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Recognizing a Month of Recovery
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 [...]
Hood to Coast 2023
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 [...]
Back-to-School Bazaar Provides School Supplies To More Than 80 Students
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 [...]
Celebrating National Health Center Week
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 [...]
ICYMI: Pride Waterfront Festival
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 [...]
Loss of a Dear Colleague
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 [...]
Monthly Community Social for All: Hosted by Wellness Program
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 [...]
Support Our Back-to-School Drive!
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 [...]
Homes in the Heart of East Portland
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 [...]
Juneteenth (June 19): Freedom Day
June 13, 2023 Juneteenth (June 19): Freedom Day Juneteenth: Background A federal holiday since 2021, Juneteenth (June 19) honors the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas were informed that "in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive [...]