Arts and Culture
Art Harvest Studio Tour
Art Harvest Mentorship Program
The Art Harvest Tour of Yamhill County, now in its 31st year, offers a special studio mentorship program to high school students interested in an art career. The students are matched with tour artists who guide them through individual projects in sessions totaling 24-30 hours. The students also gain insight into what is involved in becoming a professional artist, including information about marketing, exhibitions, and sales. Such opportunities are not often available to high school students. Our grant funded the opportunity for three students to learn from mentors.
Art Conspiracy
Acquisition of Six Display Panels
The Art Conspiracy aims to encourage public participation in the arts and to promote educational and cultural programs in the small, rural communities of Sheridan, Willamina, and Amity. A main focus for the past 23 years has been to provide an in-depth, two-week summer arts program for young people. Sample courses taught by working artists and educators include Drama, Ceramics, Watercolor, Printmaking, Creative Sewing, and Smartphone Photography. For many, if not most, young participants, this is a first exposure to hands-on art that has been known to deeply affect their lives.
Our grant is funding the purchase of six much-needed exhibition panels so the students’ work can be properly displayed. (The panels currently in use are too small and in poor condition.) The displays will give students the opportunity to be formally recognized for their work when it is viewed publicly by participants' families and the community at large.
Chehalem Cultural Center (CCC)
Middle School Theatre Club
Because there is currently no theater education in either of Newberg's two middle schools, the Chehalem Cultural Center (CCC) has stepped in to work with an anticipated 40 students in a newly created Theater Club. The students will attend a performance of Shakespeare, and subsequently they will rehearse and perform a one-act play attended by all 900 students (grades 6–8) from the middle schools as well as by the general public. The initiative fosters creativity, confidence, and collaboration among students in this age group, and it will lay the groundwork for their continued participation in high school arts. Our grant is funding the cost of educational printed materials.
JOY (Junior Orchestra of Yamhill County)
Building the Orchestra
JOY, now in its eighth year, is serving more than 970 students in afterschool programs that offer intensive orchestral instruction. The current plan is to add 3 new elementary schools and also to allow participation in higher grades at one school. Our grant funded the purchase of one viola and one violin as part of the expansion.
Terroir Creative Writing Festival
Student Scholarships
Now in its 13th year, Terroir is an annual day-long event that draws a wide audience interested in the literary arts. Sessions on poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and the writing life are led by various serious authors, including prominent professionals. The registration cost has previously been prohibitive for most young people, so our first-time grant is providing 18 scholarships for local high school students to attend the 2026 festival.
McMinnville High School Metal Works
Cold Connection Collaboration
McMinnville Metal Works offers a unique opportunity for high school students to learn metalworking skills in classes taught by Maggie Bowman, a silversmith with 20 years experience. Our grant provides the funds for acquiring the metals used in the classes. Not only will students design and create original works (i.e., earrings, bracelets, bookmarks), but they will also promote and sell their art, learning some basics of how to plan and run a small independent business.
McMinnville Women's Choir
Transitional Choir Support
The McMinnville Women's Choir, founded in 2011/2012 in the belief that "every woman can sing," experienced a financial downturn during the pandemic. (A previous grant from us helped the choir pay for rehearsal space and make available 50 free concert tickets to those who could not afford them.) With a change in leadership, our grant paid the modest cost of the former long-time Artistic Director training her successor.
Penguin Productions
Black Box Theatre
Penguin Productions, a nonprofit theater company founded in Newberg in 2017, currently only has an outdoor theater, so performances are restricted to the summer season. Plans for a new black box theater to be built on the company’s property are underway to allow for year-round shows as well as a full schedule of workshops and classes for the community at large. As part of Penguin's current major fundraising project, our grant allows for the purchase of the new theater's lighting.
Art Harvest Mentorship Program
The Art Harvest Tour of Yamhill County, now in its 31st year, offers a special studio mentorship program to high school students interested in an art career. The students are matched with tour artists who guide them through individual projects in sessions totaling 24-30 hours. The students also gain insight into what is involved in becoming a professional artist, including information about marketing, exhibitions, and sales. Such opportunities are not often available to high school students. Our grant funded the opportunity for three students to learn from mentors.
