Club examines substance misuse in city

Washougal High School students present 5 projects during town hall

Washougal High School rising senior Nethuka Hiddoga Gamage, center, flanked by rising sophomore Olivia Alvarez, left, and rising senior Joselyn Guajardo, speaks during a community town hall, presented by the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition, at Washougal High School on June 30. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal High School Ambassadors’ photovoice projects are displayed during a community town hall presented by the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition, at Washougal High School on June 30. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal High School rising sophomore Olivia Alvarez speaks during a community town hall, presented by the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition, at Washougal High School on June 30. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

From left, Washougal High School students Olivia Alvarez, Nethuka Hiddoga Gamage, Hunter Hardin and Joselyn Guajardo speak during a community town hall presented by the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition at Washougal High School on June 30. (Photos by Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal High School Ambassadors’ photovoice projects are displayed during a community town hall presented by Unite! Washougal Community Coalition at Washougal High School on June 30. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Washougal Mayor David Stuebe, left, flanked by Washougal High School rising sophomore Olivia Alvarez, speaks during a community town hall, presented by the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition at Washougal High School on June 30. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Unite! Washougal Community Coalition Director Margaret McCarthy, left, and coordinator Vitali Turlac speak during a community town hall presented by the Unite! Washougal Community Coalition at Washougal High School on June 30. (Doug Flanagan/Post-Record)

Members of Unite! Washougal Community Coalition’s Washougal High School Ambassadors club love Washougal and believe in the city’s potential but hope that local leaders and community members can come together to reduce substance abuse and other activities that they feel are damaging their cherished hometown.

Rising seniors Joselyn Guajardo, Hunter Hardin, Nethuka Hiddoga Gamage and Eduardo Gonzalez-Campos, and rising sophomore Olivia Alvarez, presented “Through the Lens: Wellness in Washougal,” a series of five photovoice projects, at a community town hall on June 30 at Washougal High’s Excelsior building.

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