Communities connect and celebrate after three years of pandemic response

CELEBRATION SLIDE SHOW ā€œI’m so excited I could cry,ā€ said Betty Brown, executive director of Portland Open Bible Community Pantry, as she surveyed the celebratory crowd that filled a Portland hotel ballroom. Brown was one of nearly 300 people representing more than 100 community-based organizations (CBO) gathered April 26 at the Holiday Inn Portland Airport. […]

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center brings equity and fair access to the COVID-19 vaccine

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that serves the members of Washington and Yamhill counties through access to high quality, culturally appropriate health care. For more than 46 years Virginia Garcia has offered care to those most vulnerable in their communities.  When COVID-19 began to affect people in Oregon, […]