PORT ANGELES — Mary Griffith, longtime parish nurse and assistant at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church of Sequim, leaves for Fiji on Sept. 4 to serve with the Peace Corps.
Griffith, instrumental in establishing a clinic at the church years ago, now will help start a new program for the Fijian Ministry of Health to reduce non-communicable diseases. She also
anticipates working at a local clinic.
anticipates working at a local clinic.
Griffith has made a commitment to serve 27 months. She stated, "This work has been a dream of mine for nearly 30 years and now is a perfect time for me to begin this new chapter of my life."
The Rev. Jack Anderson said, “She has given selflessly of herself over many years, and has been an important part of many lives through her service to this congregation. Mary will be greatly missed.”
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