Grande Ronde Hospital | FY2020 | Community Benefit Report

2012 tragedy in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, to provide first responders and civilian bystanders the skills and basic tools to stop uncontrolled bleeding in an emergency situation and save lives. A total of 260 people received this lifesaving instruction free of charge. Before COVID-19 hit Oregon, we were still offering educa- tion and mentoring opportunities for the next generation of health care providers and for the benefit of the community. In January, GRH hosted two sessions of the Mental Health First Aid USA course. Presented by the National Council for Behavioral Health, this eight-hour training introduced participants to risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems, helped build understanding of their impact, and provided overviews of appropriate support options. These sessions were open to the community and saw a wide variety of attendees, including a local high school student with an interest in a future in psychology and employees from the Center for Human Development, the local library and our police department. In fact, before we had to impose mandated visitor restric- tions, GRH had collectively given more than 9,600 hours to mentor students from degree programs in higher education with hands-on training and mentoring. Grants for local programs Right before the pandemic hit, in December 2019, GRH was honored once again to donate $1,000 worth of much-needed items for the annual Elkhorn Media Group and Goss Motors Food Drive. We participate in this worthwhile event each year 2 to address food insecurities in our community. That December we also contributed to the Mountain Valleys Reading Council to help purchase 450 books in collaboration with the La Grande Literary Alliance. At the Santa Mall, 250 of them were given to children, and the rest were used to stock the little libraries at the local elementary schools during the pandemic. Our projects range from small cash and in-kind donations like these to larger projects requiring grant funding. One example is the funding we provided in July 2019 to the Northeast Oregon Network (NEON) in support of the Union County Parenting Collaborative. We are also an annual supporter of the Union County Safe Communities Coalition Drug-Free Run. In August 2019, we again supported the event, which brought in a net of more than $9,600 to support their efforts toward alcohol, tobacco and drug prevention programs for Union County youth. We also provided funding in support of the administration of the ImPACT program in collaboration with six area school districts. This neurocognitive testing for local high school —Continued from page 1 Despite the pandemic of 2020, we accomplished much and are off to a good start for the next two years under the current established goals. GRH is an annual supporter of the Union County Safe Communities Coalition Drug-Free Run. GRH provided funding to buy books for the La Grande Literary Alliance’s 2019 Santa Mall. GRH enjoys providing free health and wellness education and screenings for our communities, and we look forward to resuming all that we do post-COVID-19.