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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

“There is incredible power in doing good. The golden rule should be more than a rule – it should be a purpose.”

—Gene Pelham, Rogue Credit Union