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SIOUX CENTER – Promise Community Health Center invites the community to celebrate the completion of its capital campaign, exterior renovation and interior expansion. Arlin Van Gorp of Countryside Signs & Graphics of Sioux Center installs the new sign on Promise Community Health Center's renovated exterior. Promise plans to hold an open house 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26. The health center, which is located at 338 First Ave. NW, across the street from the Sioux Center city hall, is planning a ribbon cutting and open house for 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26. The Sioux Center Chamber of Commerce will conduct the ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m. People then will have opportunities to tour the health center. Hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer and beverages will be served. “We are happy to share this special day with the community,” said Nathan Vander Plaats , executive director of Promise. “This project – and Promise Community Health Center – would not have been possible without the sig...

SIOUX CENTER – Promise Community Health Center has opened its arms to welcome all patients to receive affordable, comprehensive care for nearly 10 years. In recognition of the impact the health center has made in community, Promise was honored as the organization to receive the 2018 Community Service Award during Sioux Center’s annual Spirit of Community evening on Tuesday, April 17, at Terrace View Event Center. Sioux Center mayor Dennis Walstra (right) presents the 2018 Community Service Award to Promise Community Health Center during the Spirit of Community event on Tuesday, April 17. Receiving the award on Promise's behalf are (from left) Promise board member Duane Ver Mulm, executive director Nathan Vander Plaats and former executive director Nancy Dykstra. Nancy Dykstra , who is Promise’s founding executive director and retired at the end of 2017, was touched by the honor and shared her gratitude with the audience. “I can say that Promise Community Health Center being establ...

SIOUX CENTER – Alondra Valdivia always would be the doctor when playing with her friends as a child. Back then, she already knew she wanted to go into the medical field. Her dream has become reality as she recently assumed a medical assistant/interpreter position at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. Alondra Valdivia has begun serving patients as a medical assistant/interpreter at Promise Community Health Center in Sioux Center. She always knew she wanted to go into the medical field since she was a child. “I’m very excited to be part of the Promise team,” Alondra said. “To me, it seems like a friendly place. The providers and the staff seem very nice.” Alondra, who grew up in Hull and graduated from Boyden-Hull High School in 2015, started working while still in high school in 2013 as a certified nursing assistant at Pleasant Acres Care Center in Hull. She continued working there until the summer of 2016, when she took a part-time job as a patient tech at Hegg Memorial ...