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Well, hello again, KCIW

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listeners, and welcome to

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Curry Cafe.

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And I'd like the big shout out today

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being International

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Day,

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right in the middle of Women's History Month.

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So yay, women,

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and we'll be talking to a woman very

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soon.

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I'm volunteer Rick McNamer. Every Sunday from three

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to four, your host, Ray Gary, and I

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put together a panel of guests to discuss

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topics of interest in our community.

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Listeners can participate

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by texting in questions or comments to

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Again, you can text in (541)

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So now here's Ray to tell us about

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today's show. Okay. To all of you who

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still think it's 02:00 in the afternoon, you're

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wrong. You forgot to.

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Today, we have a very special guest who

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I'm gonna I could turn the mic over

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to in a minute, and she will introduce

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herself, tell you all about herself, and

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we'll find out about herself.

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you're on. Alright.

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My name is Kendi Lance. I am here

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from Grants Pass, Oregon.

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I worked with the Assante Foundation.

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The Assante Foundation is the

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the arm of Assante

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that raises all the funds,

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for

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all the new equipment that we get, new

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technology,

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some wraparound care, like what I'm here to

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talk about today, which is the family house.

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It's a hospitality

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house,

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that is there for traveling patients.

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Yeah. I mean, what else do you wanna

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know about me? Well,

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we'll get into a lot of that. Can

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you go ahead and give us a brief

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little background where you

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started from and what got you here to

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Brookings? Okay. I'm sorry to grant's pass. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I as I was born and raised in

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Montana.

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I was raised on

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a large

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wheat and barley farm

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in the middle of nowhere, North Central Montana.

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This kinda I'll bring this back around. It

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does tie into why I am where I

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am with the Assante Foundation. But for now,

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just know that I was raised in a

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place where there was nothing around. And

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I spent more time with farm equipment

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stray cats and my sis I had loads

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of sisters

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than I did with anyone outside of my

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family. So,

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after graduating,

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I decided I needed to get out of

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Montana. It's really cold there.

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Like, 40 degrees below zero is not a

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rarity.

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went to Florida because

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That's a pretty pretty big one

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last stream to the other. Exactly.

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And then after being in Florida for about

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three years, I decided I missed mountains.

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a move

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to Oregon

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and then back to Montana

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where I met my husband. And,

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at the time, when we were just dating,

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we decided to move to Portland with his

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band.

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We lived there for ten years, fell in

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love with Oregon.

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A lot of people do. Yeah. It's so

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great. And then we decided that we had

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a little girl at the time. We wanted

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to get her back to where we were

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raised. We went back to Montana.

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it was my husband's wishes that we move

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back there, and I told him I'd give

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it two years.

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I gave it five, and it was it

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was still really cold there.

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I think I should have that one.

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40 below zero was still not a rarity,

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so we decided to move.

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chose Grants Pass, Oregon

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because we loved Oregon, and we wanted to

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get back to Oregon, but we did not

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love the city. And so Grants Pass has

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been the perfect fit for us. Love the

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city big Portland?

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Yeah. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Grants Pass is not

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quite as big as as Portland. No. I'm

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I moved here from Alaska, and I can

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certainly

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relate to your weather situation.

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I can't believe it's what was it? The

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March now, and I'm wearing a t shirt.

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Yes. And I was out in the yard

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working with no shirt today.

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I should look up the the temperature in

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the town I lived in. Maybe I'll do

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that well. And what town was that? Well,

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I a little town called Healy was where

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I spent most of my time, but I

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was a Alaska state trooper, so

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I moved all over the state, basically. There

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was no place that was warm, though. Yeah.

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I wouldn't And

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the cold in the winter and mosquitoes

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in the summer just made it unbearable. After

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forty years, I couldn't take it anymore. That

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was the end.

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Yeah. Well, forty years is a is a

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good hard try.

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Yeah. It's a it's it's a it's a

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wonderful place to live, but, I lived on

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a homestead which included some hardships.

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And turning on the faucet or the light

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didn't mean your water was gonna come or

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your electricity was gonna come

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Or anybody come to fix it. You had

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to learn how to do all that yourself.

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Yeah. But you got some pretty lights.

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I'm sorry? You got some pretty lights with

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those northern lights? Northern oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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Oh, it's the most beautiful place in the

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world then. Yeah.

