Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center: Friendly, Accessible and Excellent Since 1954, Willamette Falls has served the community as a not-for-profit hospital with excellent care, welcoming staff and an easy-to-navigate facility. The Carol Danielson Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center is dedicated in loving memory to Carol D. Suzuki. Carol courageously battled cancer for two and half years with family by her side, a role model of love, purpose and joy. Carol was dedicated to serving others in the communities she called home in Oregon City, Oregon and Maui, Hawaii. Her generosity and selfless service have left a lasting impact of hope we feel today.
An accredited acute care hospital, Providence Willamette Falls provides the residents of Clackamas County a wide range of health care services and programs. As part of Providence, we offer some of the most advanced technologies, systems and services, and remain committed to our tradition of community outreach and involvement. “This is an important resource for our community. It will bring cancer care closer to patients. By reducing travel, we can have a positive impact on the environment and make care more accessible for our rural communities.” Russ Reinhard, Chief Executive, Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center
Providence Cancer Institute: Compassion, Experience and Innovation Providence Cancer Institute exists to ease the way for patients and their families. From the moment of diagnosis, we surround our patients with a team to help them through the journey. Providence Cancer Institute’s experience is unmatched in Oregon. We diagnose and treat more than 5,000 new patients each year, bringing them personalized care plans and targeted therapies. Thanks to our Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, our patients are often the first in the world to benefit from leading-edge therapies and breakthrough treatments. “Providence Cancer Institute is deeply grateful for the opportunity to expand its partnership with Providence Willamette Falls to make our care even more accessible to people in Clackamas County. We pledge to bring every patient we serve expertise in prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, including clinical trials, that is unmatched in Oregon.” Walter J. Urba, M.D., Ph.D, Director of Cancer Research, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute
For More Information To learn more about the new cancer clinic and how you can help, contact Tiffany Gillespie, executive director, Providence Willamette Falls Medical Foundation, at 503-380-1121 or Tiffany.Gillespie@providence.org.
BRINGING CANCER CARE CLOSE TO HOME
Our Mission As expressions of God’s healing love, witnessed through the ministry of Jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
Values Compassion, Dignity, Justice, Excellence, Integrity
ProvidenceFoundations.org/willamettefalls
The Carol Danielson Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center will bring world-class cancer care miles closer to patients like Kendra, allowing her to spend more time with her children. Chase is learning to play drums and Karley loves math and art. “I’m focused on progress in cancer research and on making sure that I will be here and ready for new treatments,” said Kendra.
Two Kids and Metastatic Breast Cancer Kendra worries most about her children. “The worst days are when my mind starts racing and thinking, ‘If I die, what will their life be without me?’” A single mother of two, Kendra has metastatic breast cancer. Four years into her battle, she makes regular trips from Wilsonville to downtown Portland to see her oncologists. “On a good day it takes 40 minutes to an hour each way,” she said. “On a bad day it’s an hour and a half.”
A Bridge to Hope Providence believes in easing the way for our patients. That’s why we plan to create the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center. This new center will expand the reach of the Providence Cancer Institute, which treats more people with cancer than anyone else in Oregon. Its Earle A. Chiles Research Institute is internationally recognized for developing innovative new treatments. At the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center, Providence Cancer Institute will… • Provide nearly all our patients all the care they need – diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, under one roof. • Deliver more than 4,000 chemotherapy or immunotherapy treatments each year, more than double the previous capacity of the Clackamas Clinic.
A Growing Need This year nearly 2,000 people in Clackamas County will learn they have cancer, most frequently breast cancer, colon cancer, or lung cancer. Like Kendra, hundreds of them will make dozens of trips for treatments. For several years, Providence Cancer Institute provided chemotherapy and immunotherapy infusions at its Clackamas Clinic. That clinic had been growing too small to meet rising needs when a regulatory change prevented it from accommodating infusion therapies. Today, most of our patients must travel to Providence Portland Medical Center for those treatments. After treatment comes the long drive home, a heavy burden for patients and their families.
For several months, Mark traveled from Canby to Portland for pioneering treatments for metastatic melanoma. Today, he has been cancer-free for fourteen years. “When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you experience both fear and hope – but more fear,” he said. “Providence Cancer Institute helps turn fear into hope.”
• Save thousands of trips to Portland for hundreds of patients, giving them and their families more time and energy for their regular activities. • Make it easier for Clackamas County residents to participate in innovative treatments and clinical trials bringing patients the very latest in cancer care.
