Our Stories

The Green Team at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center has facilitated several operational improvements to reduce waste and become carbon negative by 2030.

Busy Bees member Marlys Carter knows the pain of losing a loved one. She joined the group in 2005 after her husband passed away. Busy Bees allowed Marlys to connect with others, share her grief and learn the creative outlet of quilting.

The inpatient unit at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center cares for children and teens when they are most vulnerable. Among the treatments used to help them is art therapy, which can offer a way to understand their confusing feelings.

The young patient didn’t speak for days. But when Maggie, a visiting Golden Retriever, greeted the stuffed dog clutched in her arms, she burst out laughing and healing began.

Camp Erin is a free, weekend-long camp for kids who have experienced the death of a family member, friend or other significant person.

Until cancer took her in 2007, Andrean Gerber lived life to its fullest. A lifelong artist, after receiving her diagnosis in 2000, she spent the next seven years creating colorful collages using images cut from magazines.

"We really appreciate donor support – your generous donations give us the opportunity to provide the environment and the tools we need to increase coping, self-regulation, body awareness and understanding of the mind-body connection."

Shauna Lugar experienced two very different pregnancies and two very different deliveries, both at BirthPlace at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center.