Our FISCALYEAR 2021 COMMUNITY BENEFIT REPORT is published as a community service of Grande Ronde Hospital, Inc., and the Community Benefit Subcommittee, 900 Sunset Drive, La Grande, OR 97850. Models may be used in photos and illustrations. 2022 © Coffey Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Jeremy P. Davis, MHA President/CEO Wendy Roberts Senior Director of Administrative Services, Community Benefits Officer Mardi Ford Director of Communications & Marketing and Public Information Officer Grande Ronde Hospital 900 Sunset Drive La Grande, OR 97850 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Walla Walla, WA Permit No. 44 The EOCRN provides an anonymous opportunity to serve the needs in our local community. If you’re interested in getting involved, visit eocrn.org to learn more. % of rates of filled requests Mattresses/bedding 56% Clothing 86% Housing 82% Medical 91% Transportation 50% Food 100% Misc 73% Pets 57% Employment 100% Household 75% lot of connections were being made, as the Underground grew the painstaking system of manually collecting information and items, seeking responses and connecting all the dots was cumbersome and potentially unsustainable. “Many of us were literally storing furniture in our offices,” he recalls. “I began shopping the concept of a community resource network. I talked about it to anyone who would listen to me.” By September 2020, the Eastern Oregon Community Resource Network (EOCRN) was born, with the active participation of representatives from GRH, the Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization, the Greater Oregon Behavioral Health Initiative, Union County’s Local Community Advisory Council and MODA. The success of the program has exceeded all hopes. Building each other up The EOCRN is seeing unprecedented success, with an average 80% success rate in fulfilling unmet needs. Although similar programs like this have not been as successful in other parts of the country, Evans believes it works here in Eastern Oregon because our roots in an independent can-do attitude and pioneer spirit make us “built for it.” “The reason it has been so successful is that rural folks just love to help their neighbors,” he says. “We just have to put the need out there—here’s the gap, here’s the kid—and they step up. I get so excited because it really is the little things that we can help with before they turn into big things. I feel so privileged to be in this position, where we can help build each other up.” Making a difference—one family at a time —Continued from page 3
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