2020 at North by Northeast
One of the challenges of 2020 is that we’re each experiencing it differently. We’ve had to work together to meet the challenges while going through so much alone and while keeping our physical distance. We each have a unique perspective on the year, so we asked some of our staff to share what they want you to know about North by Northeast right now, as we head into the end of 2020: Dr. Jill Ginsberg, Co-founder and Medical Director: What a year this has been! I am so proud that we have been…
It’s Give!Guide Time!
We're thrilled to be included again this year in Willamette Week's Give!Guide! This is our 14th year in the Give!Guide, and every year it gets bigger and better...for the participating nonprofits, for donors, and for our city. This year we have some extra sweet reasons to give to North by Northeast: - Providence Health Plan is matching the first $5,000 donated to North by Northeast. (UPDATE: We've met the match!) - Hedges Family Estate is donating a bottle each of red and white wine to the first…
Doctor to Doctor Video Series
We're thrilled to launch our Doctor to Doctor video series, in partnership with Life Change Church and thanks to funding from the Oregon Health Authority. Doctor to Doctor is a weekly video conversation between Dr. Jill Ginsberg, our Medical Director, and Dr. Mark Strong, Pastor of Life Change Church, to talk all things COVID. In this first episode, Dr. Jill and Pastor Mark introduce themselves, talk about why COVID is called COVID, how we think it spreads and how it affects bodies differently.…
Black Lives Matter
A Message to Our Beloved Community Black Lives Matter. Our community is in pain – suffering in a very public way at the hands of a nation that inflicts violence against Black Americans, usually without consequence. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Tony McDade. Trayvon Martin. Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Kendra James. Tamir Rice. Sandra Bland. Quanice Hayes. And many, many more, including those whose murders have gone unpublicized. This is unacceptable and should cause outrage and…
Community Supper 2020 - Thank You!
We received an incredible amount of support for our first-ever online auction! While we were disappointed not to see all of our friends in person at Community Supper this year, the generosity that’s been directed our way over the past several months has been wonderful. Thank you to everyone who participated by bidding, donating and buying raffle tickets! Thanks to your support, we raised $57,400! These funds will help us continue serving our patients during this time of serious need, and…