Corvallis Clinic Foundation Inc

Programs: Project h. E. R. : the navigator program provided awareness, education and support for women in benton, linn and lincoln counties of oregon, from the time of breast cancer diagnosis through survivorship. Support teams consisted of a nurse navigator, a clinical social worker, mammacare specialists and many volunteers who were breast cancer survivors who mentored the cancer patients. Project h. E. R. Served 195 newly diagnosed breast cancer patients last year. The mammacare program's nurses and clinicians taught 10 self-breast exam classes, reaching 215 women in the three oregon counties. A puttin' on the pink education day was held on october 1 with 285 participants. Attendees at the free event learned about emerging research on ways to limit the effects of food-borne carcinogens on cancer risk and which foods may protect against cancer. Classes and exhibits also covered self-breast exams, yoga, and the practice of mindfulness-based stress reduction strategies, and the link between melanoma and breast cancer. Project h. E. R. Nurses and clinicians also participated in other outreach events to increase awareness of breast cancer prevention, including exhibiting at a susan g. Komen breast issues conference; numerous pink out athletic events held at the local university, high schools, and rodeos; and the lunafest women's health film festival. Another project h. E. R. Program, cook for cancer, provided 585 meals for families of patients undergoing chemotherapy treatments of all types of cancer diagnoses, oncology and hematology. In addition to $78,811 of cash expenditures paid for programming, $58,826 of donated services and facilities was received in 2014 for project h. E. R. Programs.

emergency assistance grants: 6 individuals and their families received emergency assistance grants ranging from $850 to $2,880 each to help them through financial hardships. These grants, paid directly to vendors such as banks and utility companies, supported the individuals' medical care, basic human needs such as rent or mortgage payments and utility bills, car loan payments, and other expenses that needed to be paid on account of individuals' medical illnesses, house fires, deaths in the family, or other unforeseen family circumstances.

health education scholarships, grants, and lecture series: scholarships totaling $3,500, ranging from $500 to $1,000 each, were awarded to 5 high school and university students who are pursuing careers as doctors, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, phlebotomists, and other medical professionals. The foundation provided a $1,500 grant to the local hospital foundation for its asbury lectureship series on issues in obstetrics and gynecology, which was attended by area physicians, nurses and other practitioners working in the area of women's health. Grants of $310 also were provided for a nurse's continuing education and professional dues.

support of medically under-served populations: the foundation received individual donations for three local nonprofit organizations: united way of benton, linn and lincoln counties; community outreach inc. ; and mario pastega house. Community outreach is a homeless shelter whose mission is to stabilize individuals in crisis, feed the hungry, house the homeless, heal the sick, and counsel the mentally ill and substance-addicted. The mario pastega house is an organization that provides a "home away from home" for out-of-area patients and their families traveling to corvallis for specialized medical care.

oncology/hematology patient support: the foundation awarded grants to purchase art work for a newly remodeled oncology/hematology department at a local medical clinic to help provide a healing ambiance so that patients will feel calm, relaxed and comfortable while visiting their doctors and receiving infusion therapy.