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Asante Foundation In the News
March 23, 2024 | Rogue Valley Times | Rogue Valley philanthropist family commits $5 million from estate to Asante
March 22, 2024 | KOBI | Asante Foundation receives $5M gift
March 11, 2024 | KOBI | Local woman gathers more than 250 stuffed animals for Asante Foundation
February 8, 2024 | KOBI | Asante opens new patient pavilion
February 5, 2024 | Rogue Valley Times | Asante opens new $455 million patient pavilion at Rogue Regional Medical Center
February 4, 2024 | Daily Courier | Asante readies new Rogue Regional pavilion (print)
February 4, 2024 | Daily Tidings | Asante’s New $455 Million Pavilion At RRMC Almost Ready To Open
February 1, 2024 | The Business Review | New Pavilion Addition at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center to Expand and Enhance Patient Care
February 1, 2024 | Medford Alert | Asante Prepares to Open New $455 Million Pavilion at RRMC
January 30, 2024 | Grants Pass Tribune | New pavilion addition at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center
October 8, 2023 | KOBI | 2nd annual Asante Walk for Hope
October 7, 2023 | KDRV | Asante honors those with cancer at their Walk for Hope
September 29, 2023 | Rogue Valley Times | Asante receives largest-ever corporate gift — $3 million from Rogue Credit Union
September 21, 2023 | Daily Courier | Rogue Credit Union donates $3 million to Asante Foundation for new hospital (print)
April 29, 2023 | KDRV | Rizvi named Asante’s first medical chair of oncology
April 19, 2023 | KOBI | Asante appoints first-ever ‘Heimann Medical Chair of Oncology’
April 19, 2023 | KTVL | Asante announces first Heimann Medical Chair of Oncology
October 1, 2023 | Southern Oregon Magazine | Olsrud family donates $12 million (print)
September 28, 2022 | KOBI | Dick Heimann, major Asante donor and Lithia co-founder, passes away
July 19, 2022 | Becker’s Hospital Review | 8 recent donations to hospitals
June 23, 2022 | Mail Tribune | Olsrud family donats $12 million for health care (print)
June 23, 2022 | Becker’s Hospital Review | Olsrud family gives $12M for Asante women’s and children’s hospital
June 21, 2022 | KOBI | Olsrud family donates historic $12M gift to Asante women’s and children’s hospital
June 9, 2022 | Mail Tribune | New Medford cancer center brings services together (print)
June 6, 2022 | KTVL | All-in-one cancer center is open to patients in Medford
June 5, 2022 | KOBI | Asante cuts ribbon on new Heimann Cancer Center
June 5, 2022 | KDRV | Asante Foundation celebrates the Mary & Dick Heimann Cancer Center
June 1, 2022 | The Business Review | New Asante Pavilion to Increase Capacity, Capabilities, and Jobs
May 8, 2022 | Daily Courier | A celebration of hope at cancer center (print)
May 7, 2022 | KTVL | Asante expands Helen K. Spears Cancer Center, quadruples number of patients it can serve
MAY 7, 2022 | KDRV | Asante in Grants Pass celebrates expansion of Helen K. Spears Cancer Center
FEBRUARY 10, 2022 | Mail Tribune | Asante Foundation hits $35 million mark in fundraising campaign
FEBRUARY 10, 2022 | KTVL | AsanteForward reaches $35 million in donations thanks for community support
FEBRUARY 9, 2022 | KOBI | Asante Foundation hits $35M milestone in AsanteForward campaign
JANUARY 27, 2022 | KDRV | Rogue Credit Union donates $137,000 to Asante Foundation for pediatric unit
JANUARY 5, 2022 | Mail Tribune | New Medford cancer center sees first patients
OCTOBER 30, 2021 | Mail Tribune | Cancer survivor scales new heights
OCTOBER 29, 2021 | KDRV | Asante cardiologist and former cancer patient ‘climb the crane’
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 | KDRV | Asante Foundation receiving truckloads of snacks, notes, and gifts for hard-pressed healthcare workers
FEBRUARY 19, 2021 | Mail Tribune | Couple donate $5 million for planned cancer center
FEBRUARY 18, 2021 | KDRV | Asante receives $5 million donation toward new cancer center
FEBRUARY 18, 2021 | KOBI | $5 million gift, largest in Asante’s history, for cancer center
JANUARY 28, 2021 | Mail Tribune | Asante beings offering lab made COVID-19 antibody treatment
JANUARY 27, 2021 | KDRV | ASANTE BEGINS OFFERING ANTIBODY TREATMENT FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS
JANUARY 14, 2021 | KDRV | Rogue Credit Union donates $170K for Asante Pediatric Unit
DECEMBER 23, 2020 | KOBI | Displaced health care workers receive Christmas trees
NOVEMBER 30, 2020 | KOBI | New Asante Regional Cancer Center looking for community support
OCTOBER 4, 2020 | Mail Tribune | Jim Wright lost his sight but still has vision
OCTOBER 1, 2020 | Oregon Wine Press | Wildfire Impacts
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020 | Bend Bulletin | Smoke, wildfires challenge West Coast wine industry
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 | KOBI | Wildfire Smoke Affects Harvest Season
SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 | USA Today | ‘Everything’s Gone’: Many neighborhoods destroyed as fire, smoke devastate Oregon families, workers and homeless
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 | KTVL | Fire Resources: Want to help? Need help?
