PeaceHealth St. John | Healhy You | Spring/Summer 2016

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TO ADDRESS the physical and emotional needs
of cancer patients and families in our area, the Lower
Columbia Regional Cancer Center opened its doors in 2002,
through the vision and hard work of our community.
The compassionate staff, which includes a medical social
worker, oncology nurses, and a patient care coordinator,
works together with the physician team to offer complete
cancer care.
“This is a full-service cancer program, and [it’s] rare for a
community our size to have such excellent, comprehensive
local care,” says Lance Welch, Director of Specialty Service
Lines for PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center.
Your gifts make a difference
The Cancer Center was a $4.5 million project entirely
supported by philanthropy. And philanthropy continues to
support the work done there.
Upkeep of the Cancer Center, which sees nearly
1,000 patients a month, is important for providing the
best care possible. At the end of 2015, the Cancer Center
management came to the PeaceHealth St. John Foundation
Board of Directors, requesting funds to replace nine recliner
infusion chairs for patients.
Thanks to a partnership with the Castle Rock Eagles
Auxiliary and generous donors, our patients are now
D O N O R - S U P P O R T E D
Cathy Barr, CFRE
Executive Director
PeaceHealth St. John
Medical Center Foundation
360-414-7900
Comfortable chairs for cancer
patients, thanks to you
enjoying the new infusion chairs, which provide comfort as
well as medical functionality.
You can choose to fill a need
Needs continue to arise. If you are trying to decide where to
give your charitable contributions this year, please consider
the Lower Columbia Regional Cancer Center at PeaceHealth
St. John Medical Center.
Your gifts can make
a difference. Find
out ways to give at
peacehealth.org/
stjohnfoundation.
Have you
named
PeaceHealth
in your will?
Contact us if you need
more information or
would like to inform us
of your wishes.
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