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Where I lived, it was not uncommon to

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wake up and find, grizzly bear tracks in

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my yard or wolves.

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That to me is heaven, but

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heaven could warm up a little. It's gonna

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tend to set up a little bit. Yeah.

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And I've only dealt with minus that was

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minus 31 time I for working for the

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railroad out in, Eastern Nebraska with the wind

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chill, and that was enough for me. Yeah.

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Some people, I guess, can when you live

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there, some people I don't know if they

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like it, but they certainly can deal with

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it. Yeah. I think it's the tornadoes there

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that would get me down. Oh, man. That

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too. Yeah. Those sirens sound creepy.

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Well and I'm sorry. Kenny, what was the

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name of the town in Montana? I grew

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up, outside of a town called Fort Benton.

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Most recently, I was in a little town

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called Frenchtown. It's right outside of Missoula.

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Okay. Well so and what you're doing now

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kinda I'm I maybe you didn't think about

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it back then, but being in a very

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rural community,

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you know about what you're dealing with now

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and people that have to travel a long

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and because of their medical issues.

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So Yeah. Precisely.

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from any medical care,

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and much further from specialty care where I

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grew up, I saw a lot

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of families struggling,

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including my own.

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You know, it for many, it's the decision

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of,

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do I travel at all? Is it worth

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that? Like, I you know, it's an expense.

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It's time. It's hardship

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emotionally.

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in those instances, if there's not a place

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to stay, if there's not affordable care,

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they just won't do it. You know? Lot

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of lot of hard headed folks. You know?

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lot of people. Absolutely.

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Yeah. So when I moved

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to Grants Pass, I was I was doing

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marketing.

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doing it for a lot of nonprofit

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companies. So I did I did know a

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lot about nonprofit marketing, but I didn't wanna

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be in marketing anymore.

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But I still wanted to do something where

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I felt like I was giving back or

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it wasn't soulless work.

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But I was fortunate that I still had

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a job. I was able to be very

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particular about where I worked, and then I

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saw this job opening at Assante

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for their foundation.

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And the specific job details said

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one of the major focuses of this position

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is the family house,

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care in Josephine County, including,

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cancer care compassion funds.

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And I knew that I wanted that job.

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It meant so much to me

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for multiple reasons.

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I had my own family experience where my

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young daughter, my oldest niece,

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she was diagnosed with cancer,

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and we were told

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she had three months.

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It was a very rare childhood cancer.

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being that there were no specialty services like

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that around where she was living in Montana,

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they had to travel. They had to travel

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to Denver Children's Hospital.

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them to stay in, it's it's not obviously

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the one that is,

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through Assante. It was the Ronald McDonald House.

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But because that was there Same premise there.

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Yeah. To help help families out. Okay. Exactly.

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They were able to travel. And because they

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were able to travel, my niece was able

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to

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receive

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treatment,

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experimental treatment that,

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no child had survived this cancer at her

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age. She was five in the past.

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That's that's just hard to believe. But Yeah.

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It happened. And because she was

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able to do that, she survived. And she's

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in her twenties. And My. She's probably gonna

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get proposed to by her boyfriend soon. And

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she's,

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she graduated from college with a marketing degree.

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She's got a really great job.

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other children are now surviving this type of

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cancer because

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she was able to travel and she had

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a place to stay.

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And when she was when she was being

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treated, I was able to go there. My

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my sister at the time was

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a single mother. She they she also had

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a little boy that was just six months

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old. Boy, talk about some hardships there. But

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It it was tough, but, you know, you

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just gotta be so grateful

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Of course. For what people have made possible.

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You know, complete strangers who have never met

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my sister, who have never met my niece,

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but people make these things possible.

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And,

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I was able to stay with my niece

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in the hospital, and my sister my niece

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was quarantined because, you know, she she couldn't

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have people around her at her,

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because of how her body was in that

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moment. My sister got sick. She couldn't be

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around her own daughter, but she was still

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able to be nearby

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with her son

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and get through their flu so that she

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could go back and be with her daughter.

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And but I I was there throughout all

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that, and I saw how much a place

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like that can mean to people.

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So when this job opened up, I was

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I wanna do that. I wanna help other

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people, people who are traveling from rural

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areas

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that need

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complete strangers to wrap around them

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and care for them and give them a

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comforting and affordable place to stay.

