2024!

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'Village, Tribe, Community.' Please refer to the link at the bottom of the blog for the correct pronunciation in S'Klallam. 

Please join me in reading about what our Natural Resources, Health Services, Admin, Accounting, Heronswood & HR departments have been up to for the month of November!

Natural Resources

HAVE ANY GOALS BEEN MET THIS MONTH? WHO REACHED THEM?
The Hatchery Manager and staff collected 1,144,195 total eggs during the spawning event in November! 

ARE ANY GRANTS BEING UTILIZED? WHAT FOR?
The NR department received a Native American Agriculture Fund grant for shellfish aquaculture equipment.

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THIS MONTH?
Shout out to Christina Charles for submitting our final 2025 budget information.

Health Services

HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES RECIEVED A CERTIFICATION THIS MONTH? OR COMPLETED A TRAINING? 
Nicole Harris

HAVE ANY GOALS BEEN MET THIS MONTH? WHO REACHED THEM?

Nicole received her Certification for her MA license!!!

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THIS MONTH?
Nicole Harris! Very proud of her and her contribution to the staff, patients and clinic. She is continually learning new things and will soon take on the "huge" responsibility of maintaing supplies for the clinic.

Admin

HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES RECIEVED A CERTIFICATION THIS MONTH? OR COMPLETED A TRAINING? 
Kaylee finished her first quarter at NWIC!
Tawny completed Leadership training!

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THIS MONTH?
Yes. I would love to thank Amanda, Savannah, Destiny, and Kelly for spending the weekend decorating the administration building. I also want to thank Greg and Tamara for helping also.

Accountng

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THIS MONTH?
Jaxon Cox and Merrilee Miguel

Heronswood
HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES RECEIVED A CERTIFICATION THIS MONTH? OR COMPLETED A TRAINING?
A staff member participated in the first round of leadership training presented by Paula Allen of Raving. 

ARE ANY GRANTS BEING UTILIZED? AND WHAT FOR?
Work continue with our new greenhouse operation funded by several grants and donors. 

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THIS MONTH?
Debby Purser and James Streun along with Irina Fox for spearheading a successful wreath-making event that was free for volunteers and PGST members and staff. Then it was opened for the public to purchase.

ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU COMPLETED THIS
MONTH?
James Streun with Nate Swift and Marcus McClean finished the construction of new wood tables for our use during events and other functions

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HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES RECEIVED A CERTIFICATION THIS MONTH? OR COMPLETED A TRAINING?
Kiana tested and was re certified as a Tribal Human Resources Professional. She dedicated a lot of time to online refresher learning and passed her test with flying colors!

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO ANY INDIVIDUALS THIS MONTH?
Martha, Melody, and Jenn did a great job of preparing wonderful recognition awards for our employees celebrating mile stones in their years of service and celebrating our Kloomachin winner, Sue Hanna. Sue has dedicated 40 years to PGST and was also recognized for her excellent customer service this year!

ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU COMPLETED THIS
MONTH?
Malissa coordinated a 3 day off site leadership training. The training, led by Paula Allen of Jamestown, was engaging and provided several useful tools and resources for leadership to bring back to their teams. Topics covered included personality types, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, project management and much more!

Don't forget to check back next month to read about January! Keep up the great work, PGST!

Please click here to hear the phrase in S'Klallam - it is #612 on the list.

12.06.2024 New Hires
December 2024 Háʔ nəŋ Cn Shout-Outs!
 

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