• Comfort patients with warm designs and inspiring views of Mt. Hood.
More than Lifesaving Treatment, Help to Get Back to Living Having cancer is scary, emotional and messy. Just when you and your family are most vulnerable, you are deluged with appointments, treatments, medications, changes to your diet and more. Without a guide, many patients fear they will lose their way. Your gift to the Bridges to Hope Campaign can help patients through these challenges by giving to an endowment to pay for patient navigators and other support staff whose services and programs are not covered by insurance. Patient navigators guide cancer patients, making appointments, ensuring they get to treatments and helping them cope with all the changes their cancer means for them. And, they help them get back to living after their treatment.
Join Us in Bringing Hope Clackamas County has seen more than our share of tough times recently. We will work through those times – but, as we do, more of our community members will continue to face cancer. To meet their needs, Providence has committed $16 million for a building at Providence Willamette Falls that will accommodate the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center. Community support is needed to complete the center and launch the cancer patient support endowment. Providence Willamette Falls Medical Foundation is raising $1.5 million for the center, an amount that it will match 1:1. Every donor to the center will see their gift doubled. The foundation is also raising $500,000 for the cancer patient support endowment. Please give generously to our $2 million Bridges to Hope Campaign. Your gift will bring world-class cancer care – and hope – to people in your community. Thank you.
Two Kids and Metastatic Breast Cancer Kendra worries most about her children. “The worst days are when my mind starts racing and thinking, ‘If I die, what will their life be without me?’” A single mother of two, Kendra has metastatic breast cancer. Four years into her battle, she makes regular trips from Wilsonville to downtown Portland to see her oncologists. “On a good day it takes 40 minutes to an hour each way,” she said. “On a bad day it’s an hour and a half.”
A Bridge to Hope Providence believes in easing the way for our patients. That’s why we plan to create the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center. This new center will expand the reach of the Providence Cancer Institute, which treats more people with cancer than anyone else in Oregon. Its Earle A. Chiles Research Institute is internationally recognized for developing innovative new treatments. At the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center, Providence Cancer Institute will… • Provide nearly all our patients all the care they need – diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, under one roof. • Deliver more than 4,000 chemotherapy or immunotherapy treatments each year, more than double the previous capacity of the Clackamas Clinic.
A Growing Need This year nearly 2,000 people in Clackamas County will learn they have cancer, most frequently breast cancer, colon cancer, or lung cancer. Like Kendra, hundreds of them will make dozens of trips for treatments. For several years, Providence Cancer Institute provided chemotherapy and immunotherapy infusions at its Clackamas Clinic. That clinic had been growing too small to meet rising needs when a regulatory change prevented it from accommodating infusion therapies. Today, most of our patients must travel to Providence Portland Medical Center for those treatments. After treatment comes the long drive home, a heavy burden for patients and their families.
For several months, Mark traveled from Canby to Portland for pioneering treatments for metastatic melanoma. Today, he has been cancer-free for fourteen years. “When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you experience both fear and hope – but more fear,” he said. “Providence Cancer Institute helps turn fear into hope.”
• Save thousands of trips to Portland for hundreds of patients, giving them and their families more time and energy for their regular activities. • Make it easier for Clackamas County residents to participate in innovative treatments and clinical trials bringing patients the very latest in cancer care.
• Comfort patients with warm designs and inspiring views of Mt. Hood.
More than Lifesaving Treatment, Help to Get Back to Living Having cancer is scary, emotional and messy. Just when you and your family are most vulnerable, you are deluged with appointments, treatments, medications, changes to your diet and more. Without a guide, many patients fear they will lose their way. Your gift to the Bridges to Hope Campaign can help patients through these challenges by giving to an endowment to pay for patient navigators and other support staff whose services and programs are not covered by insurance. Patient navigators guide cancer patients, making appointments, ensuring they get to treatments and helping them cope with all the changes their cancer means for them. And, they help them get back to living after their treatment.
