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Community Leaders Applaud Hague for Dedication to Eastside Services
Elizabeth Westburg, Chair of AEA, presents Jane Hague
with the award
This summer, Jane Hague was honored with the Alliance of Eastside Agencies Award for her lifetime commitment to youth and human services on the eastside. Her hard work and dedication to the improved quality of life for our vulnerable citizens was recognized by Elizabeth Westburg, Chair of the Alliance of Eastside Agencies.
Jane has been an advocate for youth and social services for a range of Eastside agencies. Examples of her work include: leadership in creating YouthLink while at the City of Bellevue, her membership on the Human Services Committee at King County, her work securing badly needed funding for YES programs such as the Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program, the Immigrant and Refugee Program, and SUCCESS mentoring, her service as a member of the YES Advisory Council, and her volunteer leadership with other Eastside agencies such as the King County Boys & Gifls Club, PACE, the Bellevue Community College Foundation, the Overlake School, and the Eastside Sexual Assault Center for Children.
Westburg stated, “In addition to providing financial
support for YES programs through her political role and through personal
giving, Jane has also volunteered her time as a SUCCESS mentor for a young
girl. It is inspiring that a community leader like Jane has taken the
time to personally invest in the lives of young people living in our community.”
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How will we be affected? Of the 1.8 million people in King County, 1.2 million will be infected, over 600,000 will become ill, 57,000 will need hospitalization, and nearly 12,000 will die. Over the course of three to four months, up to 30% of the workforce will be absent. These are the dramatic estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the effects of a pandemic influenza outbreak in King County should the H5N1 virus develop human-to-human transmissability.
We know from the three previous pandemics that local leadership and preparation can lessen the effects of a pandemic. Preparation for a pandemic is a community-wide responsibility where families, businesses, and local government must all play a role. As part of the Council’s 2006 Budget Leadership Team, I sponsored legislation that required the County to prepare a comprehensive pandemic flu response plan that will limit the spread of the disease until a vaccine is available.
The county is nationally recognized as a leader in disaster and public health emergency preparedness. The legislation I sponsored requires the County to extend its planning effort to worse-case scenarios that include the purchase of anti-viral medication, outreach to vulnerable populations, and responding to a surge in medical needs. In the fall of 2005, I also sponsored legislation urging Congress to provide funding for the County to test these plans through simulated exercises.
I am committed to ensuring that we remain on the national forefront of planning for a pandemic. For more information, please visit the Seattle-King County Public Health Department website, www.metrokc.gov/health/pandemicflu. View www.pandemicflu.gov to access pandemic flu planning checklists for individuals, families, and businesses.