Whale Tail Pharmacy - The Altland Family

Bill & Sarah Altland are 1980 graduates of the University of Arkansas Medical School College of Pharmacy. From there they served as volunteer medical missionaries in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), Haiti, and at a missions clinic in Glennallen, Alaska. In 1999, they moved to Prince of Wales Island and shared the pharmacist job at Alicia Roberts Medical Center in Klawock. In addition, Bill has periodically traveled to fill in for pharmacists in other locations, such as Dillingham, Valdez, Wasilla, Cordova, Bethel, Kodiak, Wrangell, Metlakatla, Ketchikan and Sitka in Alaska, and in South Dakota.

When they came to POW, the Altlands saw the need for a retail pharmacy and decided Craig is the place where they want to raise their family and be a part of the community. So in April 2001, they opened Whale Tail Pharmacy, located at 300-B Easy Street.

Bill & Sarah have this to say about volunteering: "Think about trying something new and non-traditional. Use your expertise to volunteer for something unusual, keep an open mind, and you'll find that you won't regret the experience."

Southeast Alaska is a great place to live.

2010

At left, in the Easy Street location.

Above, in Seattle, 2006

Credits: Photos and Whale Tail Pharmacy logo, Bill & Sarah Altland; whale tail graphic, Corel; Good Neighbor Pharmacy Logo, GNP;