Join Us in Bringing Hope Clackamas County has seen more than our share of tough times recently. We will work through those times – but, as we do, more of our community members will continue to face cancer. To meet their needs, Providence has committed $16 million for a building at Providence Willamette Falls that will accommodate the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center. Community support is needed to complete the center and launch the cancer patient support endowment. Providence Willamette Falls Medical Foundation is raising $1.5 million for the center, an amount that it will match 1:1. Every donor to the center will see their gift doubled. The foundation is also raising $500,000 for the cancer patient support endowment. Please give generously to our $2 million Bridges to Hope Campaign. Your gift will bring world-class cancer care – and hope – to people in your community. Thank you.
Two Kids and Metastatic Breast Cancer Kendra worries most about her children. “The worst days are when my mind starts racing and thinking, ‘If I die, what will their life be without me?’” A single mother of two, Kendra has metastatic breast cancer. Four years into her battle, she makes regular trips from Wilsonville to downtown Portland to see her oncologists. “On a good day it takes 40 minutes to an hour each way,” she said. “On a bad day it’s an hour and a half.”
A Bridge to Hope Providence believes in easing the way for our patients. That’s why we plan to create the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center. This new center will expand the reach of the Providence Cancer Institute, which treats more people with cancer than anyone else in Oregon. Its Earle A. Chiles Research Institute is internationally recognized for developing innovative new treatments. At the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center, Providence Cancer Institute will… • Provide nearly all our patients all the care they need – diagnosis, treatment and follow-up, under one roof. • Deliver more than 4,000 chemotherapy or immunotherapy treatments each year, more than double the previous capacity of the Clackamas Clinic.
A Growing Need This year nearly 2,000 people in Clackamas County will learn they have cancer, most frequently breast cancer, colon cancer, or lung cancer. Like Kendra, hundreds of them will make dozens of trips for treatments. For several years, Providence Cancer Institute provided chemotherapy and immunotherapy infusions at its Clackamas Clinic. That clinic had been growing too small to meet rising needs when a regulatory change prevented it from accommodating infusion therapies. Today, most of our patients must travel to Providence Portland Medical Center for those treatments. After treatment comes the long drive home, a heavy burden for patients and their families.
For several months, Mark traveled from Canby to Portland for pioneering treatments for metastatic melanoma. Today, he has been cancer-free for fourteen years. “When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you experience both fear and hope – but more fear,” he said. “Providence Cancer Institute helps turn fear into hope.”
• Save thousands of trips to Portland for hundreds of patients, giving them and their families more time and energy for their regular activities. • Make it easier for Clackamas County residents to participate in innovative treatments and clinical trials bringing patients the very latest in cancer care.
• Comfort patients with warm designs and inspiring views of Mt. Hood.
More than Lifesaving Treatment, Help to Get Back to Living Having cancer is scary, emotional and messy. Just when you and your family are most vulnerable, you are deluged with appointments, treatments, medications, changes to your diet and more. Without a guide, many patients fear they will lose their way. Your gift to the Bridges to Hope Campaign can help patients through these challenges by giving to an endowment to pay for patient navigators and other support staff whose services and programs are not covered by insurance. Patient navigators guide cancer patients, making appointments, ensuring they get to treatments and helping them cope with all the changes their cancer means for them. And, they help them get back to living after their treatment.
Join Us in Bringing Hope Clackamas County has seen more than our share of tough times recently. We will work through those times – but, as we do, more of our community members will continue to face cancer. To meet their needs, Providence has committed $16 million for a building at Providence Willamette Falls that will accommodate the Carol D. Suzuki Cancer Center. Community support is needed to complete the center and launch the cancer patient support endowment. Providence Willamette Falls Medical Foundation is raising $1.5 million for the center, an amount that it will match 1:1. Every donor to the center will see their gift doubled. The foundation is also raising $500,000 for the cancer patient support endowment. Please give generously to our $2 million Bridges to Hope Campaign. Your gift will bring world-class cancer care – and hope – to people in your community. Thank you.
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center: Friendly, Accessible and Excellent Since 1954, Willamette Falls has served the community as a not-for-profit hospital with excellent care, welcoming staff and an easy-to-navigate facility. The Carol Danielson Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center is dedicated in loving memory to Carol D. Suzuki. Carol courageously battled cancer for two and half years with family by her side, a role model of love, purpose and joy. Carol was dedicated to serving others in the communities she called home in Oregon City, Oregon and Maui, Hawaii. Her generosity and selfless service have left a lasting impact of hope we feel today.
