Local Donors Get Their First Post-pandemic Tour Of Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center's New Cancer Healing Center (Photo) -02/08/23

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February 8, 2023                                                                                                         Vicki Guinn

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Local donors get their first post-pandemic tour of Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center’s new Cancer Healing Center

 

VANCOUVER, Wa. (February 8, 2023) The Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center completed the Cancer Healing Center during the height of the pandemic, and several months later, the doors were opened to cancer patients and their families. Recently, major donors were invited to tour the new space they helped fund. The space was designed to offer support services to help cancer patients heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  

The local community came together to raise $1 million to complete the healing center. The lead gift of $350,000 came from the Tod and Maxine McClaskey Foundation and $650,000 from other local donors. The cancer healing center offers online and in-person services, including support groups, nutrition and yoga classes, and art therapy sessions. All services are free for people with a cancer diagnosis receiving care through Legacy Health.  

Photo caption: Trustees of The Tod and Maxine McClaskey Foundation lead donors to Legacy Salmon Creek’s new Cancer Healing Center, gather with other major donors and supporters in the center’s reception area. Pictured left to right: Lexie Knight (KMR Group Foundation); Larry Ogg (The Tod and Maxine McClaskey Foundation); Laura Walsh (Legacy Salmon Creek Volunteer Services); Kate Jones (KMR Group Foundation); Jon Hersen (president, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center); Mary Carlson; Brad Carlson; Shirley Gross; Lyn Angelo (The Tod and Maxine McClaskey Foundation); and Lisa Bodner (The Tod and Maxine McClaskey Foundation). Major donors not pictured: Representatives from Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Staff, Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, Colf Family Foundation, Columbia Credit Union, and individual donors Janice and Steven Oliva, Marg Nelson, and Eleanor and Georges St. Laurent. Photo credit: Legacy Health