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NEW Lopez Island Health Resources Directory!

We have produced a booklet named LOPEZ ISLAND Health Resources Directory. It contains contact information for medical providers, crisis hotlines, hospice, mental health resources, food programs, fitness, dentistry, senior services, and more. This will be very useful...

Fall Fundraising – 2024-2025

Fall is the time for CWMA’s traditional Membership Drive. This is our primary way to raise funds to provide essential financial support for medical facilities and equipment on Lopez Island and support of healthcare access. Thank you for your annual membership dues and...

2023 Health Matters – Summer and Fall

We continue to publish Health Matters 2.0 3 times a year. We published the Summer one in July and the Fall one in November 2023.  Summer 2023: UW Medicine Lopez Clinic focused on the Summer schedule and staffing, how they triage with patients, and information...

Health Matters Spring 2023

Health Matters Spring 2023

Welcome to our Spring 2023 Health Matters! We included a lot of information about what CWMA has accomplished over the past 50 years and what we are working on going forward to preserve medical services on Lopez Island. We hope you will join us at our annual meeting on...

Health Matters 2.0 Fall/Winter 2022

Health Matters 2.0 Fall/Winter 2022

Welcome to our Fall 2022 Health Matters! As CWMA is launching our annual membership and fund raising drive, we included a lot of information about what CWMA has accomplished over the years and what we are working on going forward. We hope you will join us as a member...

Health Matters 2.0 – Summer 2022

Health Matters 2.0 – Summer 2022

Welcome to our Summer 2022 Health Matters 2.0 Lots of things happening! CWMA purchased a new state-of-the-art X-ray machine for the clinic. This allows people to get x-rays here and not have to travel to the mainland Lopez Island Hospital District is busy working on...

Health Matters 2.0 – Spring 2022

Health Matters 2.0 – Spring 2022

Welcome to our Spring 2022 Health Matters 2.0! Read all the News! Introducing our new Lopez Island Hospital District (LIHD) Superintendant, Catherine Washburn Medical Association (CWMA) expresses its thanks to Dr. Bob Wilson for his years of service and we thank Helen...

Health Matters 2.0 – Fall 2021

Health Matters 2.0 – Fall 2021

The Fall issue of Health Matters 2.0 was mailed in mid-November to Lopez addresses. Includes Lopez Island health-related news from CWMA, Lopez Island Hospital District, Lopez Island Fire & EMS, and UW Medicine.  See Health Matters to download

Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 Health Matters 2.0

Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 Health Matters 2.0

The latest Health Matters. published in the January 14, 2020 Islands Weekly, contains a messages from the Lopez Island Hospital District, our Fire and EMS folks with a spotlight on our Paramedic team, a summary from CWMA about their maintenance, improvements, new...

Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 Health Matters 2.0

Health Matters 2.0 – Summer 2019

Here is our second joint edition of Health Matters 2.0. This is a joint publication from Catherine Washburn Medical Association (CWMA), Lopez Island Hospital District (LIHD), Lopez Island Fire & EMS (FIRE), and UW Medicine. Health Matters 2.0 Summer 2019...