Art Conspiracy
Acquisition of Six Display Panels
The Art Conspiracy aims to encourage public participation in the arts and to promote educational and cultural programs in the small, rural communities of Sheridan, Willamina, and Amity. A main focus for the past 23 years has been to provide an in-depth, two-week summer arts program for young people. Sample courses taught by working artists and educators include Drama, Ceramics, Watercolor, Printmaking, Creative Sewing, and Smartphone Photography. For many, if not most, young participants, this is a first exposure to hands-on art that has been known to deeply affect their lives.
Our grant is funding the purchase of six much-needed exhibition panels so the students’ work can be properly displayed. (The panels currently in use are too small and in poor condition.) The displays will give students the opportunity to be formally recognized for their work when it is viewed publicly by participants' families and the community at large.
Chehalem Cultural Center (CCC)
Middle School Theatre Club
Because there is currently no theater education in either of Newberg's two middle schools, the Chehalem Cultural Center (CCC) has stepped in to work with an anticipated 40 students in a newly created Theater Club. The students will attend a performance of Shakespeare, and subsequently they will rehearse and perform a one-act play attended by all 900 students (grades 6–8) from the middle schools as well as by the general public. The initiative fosters creativity, confidence, and collaboration among students in this age group, and it will lay the groundwork for their continued participation in high school arts. Our grant is funding the cost of educational printed materials.
JOY (Junior Orchestra of Yamhill County)
Building the Orchestra
JOY, now in its eighth year, is serving more than 970 students in afterschool programs that offer intensive orchestral instruction. The current plan is to add 3 new elementary schools and also to allow participation in higher grades at one school. Our grant funded the purchase of one viola and one violin as part of the expansion.
Terroir Creative Writing Festival
Student Scholarships
Now in its 13th year, Terroir is an annual day-long event that draws a wide audience interested in the literary arts. Sessions on poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and the writing life are led by various serious authors, including prominent professionals. The registration cost has previously been prohibitive for most young people, so our first-time grant is providing 18 scholarships for local high school students to attend the 2026 festival.
McMinnville High School Metal Works
Cold Connection Collaboration
McMinnville Metal Works offers a unique opportunity for high school students to learn metalworking skills in classes taught by Maggie Bowman, a silversmith with 20 years experience. Our grant provides the funds for acquiring the metals used in the classes. Not only will students design and create original works (i.e., earrings, bracelets, bookmarks), but they will also promote and sell their art, learning some basics of how to plan and run a small independent business.
McMinnville Women's Choir
Transitional Choir Support
The McMinnville Women's Choir, founded in 2011/2012 in the belief that "every woman can sing," experienced a financial downturn during the pandemic. (A previous grant from us helped the choir pay for rehearsal space and make available 50 free concert tickets to those who could not afford them.) With a change in leadership, our grant paid the modest cost of the former long-time Artistic Director training her successor.
Penguin Productions
Black Box Theatre
Penguin Productions, a nonprofit theater company founded in Newberg in 2017, currently only has an outdoor theater, so performances are restricted to the summer season. Plans for a new black box theater to be built on the company’s property are underway to allow for year-round shows as well as a full schedule of workshops and classes for the community at large. As part of Penguin's current major fundraising project, our grant allows for the purchase of the new theater's lighting.
Children, Education, and Schools
A Family Place (Lutheran Community Services)
Spanish Language Books for 100 Children
This project provides bilingual (English-Spanish) children's books to families participating in the nonprofit’s home visitation services that offer support to parents with children to age 5. Books are given as gifts when the families first enroll, throughout the course of services, and to celebrate milestones. Project goals include: (1) strengthening parent-child bonding and positive interactions through shared reading, (2) promoting a love of reading and early literacy in the home, and (3) supporting school readiness. Our grant funds two books for each child.
Amity Public Library
Cultural Attraction Passes
Many in the Amity community cannot afford admission to nearby cultural attractions. This grant allows the library to provide patrons with free passes to very popular places, such as the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, the Gilbert House Children’s Museum in Salem, and the Oregon Gardens in Silverton. (The funding includes flyers to promote the passes.) Families who otherwise have little or no opportunity to enjoy such experiences derive significant benefits in terms of learning, bonding, and creating memories.
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
Enhanced Visitation
Our grant supports for the second time an innovative program that makes possible special visits between children in foster care and their biological parents. Instead of holding scheduled visits in a confined administrative office, which is the common practice, our grant pays for supervised excursions to places like the zoo, the coast, the movies, or a water park. Research has shown that such “enhanced” bonding experiences pave the way for more success when the families are eventually allowed to reunite. The target group is approximately 75 individuals, including parents and their children.
