COLUMBIAMEMORIAL.ORG Late Summer 2026 7 Nearly 200 caregivers have supported the BuildCMH Expansion Project with over $300,000 in donations through the CMH Employee Giving Campaign. Laura Cox and David Allsup, referral and authorization representatives with the Patient Connection Center, have each chosen to give to the project in their own ways. COLUMBIA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION Building from within David Allsup Allsup gives $10 per pay period and has chosen to make donations until the campaign is complete. By the campaign’s end, he will have given just over $500. “I decided to give to the Employee Giving Campaign for the CMH build project because it’s the right thing to do,” Allsup says. “I’m very communityminded, and this is just a small way that I can give back to the community…. “In so many ways, I think the build will contribute to the community through the Caregivers who pledge a donation of any amount to the Employee Giving Campaign are entered to win quarterly prizes and a grand prize that will be announced at the end of the campaign. It’s a win-win for CMH. Caregivers can take ownership and pride in the historic expansion, and their donations make a tangible difference with the project. Laura Cox Cox donates $20 per paycheck, giving until a total gift of $500 is reached. The payroll deduction makes it easy to give and not miss the amount every other week. “I donate to the building expansion project because I think it’s really important for the community,” Cox says. “It’s going to be nice to have a bigger facility that can maybe bring in more specialties so those in the community that can’t leave for medical care will have it here at home.” increase in services that [will] save people a lot of trips to Portland and a lot of drive time. The services that are so important to us here in this community are going to be available right here.” CMH caregivers support the BuildCMH Expansion Project You can help too! Learn how you can donate toward the project through cash gifts, appreciated securities, real estate, charitable trusts, estate bequests and more. Gifts of $25,000 or more will be recognized with naming opportunities in the expansion, and a donation of $10,000 or more will add your name to the donor wall. Contact Mark Kujala, at foundationinfo@ columbiamemorial.org, for more information. Benefits on both sides
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