FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 2007
CONTACT: Cheri Russum, Public Relations, 425-304-0591, cheri.russum@providence.org
Randy Petty, Providence General Foundation, 425-258-7500
Donations for Providence Everett Healthcare Clinic Expansion Exceeds Goal
Community Responds Generously to Need for Mental Health Services
EVERETT, WA – Providence General Foundation recently announced that $653,509 has been given to expand Providence Everett Healthcare Clinic’s facilities and mental health services. This total is $153,509 over its campaign goal of $500,000. Generous donations from local families and corporations will expand primary care and mental health services and will be used to hire a full-time, on-staff mental health practitioner. The facility expansion, scheduled to be complete by September 2007, will increase the size of the existing facility at 1001 North Broadway by 50 percent. Donors include:
| United Way of Snohomish County |
$240,000 |
| The Everett Clinic Foundation |
$100,000 |
| EverTrust Foundation |
$100,000 |
| Providence General Children’s Association |
$75,000 |
| Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound |
$53,900
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| Frontier Bank |
$25,000 |
| Butler Trust |
$5,000 |
| Individual and Family Gifts |
$54,609 |
New total pledges $653,509
“There is a great need in this community for mental health services, especially for children,” says Tony Roon, MD, Medical Director of Clinical Access. “Thanks to enormous generosity, foresight and responsibility among our community members, we can now begin to address this tragic gap in health care. We are proud and grateful for the support of all the donors, who came through in this great time of need.”
The Foundation is dedicated to raising funds for Providence Everett Medical Center in support of expanded facilities and new and improved technology to enhance medical excellence in heart care, pediatrics, cancer, women’s services, vascular and emergency medicine. The Foundation also supports programs and services offered by Providence with special emphasis on reaching the most vulnerable in society.
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