Friends of the McMinnville Library
Plaza Comunitaria
The national program Plaza Comunitaria, sponsored by the Mexican government, offers youth and adults who have immigrated from Spanish-speaking countries the opportunity to begin or finish their primary and/or secondary education in Spanish. Upon completion of their studies, students receive diplomas from the Mexican Department of Education, an achievement that will help them further their employment opportunities and improve their quality of life. Instruction will take place at the McMinnville Public Library, which is partnering with Chemeketa Community College for the project. Our grant provides funding for supplies and mileage for the teachers.
Head Start of Yamhill County
Cooking for All
When Covid funding for various Zoom classes and activities ended, a very popular, successful family cooking class had to be suspended. Now, Head Start is hosting for the second time six monthly Zoom cooking classes for an estimated 20 families. Families learn to cook nutritious, inexpensive meals in their own kitchens, with groceries and utensils provided for each class again paid by our grant. By cooking together, parents build a repertoire of healthy meals, and children learn the vital, lifelong skill of cooking for themselves.
SNACK (Student Nutrition and Activity Clinic for Kids)
Dayton Elementary Nutrition Education Project
The SNACK Program, a collaboration of health professionals, interns, and community partners, serves the youth of Yamhill County by encouraging families to build healthy, sustainable habits. Our grant helped to fund an innovative pilot project in healthy eating at the Dayton Elementary School. Education in nutrition is particularly critical in
Dayton, a small, rural community where many families face systemic barriers to accessing consistent, culturally relevant wellness services. In 2025, SNACK conducted nutrition classes for 150 students at the school every Monday for
eight weeks.
This project may prove to be a first step. SNACK is exploring possibilities for implementing it at other elementary schools in an effort to create a healthier, more equitable Yamhill County—one classroom at a time.
Tina Miller Center
Art Day
Our small grant funded lunch, snacks, and materials for a Saturday of fun and creative learning at the Tina Miller Youth Center in Willamina. Artists taught free classes, and healthy food was provided for 20-30 students ages 5-12.
Spanish Language Books for 100 Children
This project provides bilingual (English-Spanish) children's books to families participating in the nonprofit’s home visitation services that offer support to parents with children to age 5. Books are given as gifts when the families first enroll, throughout the course of services, and to celebrate milestones. Project goals include: (1) strengthening parent-child bonding and positive interactions through shared reading, (2) promoting a love of reading and early literacy in the home, and (3) supporting school readiness. Our grant funds two books for each child.
Amity Public Library
Cultural Attraction Passes
Many in the Amity community cannot afford admission to nearby cultural attractions. This grant allows the library to provide patrons with free passes to very popular places, such as the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, the Gilbert House Children’s Museum in Salem, and the Oregon Gardens in Silverton. (The funding includes flyers to promote the passes.) Families who otherwise have little or no opportunity to enjoy such experiences derive significant benefits in terms of learning, bonding, and creating memories.
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
Enhanced Visitation
Our grant supports for the second time an innovative program that makes possible special visits between children in foster care and their biological parents. Instead of holding scheduled visits in a confined administrative office, which is the common practice, our grant pays for supervised excursions to places like the zoo, the coast, the movies, or a water park. Research has shown that such “enhanced” bonding experiences pave the way for more success when the families are eventually allowed to reunite. The target group is approximately 75 individuals, including parents and their children.
Friends of the McMinnville Library
Plaza Comunitaria
The national program Plaza Comunitaria, sponsored by the Mexican government, offers youth and adults who have immigrated from Spanish-speaking countries the opportunity to begin or finish their primary and/or secondary education in Spanish. Upon completion of their studies, students receive diplomas from the Mexican Department of Education, an achievement that will help them further their employment opportunities and improve their quality of life. Instruction will take place at the McMinnville Public Library, which is partnering with Chemeketa Community College for the project. Our grant provides funding for supplies and mileage for the teachers.
Head Start of Yamhill County
Cooking for All
When Covid funding for various Zoom classes and activities ended, a very popular, successful family cooking class had to be suspended. Now, Head Start is hosting for the second time six monthly Zoom cooking classes for an estimated 20 families. Families learn to cook nutritious, inexpensive meals in their own kitchens, with groceries and utensils provided for each class again paid by our grant. By cooking together, parents build a repertoire of healthy meals, and children learn the vital, lifelong skill of cooking for themselves.
