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Unalaska’s health clinic celebrates two departing staff members with community barbecue

KUCB | By Sofia Stuart-Rasi
Published May 30, 2023 at 4:27 PM AKDT
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
Sofia Stuart-Rasi / KUCB
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
Sofia Stuart-Rasi / KUCB
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
Sofia Stuart-Rasi / KUCB
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
Sofia Stuart-Rasi / KUCB
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
Sofia Stuart-Rasi / KUCB
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
Sofia Stuart-Rasi / KUCB
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers by Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers by Unalaska's fire department.
Sofia Stuart-Rasi / KUCB
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
Sofia Stuart-Rasi / KUCB
Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
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Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which served hundreds of hotdogs and hamburgers from Unalaska's fire department.
IFHS

Unalaska’s Iliuliuk Family and Health Services clinic hosted a farewell barbecue for Mylynn Dang and Dr. Megan Sarnecki Friday.

Dang worked at the clinic for nearly two decades as a medical assistant. She plans on moving to Anchorage, attending University of Alaska Anchorage’s nursing school and eventually returning to Unalaska to work full time as a registered nurse.

Sarnecki has worked at the clinic since 2016 as a primary care physician. She plans on moving to Anchorage with her family to continue practicing there.

Many community members attended the Memorial Day event with Dang and Sarnecki, which included a cookout provided by Unalaska’s Fire Department and various games hosted by IFHS staff.

Check out the slideshow above for photos from the clinic’s farewell barbecue.
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Health CLINICIliuliuk Family Health ServicesIliuliuk Family and Health Services
Sofia Stuart-Rasi
Sofia was born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She’s reported around the U.S. for local public radio stations, NPR and National Native News. Sofia has a Master of Arts in Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism from the University of Montana, a graduate certificate in Documentary Studies from the Salt Institute and a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts from the University of Colorado Boulder. In between her studies, Sofia was a ski bum in Telluride, Colorado for a few years.
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