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Could we back up just a little bit?

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When you mentioned Assante Foundation

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Mhmm.

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When I hear the word Assante, I'm thinking

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of that's the go to place if you

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need a doctor. Yeah. They seem to have

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very good ones, and then they have other

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staff,

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around. So how how you are you related

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to that in any way? Yeah. Yeah. So,

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Assante,

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the Assante Health System

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is a nonprofit itself. Oh, really? Yeah. It's

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Everything there, the the medical, the surgeries, all

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of that. Yep. Yes. Folks

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may get charged insurance is charged for folks

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to visit there,

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but we operate on about a half a

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percent

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profit margin. All the money goes into the

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operational costs. So when we

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need to

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expand health care to

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keep up with the growth of the region,

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we use the Assante Foundation. That's where we

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come in. We pay for the new technology,

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and I shouldn't say we because it's donors.

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It's people giving gifts to the foundation,

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gifts that are important to them.

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You know, for one person, it might be

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the family house. For another, it might be

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cardiology.

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Another,

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it it might be compassion

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funds. And

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anything

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anything any expansion, any new technology, that is

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coming from donors. It's coming from philanthropy,

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and that has been true of Assante since

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the beginning.

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It's it's just it all sounds wonderful. Now

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we were talking a little bit. If you

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could expound a little bit on the compassion

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funds

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part on how those situations

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come in,

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not not just strictly medical care, but other

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care that that they need. Absolutely.

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Compassion funds are so incredible.

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When when folks are going through hard times,

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you never know what their situation is. Right?

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So we we have social workers that will

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talk to them. They will come to us,

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and they will tell us what their individual

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needs may be. And so there are these

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funds.

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They are not designated towards research. They are

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not dedicated

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to new equipment and technology.

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They are dedicated

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to a person's needs in the moment, whatever

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their individual situation might be. So for one

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person, it might be

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grocery cards, like,

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gift certificates to a grocery store because

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their income

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is now going into

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paying for whatever treatment they're getting or traveling

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for that care. Or for others, it might

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be,

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it might be gas cards or it might

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be clothing.

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It could be

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that,

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in a situation

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where

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I was told this the other day by

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one of our social workers. There was a

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person who

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she was traveling for cancer care. She forgot

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her nausea medicine, but because it had already

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been filled recently,

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her insurance wouldn't cover it. She didn't have

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the the funds to pay for her anti

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nausea medicine,

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and so they were able to give her

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a gift card to the pharmacy to go

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pay for that. So it's it's really for

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a multitude of things. Covers almost everything any

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family member or person would have to deal

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with. Yeah. The things that insurance doesn't cover.

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Well Right? Yeah. Yeah.

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So you can, again, text in (541)

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661-4098.

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Now and, Kenny, you mentioned Josephine County.

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But how

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how far does Assante reach? Like, we had,

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I think, talked people I'm on the California

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side, Smith River, Crescent City. I'm assuming a

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lot of people from that area have to

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go to Medford or, well, Medford and Grants

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Pass. Yeah. Both. So it encompasses

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a lot a big area for people to,

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you know, take advantage of if that's the

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right Yeah. I hate to say take advantage

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of, but that's We primarily serve nine counties.

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I mean, if you think of everywhere between,

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Sacramento

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and Portland,

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there there's a lot of people coming from

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all over to get there. Too. Mhmm. I

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mean, there's certain there's are certain services that

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we offer

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that are offered in Portland,

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and they are offered in San Francisco even

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Mhmm. And nowhere in between.

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So people, you you know, if they're closer

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to San Francisco or Sacramento, they might go

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there. If they're closer to Portland, they might

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go there. But all of those places in

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between, they're coming

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to Assante.

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Yeah. Nine nine counties. Nine counties. Yeah. Wow.

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Pretty wild.

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Yeah. I I like the idea that there's

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more than one doctor involved in this specialty.

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If,

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if one has a question

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in theory, I guess they would get together

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and ask another one to have to treat

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a certain,

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different or new or,

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or a problem that we did lose some

435
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new knowledge. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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So and, again, we're talking a lot of

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philanthropy here. Right. And

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part of the reason you're here today, of

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course, is to be with us. But the

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other one is you did receive, if you

442
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want a little shout out to

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Oh, yeah. Happened, this, before you came here.