SNACK (Student Nutrition and Activity Clinic for Kids)
Dayton Elementary Nutrition Education Project
The SNACK Program, a collaboration of health professionals, interns, and community partners, serves the youth of Yamhill County by encouraging families to build healthy, sustainable habits. Our grant helped to fund an innovative pilot project in healthy eating at the Dayton Elementary School. Education in nutrition is particularly critical in
Dayton, a small, rural community where many families face systemic barriers to accessing consistent, culturally relevant wellness services. In 2025, SNACK conducted nutrition classes for 150 students at the school every Monday for
eight weeks.
This project may prove to be a first step. SNACK is exploring possibilities for implementing it at other elementary schools in an effort to create a healthier, more equitable Yamhill County—one classroom at a time.
Tina Miller Center
Art Day
Our small grant funded lunch, snacks, and materials for a Saturday of fun and creative learning at the Tina Miller Youth Center in Willamina. Artists taught free classes, and healthy food was provided for 20-30 students ages 5-12.
Senior Citizen Welfare
Chehalem Senior Center (Newberg)
Bringing Better Bones and Balance
Our grant allowed two volunteers to be trained in the Better Bones and Balance program in order to offer classes to the local community. Better Bones and Balance is an exercise routine specifically geared to the needs of elderly citizens as they lose flexibility and balance with age. Currently there is no such program available in the Chehalem area, so providing classes at the Senior Center will meet an important need.
Grand Sheramina Food Bank
Hunger Relief
This food bank serves the residents of rural communities of Sheridan, Willamina, and Grand Ronde, including many senior citizens, veterans, and families with children. (In 2024, Grand Sheramina served an estimated 22,000 individuals from 7,000 households, 20% more than in 2023.) Our grant was awarded in a late-winter emergency when, mainly due to government cutbacks and restrictions, the supplies were so low that the hours of operation were cut in half from once weekly to every other week. The food bank has been working throughout 2025 to recover and stabilize.
McMinnville Kiwanis Foundation
Holiday Gift Bags
The Kiwanis service club's holiday food gift pack project has been operating locally for nearly 30 years. Our grant allowed specialty items to be purchased at cost for delivery to 150-175 seniors living in subsidized housing in Sheridan, Dayton, and McMinnville. Choice foods such as Tillamook cheese, Werner sausage, roasted hazelnuts, and other Oregon products provided a special treat to many during the holiday season.
McMinnville Lions Club
Medical Devices Program
This service, begun in 1985, provides free rental of a wide variety of medical devices that individuals and families
cannot afford to purchase. These items include hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, shower benches, raised toilet seats, braces for knees and shoulders, and much more. With its staff of 16 volunteers, the Lions Club collaborates with home health care providers and facilities, hospitals, veteran's groups, retirement homes, and churches to reach and assist clients. Our grant funded two new tires for the trailer used to pick up and deliver devices along with eight storage racks to organize them at the Lions' premises.
Meals on Wheels (Northwest Senior and Disability Services)
Holiday Gift Bags
With our second grant for this purpose, Meals on Wheels volunteers prepared and delivered carefully assembled surprise holiday gift bags to more than 200 clients in McMinnville, Lafayette, and Dayton, a number of whom are homebound and many of whom may not have celebrated the holidays in any other way. The contents included a large, specially-selected variety of nutritious snacks and drinks, fresh fruit, lotion and hygiene items, other small gifts, and a greeting card. This addition to the clients' regular delivery made for a more festive holiday season.
Second Winds Community Band
Women of the Podium: Recognizing and Celebrating Women Composers and Conductors
According to the Association of Concert Bands, music by women composers is programmed at average rate of 7% compared to their male counterparts. The mostly amateur band Second Winds, founded in 1998, is currently planning a 2026 concert program consisting of selections composed exclusively by women. Further, the conductors will also be women. Our grant will fund a portable podium, an honorarium for the director, and music that will be added to the band's library.
Yamhill County Health and Human Services
Public Showing of "No Place to Grow Old" Documentary
This award-winning documentary based in Portland, Oregon, follows several older adults who aged into homelessness. Held at the First Baptist Church and sponsored by the McMinnville Library and Yamhill County Public Health, the film viewing was followed by open conversation. The goals were to start dialogue, bring awareness, and spark ideas to address the needs of unhoused older adults in our community. Our grant paid for half of the screening rights to the documentary and for snacks.