AUGUST 6, 2020 | Wine Industry Advisor | Oregon’s Largest Wine Auction Goes Virtual in August 2020
JULY 21, 2020 | KTVL | Oregon Wine Experience goes virtual amid COVID
JULY 9, 2020 | Daily Courier | Asante moves forward with expansion of cancer center (print)
JUNE 21, 2020 | Mail Tribune | Hospital opens new unit to help mentally ill
JUNE 18, 2020 | KDRV | Asante unveils new Behavioral Health Unit in Medford
MAY 8, 2020 | KOBI | 2020 Oregon Wine Experience may look different
APRIL 2, 2020 | KDRV | LOCAL GROUP MAKES HOMEMADE MASKS AND GOWNS
MARCH 31, 2020 | JPR | Asante Gives Ashland Hospital Special Covid-19 Designnation
MARCH 25, 2020 | KTVL | Here is how you can donate to Asante
MARCH 25 | KDRV | LOCAL HOSPITALS ASK FOR DONATIONS OF ‘PPE’ IN PREPARATION FOR COVID-19 CASES
MARCH 24, 2020 | KOBI | Asante asking for donations for healthcare workers
MARCH 24, 2020 | DAILY COURIER | No-contact pickup offered for local donations of protective equipment (print)
MARCH 21, 2020 | MAIL TRIBUNE | Medical supply donations to be collected at the Expo
MARCH 20, 2020 | KTVL | Asante running low on supplies
FEBRUARY 29, 2020 | FOX 26 | Asante hosts groundbreaking ceremony for new cancer center
FEBRUARY 29, 2020 | KTVL | Asante celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony for new regional cancer center
FEBRUARY 29, 2020 | KOBI | Asante hosts groundbreaking ceremony for new cancer center
FEBRUARY 23, 2020 | DAILY COURIER | Asante to expand cancer center, build new urgent care facility (print)
FEBRUARY 11, 2020 | MAIL TRIBUNE | Asante’s $1 billion plan
JANUARY 2020 | SOUTHERN OREGON MAGAZINE, Winter 2020 issue | Children’s Miracle Network (page 72) and Cameron’s Story (page 73)
JANUARY 23, 2020 | DAILY COURIER A to Z | Expansion of hospital emergency room planned for completion this fall (print)
NOVEMBER 4, 2019 | KDRV | Local Businesses Participate in No-Shave November to Raise Money for Cancer Patients
OCTOBER 10, 2019 | KDRV | Behavioral Health Unit Will Open in March 2020
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 | KTVL | Board approves one-stop outpatient cancer center
SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 | DAILY COURIER | Emergency relief: Asante Three Rivers ED is expanding (print)
JULY 25, 2019 | KDRV | DAIRY QUEEN RAISING FUNDS FOR ASANTE CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK
JULY 13, 2019 | FOX 26 MEDFORD | Asante Three Rivers holds groundbreaking on new building
JULY 13, 2019 | KOBI | Asante Three Rivers holds groundbreaking on new building
JULY 12, 2019 | DAILY COURIER | Asante Three Rivers Medical Center to break ground on expansion (print)
JUNE 6, 2019 | KDRV | Asante Foundation aims for $5 million to fund mental health services
JUNE 6, 2019 | KOBI | Big donation helps Asante Foundation reach fundraising milestone
APRIL 15, 2019 | KOBI | Asante asking for millions to upgrade emergency room
APRIL 15, 2019 | FOX 26 MEDFORD | Asante asking for millions to upgrade emergency room
JANUARY 17, 2019 | KDRV | Cow Creek Umpqua Foundation Gives Nearly $500K to Local Non-Profits
NOVEMBER 28, 2018 | KOBI | Asante Foundation breaks ground on Behavioral Health Initiative
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