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Yeah. Yeah. So I

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came here. I visited,

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with a lovely woman from

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the Emblem Club.

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She actually had the opportunity

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to stay at the family house. It's very

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special to her. She spent a lot of

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time there,

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and

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and really just appreciated the care she received

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so much. So she called me up and

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asked if I would come to Brookings

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to go

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to their meeting where they were going to

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be giving checks away to some some nonprofits.

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There I think there were probably maybe maybe

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seven or eight nonprofits there that they were

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giving checks to, and

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we were very grateful to be one of

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them. That's awesome. Mhmm. That is awesome.

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Well, thank you to the Emblem Club. Yes.

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Thank you to the Emblem Club. Okay.

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So the

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now

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the

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the

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you how do I put this? Well, a

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lot of volunteers are there, I'm assuming, along

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with paid staff Mhmm. For Assante.

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Yeah. Yeah. We do have some really great

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volunteers,

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and then,

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we're,

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like, somewhat decent sized staff, I guess, but

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we're very close. We all work together. Yeah.

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Now doing my little research, I I saw

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it looked like

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for the Assante Foundation team, there were 14

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people,

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or has that changed?

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I think whatever you saw on the website

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is probably correct. No. No. No. Okay. And

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I did notice now that it's,

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Women's Month and International Women's Day, most of

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them were women. I think there were two

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men. I I'm just assuming that wasn't

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a prerogative for people to be on the

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team. Yeah. But it just kinda happened to

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work out that way. Yeah. It's certainly not

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a requirement that you have to be female.

494
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But, yeah, I think that just

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it kind

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of is how philanthropy leans, the industry.

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It is more heavily

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female dominated. Yeah.

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But that's not to say that we don't

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have male voices. Right? Sure.

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Sure. We have a board that has plenty

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of male members and Yeah. Are very involved

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in the decision making. And our board is

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great. They

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they are folks from the community

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who

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come from a lot of different industries, and

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they represent

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they represent the voice of the community.

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Yeah. And we were talking a little bit

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before. I've been to Grants Pass a few

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times, had to go there for medical myself,

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and

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it seems like Grants Pass is,

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a pretty for a larger city that we're

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not used to here. It seems to be

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pretty tight

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with and supportive of what Assante

519
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is doing It very much is. For people.

520
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Yeah. Yeah. That this community, they really come

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together and,

522
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you know, it doesn't matter

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politics, any of it. Everyone comes together, and

524
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they support each other as a community. I

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have been

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so impressed with

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Southern Oregon as a whole just how kind

528
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and generous people are.

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Coming from Sacramento, I can't and, again, I

530
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live just across the border in Smith River,

531
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but and do a lot of business and,

532
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my stuff here in Brookings and Arbor. But

533
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I I noticed that too. It was a

534
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a little different from the where I came

535
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from. Yeah. This is a much friendlier place

536
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than a lot of the country.

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My,

538
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sister-in-law came here from Fort Lauderdale with her

539
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husband.

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And I think that's one of the rudest

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places in the country, and I just couldn't

542
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believe how people's heads are low

543
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and

544
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the way they drive.

545
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We're not racing to get through the red

546
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lights and things like that. So it's, yeah,

547
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it's a much more laid back place to

548
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live than a lot of places. Yeah.

549
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Yeah. The amount of times that it is

550
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I am not

551
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on the right and people are waving me

552
00:20:39,779 --> 00:20:41,799
through the stop sign.

553
00:20:43,940 --> 00:20:46,519
What a change. Uh-huh. What a change.

554
00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:49,880
So with the 14 members

555
00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:51,480
of the the staff,

556
00:20:51,914 --> 00:20:54,475
do they I'm assuming they each maybe have

557
00:20:54,475 --> 00:20:57,195
their own specialty or mission, and, of course,

558
00:20:57,195 --> 00:20:59,595
I'm sure you guys all work together and

559
00:20:59,595 --> 00:21:00,255
get together.

