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ASANTE FOUNDATION HITS MILESTONE

ueled by community support, the Asante Foundation has surpassed
Fthe $35 million milestone just four years into its 10-year, $50-mil-
lion capital campaign, AsanteForward. This is a result of 9,335 donors
contributing to help improve the lives of people living here now and for
generations to come.

“The community continues to amaze us with its generosity and commitment
to transforming health care in Southern Oregon… to expand facilities and
services for patients and enhance the programs and capabilities” said Andrea
Reeder, director of campaign and operations at Asante Foundation.

AsanteForward is grateful for every individual dollar contributed, and expresses
deep gratitude for several notable contributions:

» Mary and Dick Heimann - $5 million, and whose names have a permanent
mark on the new regional cancer center in Medford

» George and Susan Alameda - $1 million toward the patient pavilion, nam-
ing the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

» J. Paul and Geertje de Vos - $1 million toward the Heimann Cancer Center,
naming the healing garden

» Wanda Olsrud - $1 million toward the Heimann Cancer Center and chil-
dren’s hospital-within-a-hospital in the patient pavilion

Since 2019, several facets of AsanteForward initiatives have advanced:

Implementation of the first two phases of the Behavioral Health Initiative,
including a new Behavioral Health Unit at Asante Rogue Regional Medical
Center (2020), and rolling out trauma-informed care education and training
called The Sanctuary Model .
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Expansion of Asante Three Rivers Medical Center Emergency Department
(2020) and installation of a new helipad (2021).

Building the Mary and Dick Heimann Cancer Center in Medford and expansion
of the Helen K. Spears Cancer Center in Grants Pass (both early 2022).

Breaking ground on the six-story patient pavilion at Asante Rogue Regional
(2020), which will be home to a new children’s hospital-within-a-hospital, car-
diac care, critical care (CCU, ICU and IMCU) and advanced surgical services.
(Expected completion fall, 2023)

Launching a campaign component for Asante Ashland Community Hospital to
become an Age-Friendly Health System, addressing the unique care needs for
the aging population in Southern Oregon (2021).

Fundraising continues for all campaign initiatives, including programs and sup-
port services.

www.asantefoundation.org.

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