An accredited acute care hospital, Providence Willamette Falls provides the residents of Clackamas County a wide range of health care services and programs. As part of Providence, we offer some of the most advanced technologies, systems and services, and remain committed to our tradition of community outreach and involvement. “This is an important resource for our community. It will bring cancer care closer to patients. By reducing travel, we can have a positive impact on the environment and make care more accessible for our rural communities.” Russ Reinhard, Chief Executive, Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center
Providence Cancer Institute: Compassion, Experience and Innovation Providence Cancer Institute exists to ease the way for patients and their families. From the moment of diagnosis, we surround our patients with a team to help them through the journey. Providence Cancer Institute’s experience is unmatched in Oregon. We diagnose and treat more than 5,000 new patients each year, bringing them personalized care plans and targeted therapies. Thanks to our Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, our patients are often the first in the world to benefit from leading-edge therapies and breakthrough treatments. “Providence Cancer Institute is deeply grateful for the opportunity to expand its partnership with Providence Willamette Falls to make our care even more accessible to people in Clackamas County. We pledge to bring every patient we serve expertise in prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, including clinical trials, that is unmatched in Oregon.” Walter J. Urba, M.D., Ph.D, Director of Cancer Research, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute
For More Information To learn more about the new cancer clinic and how you can help, contact Tiffany Gillespie, executive director, Providence Willamette Falls Medical Foundation, at 503-380-1121 or Tiffany.Gillespie@providence.org.
BRINGING CANCER CARE CLOSE TO HOME
Our Mission As expressions of God’s healing love, witnessed through the ministry of Jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
Values Compassion, Dignity, Justice, Excellence, Integrity
ProvidenceFoundations.org/willamettefalls
The Carol Danielson Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center will bring world-class cancer care miles closer to patients like Kendra, allowing her to spend more time with her children. Chase is learning to play drums and Karley loves math and art. “I’m focused on progress in cancer research and on making sure that I will be here and ready for new treatments,” said Kendra.
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center: Friendly, Accessible and Excellent Since 1954, Willamette Falls has served the community as a not-for-profit hospital with excellent care, welcoming staff and an easy-to-navigate facility. The Carol Danielson Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center is dedicated in loving memory to Carol D. Suzuki. Carol courageously battled cancer for two and half years with family by her side, a role model of love, purpose and joy. Carol was dedicated to serving others in the communities she called home in Oregon City, Oregon and Maui, Hawaii. Her generosity and selfless service have left a lasting impact of hope we feel today.
An accredited acute care hospital, Providence Willamette Falls provides the residents of Clackamas County a wide range of health care services and programs. As part of Providence, we offer some of the most advanced technologies, systems and services, and remain committed to our tradition of community outreach and involvement. “This is an important resource for our community. It will bring cancer care closer to patients. By reducing travel, we can have a positive impact on the environment and make care more accessible for our rural communities.” Russ Reinhard, Chief Executive, Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center
Providence Cancer Institute: Compassion, Experience and Innovation Providence Cancer Institute exists to ease the way for patients and their families. From the moment of diagnosis, we surround our patients with a team to help them through the journey. Providence Cancer Institute’s experience is unmatched in Oregon. We diagnose and treat more than 5,000 new patients each year, bringing them personalized care plans and targeted therapies. Thanks to our Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, our patients are often the first in the world to benefit from leading-edge therapies and breakthrough treatments. “Providence Cancer Institute is deeply grateful for the opportunity to expand its partnership with Providence Willamette Falls to make our care even more accessible to people in Clackamas County. We pledge to bring every patient we serve expertise in prevention, early diagnosis and treatment, including clinical trials, that is unmatched in Oregon.” Walter J. Urba, M.D., Ph.D, Director of Cancer Research, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute
For More Information To learn more about the new cancer clinic and how you can help, contact Tiffany Gillespie, executive director, Providence Willamette Falls Medical Foundation, at 503-380-1121 or Tiffany.Gillespie@providence.org.
BRINGING CANCER CARE CLOSE TO HOME
Our Mission As expressions of God’s healing love, witnessed through the ministry of Jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
Values Compassion, Dignity, Justice, Excellence, Integrity
ProvidenceFoundations.org/willamettefalls
The Carol Danielson Suzuki Cancer Center at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center will bring world-class cancer care miles closer to patients like Kendra, allowing her to spend more time with her children. Chase is learning to play drums and Karley loves math and art. “I’m focused on progress in cancer research and on making sure that I will be here and ready for new treatments,” said Kendra.