560
00:21:00,634 --> 00:21:03,615
But does each one kinda have a specialty

561
00:21:04,075 --> 00:21:07,220
that they Yes. We do. Do. Yeah. As

562
00:21:07,220 --> 00:21:10,599
a whole, we are all working toward expanding

563
00:21:10,740 --> 00:21:11,480
health care

564
00:21:12,420 --> 00:21:13,319
in our region,

565
00:21:14,019 --> 00:21:16,660
and making sure we have world class health

566
00:21:16,660 --> 00:21:17,160
care

567
00:21:18,154 --> 00:21:20,394
in the nine counties for the nine counties

568
00:21:20,394 --> 00:21:21,054
we serve.

569
00:21:21,674 --> 00:21:23,214
But, yes, each of us,

570
00:21:23,595 --> 00:21:25,914
we do have our focus areas. Mine is

571
00:21:25,914 --> 00:21:28,575
Josephine County and the family house.

572
00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:32,974
Another member's is cancer care. Another member has

573
00:21:33,650 --> 00:21:34,150
cardiology.

574
00:21:35,169 --> 00:21:36,549
Right now, our

575
00:21:36,929 --> 00:21:38,150
primary focus

576
00:21:39,650 --> 00:21:43,009
is something we're calling the Assante forward 2030

577
00:21:43,009 --> 00:21:43,509
campaign.

578
00:21:44,369 --> 00:21:44,869
And

579
00:21:45,904 --> 00:21:47,904
we are working to raise funds for a

580
00:21:47,904 --> 00:21:50,724
lot of different things, but our primary focus

581
00:21:50,865 --> 00:21:51,765
is right now

582
00:21:52,224 --> 00:21:53,285
are expanding

583
00:21:53,825 --> 00:21:54,325
cardiology

584
00:21:54,625 --> 00:21:55,125
care,

585
00:21:56,304 --> 00:21:57,044
the oncology

586
00:21:57,825 --> 00:21:59,684
wing in in Medford,

587
00:22:00,630 --> 00:22:03,609
and the family house in Grants Pass. Okay.

588
00:22:04,070 --> 00:22:06,330
But that's not to say there aren't

589
00:22:06,789 --> 00:22:09,509
many other things we're raising funds for at

590
00:22:09,509 --> 00:22:11,830
any given time. Is is the fact that

591
00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:14,150
there's kind of a shortage of cardiologists and

592
00:22:14,150 --> 00:22:15,849
many of the specialists, is that

593
00:22:16,664 --> 00:22:18,984
just that there aren't that many cardiologists, or

594
00:22:18,984 --> 00:22:20,744
there's not enough money to pay them? Or

595
00:22:21,704 --> 00:22:24,505
Well, our recruitment team does a very good

596
00:22:24,505 --> 00:22:27,625
job, and they are being very competitive and

597
00:22:27,625 --> 00:22:29,910
trying to bring in the best care in

598
00:22:29,910 --> 00:22:31,769
the area. And, actually, our

599
00:22:32,230 --> 00:22:32,730
cardiology

600
00:22:35,190 --> 00:22:36,090
is top.

601
00:22:36,470 --> 00:22:38,710
You can't go anywhere else and get better

602
00:22:38,710 --> 00:22:41,110
care. We we get the top awards for

603
00:22:41,110 --> 00:22:41,610
cardiology.

604
00:22:42,025 --> 00:22:43,884
I will say to your question,

605
00:22:45,545 --> 00:22:47,325
cardiology is not my specialty.

606
00:22:47,625 --> 00:22:50,585
So I I can't fully tell you about

607
00:22:50,585 --> 00:22:52,904
the doctors, but I do know that we

608
00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:55,085
get we do have the best care.

609
00:22:55,630 --> 00:22:57,470
I'm I'm very pleased with the medical care

610
00:22:57,470 --> 00:23:00,349
I've gotten from Assante, but I I guess

611
00:23:00,349 --> 00:23:02,190
maybe I phrased my question wrong. Is the

612
00:23:02,190 --> 00:23:04,130
fact that there are so few cardiologists

613
00:23:04,509 --> 00:23:05,410
and so few

614
00:23:06,029 --> 00:23:08,289
oncologists and specialists is that because

615
00:23:08,865 --> 00:23:10,964
there isn't the money to pay them or

616
00:23:11,424 --> 00:23:12,484
there just aren't

617
00:23:13,025 --> 00:23:13,664
doctors? Yeah.

