Health happens in communities, in the spaces where we come together, live, and work; where children go to school and play; and where we seek care and services.
North Sound Accountable Community of Health (North Sound ACH) is an independent nonprofit organization committed to building vibrant and healthy communities, places where all can live full lives. We convene diverse individuals and organizations to foster meaningful community-led collaboration leading to equitable well-being, fewer people suffering and struggling and more people thriving.
Recent Blog Posts
- Partner Spotlight: Lopez Food ShareComing soon to Lopez Island residents will be a Lopez Food Center, a need which was highlighted during Covid-19 response and the Stand Up for Lopez campaign. Stand Up for Lopez donors raised a total of $645,803 that went to farms, restaurants, and food businesses through June 2021, and $25,000 of the donations were for a… Read more: Partner Spotlight: Lopez Food Share
- Stronger Together, This Summer and BeyondThis past month I went to an event featuring Clyde Ford—an author, software engineer, chiropractor, psychotherapist, and boat captain (wow)—who shared stories about cruising the Inside Passage. On the surface, it was an evening about boating the Northwest waterways, but it was so much more: the history of people of color and sailing, who has… Read more: Stronger Together, This Summer and Beyond
North Sound ACH Land Acknowledgement: We begin by acknowledging, with humility, that the land where we are today, is the territory of the People of the Salish Sea. Their presence is imbued in the waterways, shorelines, valleys and mountains of the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish People – Since Time Immemorial…