Save the Date - Annual Friends of Project Access NOW Reception
- June 12, 4:30 - 6:30
- 1311 NW 21st Ave., Portland
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As any organization, in addition to funds we have in-kind needs for items to help us better serve the low-income uninsured. Here's our list for April:
- Auto-feeding scanners (we REALLY need these!)
- Headsets (Avaya compatible)
- Copy paper
- Cleaning service
- 4-post server rack or cabinet
If you or someone you know would like to donate these items, call us at 503.413.5541.
Thank you for your support!
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The 3rd Annual Bridges to Health Care event was a great success. About 400 people - our highest attendance to date - helped us raise $43,000. We are so very grateful to all who supported us financially through your donations.This money will go directly to support Project Access NOW's mission to continue to connect our low-income, uninsured neighbors to donated health care. People enjoyed the musical sounds of Los Gallos Rumba, selected bottles from the wall of wine, or purchased raffle tickets to win a "Year of Dates," or a week in Puerto Vallarta, including airfare, or a week's stay in a Wallowa Lake cabin. Many of our guests visited our various slide slow presentations during the reception and got the chance to speak with some of the awesome staff from Project Access NOW and several of our our partner clinics. And, of course, many people raised their paddles high to show their support. Our thanks, again, to Providence Health & Services for starting things off with a $5,000 paddle raise in honor of National Doctors Day - the largest of the evening.  If you attended Bridges to Health Care and have not yet taken our post-event survey, we would appreciate your feedback. The survey takes just a few minutes to complete and can be found here. We are so grateful to the many people who helped make this year's event possible. Special thanks to: - Event co-chairs, Larlene Dunsmuir and Debbie Rieke and their fantastic crew of volunteers, including: Kathy Burdick, Carey Cameron, Vicki Cameron, Matt Colburn, Priya Keane, Shannon Kelley, Meg Linza, Samantha Marini, Kathi Misner, Dick Reamer, Susan Moy, Aline Ndemeye, Erik Nilsen, Janet Williams,
- Emcee, Ms. Kimberlee Jo Buckingham,
- Honorary hosts, Joey and Emily Harrington
- David Brackett and Mercedes Esteves, of Los Gallos Rumba
As always, we are so grateful to our stakeholder/strategic partners. See here for a complete list. Project Access NOW supporters really are the BEST! Please plan to join us for our Annual Friends of Project Access NOW reception on June 12th from 4:30 - 6:30, more details to come. Thank you for your support! Sincerely, Linda Nilsen-SolaresExecutive Director |
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Our gratitude also goes out to the following wonderful event sponsors, whose underwriting and in-kind donations covered the cost for the event.
 
  
  
  
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 When the company Paul worked for closed in 2008 and let everyone go, he tried to hang on to his health insurance through COBRA while he looked for another job. But since the company no longer existed, the health plan soon went away and Paul was left with no insurance.
A short while later, Paul began to notice some abnormal bleeding and he knew something was wrong. He went to the NARA Indian Health Clinic for help. An examination confirmed that Paul needed attention right away.
The clinic referred Paul to Project Access NOW, where he was quickly connected to Dr. Daniel Herzig of OHSU. Dr. Herzig ordered a series of diagnostic tests, including a colonoscopy, CT scan, PET scan, MRI and blood tests. The diagnosis: Paul had an aggressive form of small cell cancer that was hereditary and he would need much in the way of treatment to combat it. |
 As part of the OHSU Digestive Health Center and the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Dr. Daniel Herzig specializes in the surgical treatment of colon and rectal diseases, both cancerous and noncancerous. He gladly volunteers his services to treat people referred to him through Project Access NOW.
Dr. Herzig appreciates having the vast network of providers who participate in Project Access NOW to call upon.
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Thanks to These In-Kind Donors
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We were able to offer such wonderful raffle prizes and wine for the wall of wine at the Bridges to Health Care event, thanks to the generosity of several area businesses and individuals. Please help us show our gratitude by thanking them and/or visiting their establishments.
Extra special thanks to Judge & Sally Hicks and Marie & David Dahlstrom for the incredible generosity in sharing their resources. Thanks also to the following individuals who donated to the wall of wine - all of our board members, as well as Janet Hamilton, Trevor Hay, and Debbie Rieke.
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 Here is a wonderful gallery of photographs from this year's event, courtesy of Andie Petkus Photography.
Low-resolution photos with Andie's logo are available for free download. Or, you can also purchase high resolution photos through the website.
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Community volunteer highlight: Shannon Kelley
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 Shannon Kelley learned about Project Access NOW through her former co-worker, Janet Hamilton, when Janet started volunteering several years ago, before being hired as Project Access NOW's Director of Operations. Shannon attended the annual Bridges to Health Care events starting in 2008 and was "mesmerized by Project Access NOW's mission, Executive Director, Linda Nilsen-Solares and the entire dedicated staff."
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New staff profile: Sophia Betancourt
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 After moving to Portland from San Diego, Sophia Betancourt really wanted to find a job in community outreach. She had been a pharmacy technician for six years before returning to school to study Health Information Technology. When she ran across an ad for a job opening with Project Access NOW, she had a good feeling that it would fit in well with her goals.
Now, as a Care Coordination Specialist, Sophia works directly with clients, other care coordinators, referring clinics, volunteer clinics, hospitals, and participating pharmacies to help Project Access NOW clients get the care and medications they need.
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