Capital campaign progress in 2024
The CMH Foundation reached a noteworthy achievement in 2024, passing the halfway mark in raising $10 million for the BuildCMH Expansion Project.
Lead gifts for the project through 2024 include:
- CareOregon: $2,000,000
- Shawn & Paula Teevin: $500,000
- Pierre Sundborg: $250,000
- John Crawford & Jody Stahancyk: $250,000
- Linda Moreland: $250,000
- Hampton Lumber Company: $250,000
- Constance Waisanen: $100,000
- Warrenton Fiber Company & the Nygaard Family: $100,000
- Englund Marine & Industrial Supply: $100,000
The capital campaign’s cumulative total was around $5.9 million at the end of 2024. Of that total, caregivers have given $250,000, which is amazing support from our essential team.
Diamond Derby
On Saturday, May 4, 2024, community members, caregivers, local volunteers and special guests came together to support the expansion at the third annual Diamond Derby fundraiser.
More than 350 people dressed to the nines for the Kentucky Derby watch party, where they enjoyed a generous meal and tasty desserts. Guests had the opportunity to bid on live auction items and experiences, as well as enter raffles.
Thanks to the generosity of the community, over $330,000 was raised.
Those in attendance also got an exclusive first look at the most recent model and renderings of the expanded CMH facility as they learned more about the impact this will have for generations to come on the North Coast.
Community support
Last year, we invited the community to be a part of CMH history by buying bricks, pavers and stone benches to be placed in the hospital’s labyrinth and garden areas.
So far in 2024, we’ve sold 33 bricks, 15 pavers and 4 stone benches.
Oregon legislative ask
CEO Erik Thorsen and I are pursuing an ask of $6 million from the state in the 2025 legislative session to help pay for resiliency measures in the expansion, such as the Tsunami Vertical Evacuation Refuge Structure (TVERS), deep pile foundation and locating critical infrastructure and the helipad on the roof.
The state encouraged coastal hospitals to invest in resiliency in 2017 because they weren't prepared for a significant natural disaster. We see the resiliency measures as answering that call from the state, so we hope they will support us in this effort. We will not know if we will get the funding until June or July of 2025, at the end of the legislative session, but we are hopeful.