A loyal donor includes Legacy Health in her estate plan
When Kathi McCoy created her estate plan, she knew she wanted to use it to give back, to make the world a better place. Her gift to Legacy Health helps accomplish that goal.
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Critical care inspires generous gift
The phone call came in the middle of the night. Scott and Mary Peterson jumped out of bed and ran to their car.
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Couple leaves a legacy
Peter and Crystal Metz were married 21 years when Crystal passed away at Legacy Hopewell House Hospice after a lengthy illness.
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Thankful for the gift of life
From a very young age, Gary Pope has been a saver. "I don't have a lot of needs," he says. "If the TV works, the car starts and I have food, everything else is a plus."
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A win-win-win
Fueled by their desire to help others, Douglas and Heather Greene's generosity has touched many diverse organizations, including Legacy Health. They recently made two significant contributions to Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center — a $60,000 charitable gift annuity for a scholarship fund and a $500,000 transformational pledge to the Breast Health Center.
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A change-maker
For more than 25 years, Dorothea Beckwith was there for families during some of their most worrisome days. As a volunteer in the intensive care unit at Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center, she signed visitors in so they could be with their loved one.
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Changing lives
For Jill and Dave Mertens, giving back to their community comes naturally. "We grew up in families where — by example — we were taught to serve, whether it's serving through giving dollars or time," Dave says.
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Making a difference
As June Wiyrick Flores toured Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, she imagined how much easier her husband's hospital experience as a teenager would have been if this family-focused setting existed. When Brian Flores was 16, he was diagnosed with a golf ball-size brain tumor.
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Passing on the love
Will and Sherry Rosenfeld feel a strong connection with their neighborhood hospital. Will, a fifth-generation Oregonian, was born in the Wilcox Building of Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center; his father was born there, too.
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Giving with a plan in his heart
Tom Cauthers is no stranger to cancer. His wife, Margaret, passed away in 2008 from lung cancer, his younger brother succumbed to male breast cancer and he continues to have recurring bouts of skin cancer.
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