618
00:23:14,785 --> 00:23:15,285
Well,

619
00:23:15,904 --> 00:23:17,825
we don't have a shortage right now. We

620
00:23:17,825 --> 00:23:19,664
have the number that we need to care

621
00:23:19,664 --> 00:23:22,325
for the number of patients that we have.

622
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,869
But I, yeah, I'm I don't know I

623
00:23:26,869 --> 00:23:28,309
really don't know the answer to that because

624
00:23:28,309 --> 00:23:31,029
I don't work in the cardiology part. Yeah.

625
00:23:31,029 --> 00:23:31,930
So sorry.

626
00:23:33,670 --> 00:23:34,170
Okay.

627
00:23:36,255 --> 00:23:38,994
And and how long has Assante been,

628
00:23:39,454 --> 00:23:41,695
well, the foundation been around? And what was

629
00:23:41,695 --> 00:23:43,695
that kind of the start? Yeah. So,

630
00:23:44,335 --> 00:23:44,994
the foundation

631
00:23:46,095 --> 00:23:47,775
opened in 1973.

632
00:23:47,775 --> 00:23:48,595
They were founded.

633
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,919
So it's been around a long time. But

634
00:23:50,919 --> 00:23:51,419
Assante

635
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:52,220
has

636
00:23:52,519 --> 00:23:53,500
always been

637
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:55,259
based in philanthropy.

638
00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:56,619
The,

639
00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:57,900
Assante

640
00:23:58,599 --> 00:23:59,819
before it was Assante,

641
00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,460
it was Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital,

642
00:24:03,734 --> 00:24:04,234
And

643
00:24:04,695 --> 00:24:06,875
that opened in the nineteen fifties,

644
00:24:07,494 --> 00:24:09,835
and it was fully funded through philanthropy.

645
00:24:10,214 --> 00:24:10,875
It was

646
00:24:12,055 --> 00:24:13,275
a group, a community

647
00:24:14,455 --> 00:24:15,994
group of folks from the community

648
00:24:16,460 --> 00:24:18,380
that got together. They went door to door,

649
00:24:18,380 --> 00:24:20,460
raised funds. They said, we need a hospital.

650
00:24:20,460 --> 00:24:21,900
Why don't we have a hospital? We need

651
00:24:21,900 --> 00:24:23,599
a hospital for our area. And

652
00:24:23,980 --> 00:24:26,299
and they did the footwork, and they raised

653
00:24:26,299 --> 00:24:28,960
the funds. And back in the nineteen fifties,

654
00:24:29,019 --> 00:24:32,205
this was a two point, I believe, $2,900,000

655
00:24:32,205 --> 00:24:34,365
project, and they raised the funds and made

656
00:24:34,365 --> 00:24:35,424
it happen. And

657
00:24:36,125 --> 00:24:36,785
and Assante

658
00:24:37,085 --> 00:24:37,585
has

659
00:24:38,365 --> 00:24:39,904
grown from the community's

660
00:24:40,205 --> 00:24:40,705
generosity,

661
00:24:41,085 --> 00:24:43,505
from the region's generosity, and it's been

662
00:24:43,965 --> 00:24:45,904
fully out of philanthropy since then.

663
00:24:46,559 --> 00:24:48,019
Raising money for a hospital

664
00:24:48,319 --> 00:24:51,299
brings to mind a little Henry Ford story.

665
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,940
Henry Ford was visiting Ireland, his,

666
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,740
where his mother came from. And

667
00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,759
one one night, somebody knocked at the door,

668
00:24:59,759 --> 00:25:01,859
and they were raising funds for the hospital.

669
00:25:01,964 --> 00:25:02,464
And,

670
00:25:04,365 --> 00:25:06,204
Ford says, oh, sure. Okay. And he he

671
00:25:06,204 --> 00:25:07,644
whipped off $5,000

672
00:25:07,644 --> 00:25:08,544
for the hospital.

673
00:25:09,484 --> 00:25:11,644
The next morning, he goes down to breakfast

674
00:25:11,644 --> 00:25:13,724
and there's headlines in the paper. Henry Ford

675
00:25:13,724 --> 00:25:15,644
just donated $50,000

676
00:25:15,644 --> 00:25:18,110
for the new hospital. Oh, whoops. So the

677
00:25:18,110 --> 00:25:19,710
guy that got the 5 k from him

678
00:25:19,710 --> 00:25:21,150
came running out to him and says, jeez.