Yamhill County Health and Human Services
Positive Intergenerational Pen Pal (PIPP) Program
This innovative, ambitious program is again connecting approximately 250 second-grade students in Yamhill County with 250 older adults as pen pals for an entire school year.
For the second time, our grant is funding 500 colorful writing kits that contain 10+ blank cards and envelopes, pens and pencils, stickers, and mailboxes for the classrooms. As the participants establish connections over the months, the benefits are many and profound in terms of intergenerational learning and the alleviation of loneliness and social isolation among the elderly.
Positive Intergenerational Pen Pal (PIPP) Program Tea Party Celebration
We are also funding three parties to be held at various elementary schools at the conclusion of the year to bring the second graders and their families together with the senior pen pals.
Bringing Better Bones and Balance
Our grant allowed two volunteers to be trained in the Better Bones and Balance program in order to offer classes to the local community. Better Bones and Balance is an exercise routine specifically geared to the needs of elderly citizens as they lose flexibility and balance with age. Currently there is no such program available in the Chehalem area, so providing classes at the Senior Center will meet an important need.
Grand Sheramina Food Bank
Hunger Relief
This food bank serves the residents of rural communities of Sheridan, Willamina, and Grand Ronde, including many senior citizens, veterans, and families with children. (In 2024, Grand Sheramina served an estimated 22,000 individuals from 7,000 households, 20% more than in 2023.) Our grant was awarded in a late-winter emergency when, mainly due to government cutbacks and restrictions, the supplies were so low that the hours of operation were cut in half from once weekly to every other week. The food bank has been working throughout 2025 to recover and stabilize.
McMinnville Kiwanis Foundation
Holiday Gift Bags
The Kiwanis service club's holiday food gift pack project has been operating locally for nearly 30 years. Our grant allowed specialty items to be purchased at cost for delivery to 150-175 seniors living in subsidized housing in Sheridan, Dayton, and McMinnville. Choice foods such as Tillamook cheese, Werner sausage, roasted hazelnuts, and other Oregon products provided a special treat to many during the holiday season.
McMinnville Lions Club
Medical Devices Program
This service, begun in 1985, provides free rental of a wide variety of medical devices that individuals and families
cannot afford to purchase. These items include hospital beds, wheelchairs, walkers, shower benches, raised toilet seats, braces for knees and shoulders, and much more. With its staff of 16 volunteers, the Lions Club collaborates with home health care providers and facilities, hospitals, veteran's groups, retirement homes, and churches to reach and assist clients. Our grant funded two new tires for the trailer used to pick up and deliver devices along with eight storage racks to organize them at the Lions' premises.
Meals on Wheels (Northwest Senior and Disability Services)
Holiday Gift Bags
With our second grant for this purpose, Meals on Wheels volunteers prepared and delivered carefully assembled surprise holiday gift bags to more than 200 clients in McMinnville, Lafayette, and Dayton, a number of whom are homebound and many of whom may not have celebrated the holidays in any other way. The contents included a large, specially-selected variety of nutritious snacks and drinks, fresh fruit, lotion and hygiene items, other small gifts, and a greeting card. This addition to the clients' regular delivery made for a more festive holiday season.
Second Winds Community Band
Women of the Podium: Recognizing and Celebrating Women Composers and Conductors
According to the Association of Concert Bands, music by women composers is programmed at average rate of 7% compared to their male counterparts. The mostly amateur band Second Winds, founded in 1998, is currently planning a 2026 concert program consisting of selections composed exclusively by women. Further, the conductors will also be women. Our grant will fund a portable podium, an honorarium for the director, and music that will be added to the band's library.
Yamhill County Health and Human Services
Public Showing of "No Place to Grow Old" Documentary
This award-winning documentary based in Portland, Oregon, follows several older adults who aged into homelessness. Held at the First Baptist Church and sponsored by the McMinnville Library and Yamhill County Public Health, the film viewing was followed by open conversation. The goals were to start dialogue, bring awareness, and spark ideas to address the needs of unhoused older adults in our community. Our grant paid for half of the screening rights to the documentary and for snacks.
Yamhill County Health and Human Services
Positive Intergenerational Pen Pal (PIPP) Program
This innovative, ambitious program is again connecting approximately 250 second-grade students in Yamhill County with 250 older adults as pen pals for an entire school year.
