September 13, 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month: Commemorating Achievements, Successes, and Influence of Hispanics in America Courageous. This is how some would describe the accomplishments of Hispanic and Latino Americans of the past, present and future. National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15th - Oct. 15th) celebrates the history, culture and contributions [...]
September 11, 2023 Recognizing a Month of Recovery National Recovery Month recognizes the courage and strength of community members who triumphed over addiction and mental health challenges. Mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) are often stigmatized, misunderstood, and overlooked. However, underneath it all are people, and we honor their efforts [...]
September 6, 2023 Team Cascadia Takes on the Mother of All Relays, Hood to Coast On August 25 and 26, a team of Cascadians took part in the world-famous Hood to Coast relay, which took the runners on an arduous course from Mt. Hood to the Oregon Coast. Team Cascadia has made it [...]
September 5, 2023 Back-to-School Bazaar Provides School Supplies To More Than 80 Students On August 24 and 25, Cascadia provided school supplies to more than 80 students at our Back-to-School Bazaar and local hair stylists provided free haircuts! Cascadia gave out school supplies including paper, notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes, [...]
August 8, 2023 Celebrating National Health Centers Week At Cascadia Health, health centers are at the heart of what we do, providing integrated health care services including mental health, substance use recovery, primary care, wellness programs, crisis intervention, permanent supportive housing, and more—all in one location to support the whole health needs [...]
July 24, 2023 Portland Pride Festival 2023 Portland Pride Festival 2023 Tens of thousands of festival goers attended Portland Pride at the waterfront this past weekend, July 15 and 16. This was the first year that the festival was rescheduled from June (Pride month nationally) to July, so that it [...]
July 16, 2023 Loss of a Dear Colleague Cascadians, With great sadness, I want to let you know that we lost a dear colleague today. Police were called to an incident at McCarthy Place early this morning, where Haley Rogers, Mental Health Aid II and 5-year Cascadia employee, was pronounced dead on the [...]
July 10, 2023 Monthly Community Social for All: Hosted by Wellness Program Staff, clients, and community members are all invited to the monthly community social hosted by Cascadia Health's Wellness Program in the Education Room at Garlington Health Center. This fun and community-centered event will be held the last Tuesday of [...]
July 10, 2023 Support Our Back-to-School Drive! Cascadia’s annual Back-to-School Drive is right around the corner, and we need your help! Getting ready to go back to school can be expensive, creating hardship for the many families who are already struggling to make ends meet. Our annual Back-to-School Drive [...]
June 13, 2023 Homes in the Heart of East Portland Centennial Place Apartments Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting From left: Derald Walker, PhD, President & CEO, Cascadia Health; Jim Hlava, Vice President, Housing Development, Cascadia Health; Herman Colas Jr., Founder, Colas Construction; James Owens, Superintendent, Centennial School District; State Representative [...]