679
00:25:21,150 --> 00:25:23,470
I'm really sorry. I'm gonna have them retract

680
00:25:23,470 --> 00:25:25,710
that right away. So, of course, naturally, he

681
00:25:25,710 --> 00:25:27,330
came up with the rest of the money.

682
00:25:28,910 --> 00:25:30,910
Well, hopefully, you can I I I look?

683
00:25:30,910 --> 00:25:32,450
We try to something like that.

684
00:25:33,924 --> 00:25:35,205
Yeah. It's yeah.

685
00:25:35,845 --> 00:25:37,285
We try to keep a little bit more

686
00:25:37,285 --> 00:25:39,684
of an honest approach. But Oh, god. That

687
00:25:39,684 --> 00:25:40,744
will get you nowhere.

688
00:25:41,605 --> 00:25:42,984
Just look at the political

689
00:25:43,365 --> 00:25:43,865
situation.

690
00:25:44,805 --> 00:25:46,644
Well, it sounds like to be, Asante has

691
00:25:46,644 --> 00:25:48,105
gotten a long way,

692
00:25:48,809 --> 00:25:50,990
you know Mhmm. So far. And

693
00:25:51,690 --> 00:25:53,549
right now, is there,

694
00:25:54,329 --> 00:25:56,589
probably a waiting list for people

695
00:25:57,529 --> 00:25:59,690
to to get in there? And At the

696
00:25:59,690 --> 00:26:02,444
family home? At the family house? Yeah. And

697
00:26:02,444 --> 00:26:02,944
I

698
00:26:03,244 --> 00:26:05,265
believe you're looking to expand,

699
00:26:05,724 --> 00:26:06,224
hopefully.

700
00:26:06,605 --> 00:26:09,325
We are. Yeah. Currently, the family house has

701
00:26:09,325 --> 00:26:10,144
seven rooms.

702
00:26:10,765 --> 00:26:13,345
We have five RV spaces with full hookups,

703
00:26:14,859 --> 00:26:15,359
and

704
00:26:16,380 --> 00:26:17,519
that is not enough.

705
00:26:18,059 --> 00:26:21,339
We are turning people away, and it's it's

706
00:26:21,339 --> 00:26:23,359
an awful thing to have to do.

707
00:26:23,740 --> 00:26:25,900
These are people who Awful but necessary and

708
00:26:26,224 --> 00:26:28,224
Awful but necessary. I mean and and the

709
00:26:28,224 --> 00:26:30,644
reason is is because we have great care,

710
00:26:31,585 --> 00:26:34,144
Yeah. And they're they're coming to receive great

711
00:26:34,144 --> 00:26:35,205
care, but,

712
00:26:36,305 --> 00:26:38,705
we don't wanna turn people away. So we're

713
00:26:38,705 --> 00:26:39,845
looking to expand.

714
00:26:41,039 --> 00:26:42,880
It's a we're going to double the size

715
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,859
of the family house, adding seven additional rooms.

716
00:26:46,079 --> 00:26:48,980
We are also adding three more RV spaces

717
00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:50,099
with full hookups

718
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:51,380
and

719
00:26:51,839 --> 00:26:54,000
doing some updates on some other stuff around

720
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,755
the the property. We're adding a a privacy

721
00:26:56,815 --> 00:26:59,775
landscape barrier, getting in some more washer and

722
00:26:59,775 --> 00:27:00,275
dryers,

723
00:27:00,735 --> 00:27:02,735
the necessities to take care of folks and

724
00:27:02,735 --> 00:27:04,674
make this a home environment. Would need

725
00:27:05,295 --> 00:27:06,975
to to be, you know, with their loved

726
00:27:06,975 --> 00:27:09,970
ones while they're going through some serious medical

727
00:27:09,970 --> 00:27:12,369
treatments. Yeah. Yeah. It's it really is just

728
00:27:12,369 --> 00:27:13,910
a wonderful place. It has

729
00:27:14,529 --> 00:27:16,470
a a full kitchen where they can

730
00:27:16,849 --> 00:27:19,009
cook meals with their families. They have their

731
00:27:19,009 --> 00:27:20,630
own space in their refrigerators.