For the second time, our grant is funding 500 colorful writing kits that contain 10+ blank cards and envelopes, pens and pencils, stickers, and mailboxes for the classrooms. As the participants establish connections over the months, the benefits are many and profound in terms of intergenerational learning and the alleviation of loneliness and social isolation among the elderly.
Positive Intergenerational Pen Pal (PIPP) Program Tea Party Celebration
We are also funding three parties to be held at various elementary schools at the conclusion of the year to bring the second graders and their families together with the senior pen pals.
Women's Health
A Family Place
Postpartum Depression Prevention Course Completion Incentives
This six-week multilingual course for mothers and babies employs an evidence-based curriculum to help prevent postpartum depression and support healthy parent-child attachment. Along with the formal classes, the course offers a snack or meal, childcare, and gas vouchers. Our grant is funding various incentives to draw an estimated 100 women into the course and motivate them to complete it.
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
Founded in 1975, Virginia Garcia provides comprehensive, compassionate, culturally appropriate health care, with a special emphasis on serving migrant and seasonal farm workers and others with barriers to receiving care. Our two grants were awarded in support of a vital new women's health initiative to increase access to visual learning tools, with the goal of enhancing patients' understanding and practice of preventative health.
Heart Disease Awareness Posters
First, because an estimated 30% of women's deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease, our grant allows for the purchase of informative posters to be displayed in 36 rooms across the hospital's three Yamhill County clinics. Medical staff will thus be better equipped to help patients recognize the signs and symptoms of heart disease and consequently lessen their risks.
Gynecological Anatomy Models and Posters
To further enhance patient education with visual learning tools, our second grant funds the purchase of breast and uterus anatomical models and posters that will be used throughout the hospital's three clinics. They will help prompt meaningful discussion with patients to aid in prevention and early detection of breast and cervical cancer in women ages 18-84.
With Courage
Courage Closet
With Courage is a breast cancer support organization founded in 2020 by a survivor for the purpose of helping patients diagnosed with breast cancer and their families. A lending library of high-quality donated items is being assembled for clients to borrow while they navigate treatment. Wigs, post-surgical garments, and other essentials will be available to them, easing financial and other concerns. Our grant is funding the purchase of storage units to keep the closet organized and accessible.
Courageous Movement
Movement plays a pivotal role in supporting the mind and body in the healing process. Free classes taught by professionals will focus on rebuilding mobility, strength, and confidence. Our second grant will fund the weekly and/or monthly classes so that clients can engage in exercise and connect with their peers in the breast cancer community.
Postpartum Depression Prevention Course Completion Incentives
This six-week multilingual course for mothers and babies employs an evidence-based curriculum to help prevent postpartum depression and support healthy parent-child attachment. Along with the formal classes, the course offers a snack or meal, childcare, and gas vouchers. Our grant is funding various incentives to draw an estimated 100 women into the course and motivate them to complete it.
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
Founded in 1975, Virginia Garcia provides comprehensive, compassionate, culturally appropriate health care, with a special emphasis on serving migrant and seasonal farm workers and others with barriers to receiving care. Our two grants were awarded in support of a vital new women's health initiative to increase access to visual learning tools, with the goal of enhancing patients' understanding and practice of preventative health.
Heart Disease Awareness Posters
First, because an estimated 30% of women's deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease, our grant allows for the purchase of informative posters to be displayed in 36 rooms across the hospital's three Yamhill County clinics. Medical staff will thus be better equipped to help patients recognize the signs and symptoms of heart disease and consequently lessen their risks.
Gynecological Anatomy Models and Posters
To further enhance patient education with visual learning tools, our second grant funds the purchase of breast and uterus anatomical models and posters that will be used throughout the hospital's three clinics. They will help prompt meaningful discussion with patients to aid in prevention and early detection of breast and cervical cancer in women ages 18-84.
With Courage
Courage Closet
With Courage is a breast cancer support organization founded in 2020 by a survivor for the purpose of helping patients diagnosed with breast cancer and their families. A lending library of high-quality donated items is being assembled for clients to borrow while they navigate treatment. Wigs, post-surgical garments, and other essentials will be available to them, easing financial and other concerns. Our grant is funding the purchase of storage units to keep the closet organized and accessible.
Courageous Movement
Movement plays a pivotal role in supporting the mind and body in the healing process. Free classes taught by professionals will focus on rebuilding mobility, strength, and confidence. Our second grant will fund the weekly and/or monthly classes so that clients can engage in exercise and connect with their peers in the breast cancer community.