The mission of the Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation is to garner funding for Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics (GRH) equipment and projects in support of patient care needs. We do that by working to strengthen community relationships and grow support for Grande Ronde Hospital.

Since 1969, the Foundation has sought to leverage its impact on our local community as we support the mission of GRH, the region’s leading health care provider for Union County and beyond. By engaging our community in philanthropic activity, we mutually ensure the ability to deliver high-quality local health care to our community, and long-term independence of GRH.

The Foundation has been privileged to partner with many organizations over the years to help us fulfill that mission via donations and grants. For example, in December of 2021, the Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation received a generous grant from the Roots and Wings Foundation. The $90,000 grant was awarded under the 2021 priorities guidelines of “Strong Start for Kids, Strong Communities, and Strong Minds.”

Foundation Manager Patrick Flynn said the grant is a meeting of two visions.

“It is amazing when organizations have visions which create synergies such as this. To then combine efforts and resources to benefit local communities, it’s why we’re here!”

Roots & Wings is a family foundation established in 2019 by Judy and Gordon Faulkner. Roots & Wings makes grants across the fields of healthcare, early childhood, basic needs, and human rights. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that help low-income children and families reach their full potential through prevention, early intervention, and in-depth programming that changes lives. More at www.RootsWings.org.

The Foundation seeks to engage with our communities in order to support strong, independent healthcare. The Foundation has many exciting new projects, events and news to share in the coming months which we will be sure to share.

For more information on all the GRH Foundation does beyond our doors, please visit us at www.grh.org/foundation/