Broadening the Project Access NOW circle
We started the new year with a lot of excitement:
- In late December, we had served our 3,000th patient since March 2008 (see the summary of 2009 in Quick Data below)
- The Meyer Memorial Trust awarded us $115,000 over two years to expand our care coordination services (see the article below).
- On January 8th, ABC-KATU2 News ran a short segment on us.
- On January 10th, Entercom Radio’s local public affairs show Metroscope ran a lengthy interview with me.
- Last week, our wine tasting fundraiser at the Square Deal Wine Company attracted more than 65 folks (select photos from the event are available here and you can view and purchase all the photos here). What a great way to kick off the new year!
As we enroll more and more patients every month, we’ll need all the outreach possible to expand our resources this year. Our capacity to meet the need depends on our ability to work collaboratively. Though the challenges ahead will be greater than ever, we’re confident in confronting them and creating positive change in the community.
Our most important resource are volunteers. Physician volunteers like Dr. Friedman help us connect people to the healthcare they need. The more we can involve people in sharing the care, the more we can do for the vulnerable in our community. Community volunteers like Patrick, a former patient, are our organization’s lifeblood.
We’ll also be using media and other marketing outreach to raise awareness in the community and to connect with people who really care about our work. We aim to expand our fledgling fundraising program and increase the number of our individual supporters.
Please give us a call or email us to see how you can contribute to expanding access to healthcare. We appreciate everything you do.
Here’s to a generous and prosperous 2010!
Linda Nilsen-Solares
Executive Director
(January 2010)