732
00:27:21,009 --> 00:27:22,289
They have their own drawers to keep their

733
00:27:22,289 --> 00:27:24,355
food. But in addition to that, we have

734
00:27:24,355 --> 00:27:26,434
a full pantry of food that is just

735
00:27:26,434 --> 00:27:27,575
available for anyone,

736
00:27:28,515 --> 00:27:31,494
especially the folks that might be going through

737
00:27:31,875 --> 00:27:33,815
a cancer treatment. You never know

738
00:27:34,355 --> 00:27:36,274
when you're going to feel hungry or what

739
00:27:36,274 --> 00:27:37,799
you're going to want to eat.

740
00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:39,820
So having options there,

741
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:42,440
it's it's really a great thing that we

742
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:43,100
can provide.

743
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,880
With the expansion, of course, seven new rooms,

744
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,320
we're going to need make more to make

745
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,160
more space in our kitchen as well and

746
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,715
assess that situation so that we can have

747
00:27:53,715 --> 00:27:55,955
the space for everyone to keep their their

748
00:27:55,955 --> 00:27:56,455
grub.

749
00:27:57,555 --> 00:27:58,055
Boy.

750
00:27:58,994 --> 00:27:59,494
And

751
00:28:00,994 --> 00:28:04,595
you're on your the Assante House now. Did

752
00:28:04,595 --> 00:28:06,275
I have that right? The family house. The

753
00:28:06,275 --> 00:28:09,109
family house now. It's right next to all

754
00:28:09,109 --> 00:28:11,690
the medical facilities It is. Where they can

755
00:28:12,230 --> 00:28:14,549
essentially walk her being pushed in. Whatever they

756
00:28:14,549 --> 00:28:16,390
have that's close. Yeah. This,

757
00:28:16,950 --> 00:28:19,190
expansion you're talking about gonna be on the

758
00:28:19,190 --> 00:28:19,690
same

759
00:28:20,085 --> 00:28:23,144
area? Or Yeah. So we are so fortunate

760
00:28:23,525 --> 00:28:24,025
that

761
00:28:24,484 --> 00:28:26,265
the folks who came together,

762
00:28:28,804 --> 00:28:30,804
to build the first family house with this

763
00:28:30,804 --> 00:28:32,984
idea of we need this place. We need

764
00:28:33,284 --> 00:28:33,865
to offer

765
00:28:34,299 --> 00:28:36,940
a place to stay for our neighbors traveling

766
00:28:36,940 --> 00:28:38,859
for care. It was a group of realtors,

767
00:28:38,859 --> 00:28:39,359
and

768
00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:42,460
they came together, and they saw this need.

769
00:28:42,460 --> 00:28:43,680
They went to the hospital.

770
00:28:44,059 --> 00:28:46,299
The hospital and them, they teamed up and

771
00:28:46,299 --> 00:28:48,075
came up with the funds for this, but

772
00:28:48,154 --> 00:28:50,815
they were were so fortunate that they also

773
00:28:51,034 --> 00:28:52,974
had the foresight to know,

774
00:28:53,994 --> 00:28:56,315
eventually, we're gonna need to expand. And so

775
00:28:56,315 --> 00:28:58,654
they secured a property that was big enough

776
00:28:59,034 --> 00:29:01,779
for the original family house that opened in

777
00:29:01,779 --> 00:29:02,660
2008

778
00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:04,980
as well as the expansion. So it'll be

779
00:29:04,980 --> 00:29:07,880
right there, same property. There's going to be

780
00:29:08,420 --> 00:29:11,140
a covered walkway that takes you from the

781
00:29:11,140 --> 00:29:13,380
original house to what we're calling the annex,

782
00:29:13,380 --> 00:29:14,200
the new build.

783
00:29:15,414 --> 00:29:18,154
It's it has a great big yard with

784
00:29:18,775 --> 00:29:21,494
a play structure, a gazebo with some picnic

785
00:29:21,494 --> 00:29:23,994
tables. There's some outdoor lounge areas,

786
00:29:24,295 --> 00:29:25,815
but it'll all still be in the same

787
00:29:25,815 --> 00:29:27,654
place just a couple blocks from the hospital.

788
00:29:27,654 --> 00:29:28,855
I think it's about a block and a

789
00:29:28,855 --> 00:29:29,674
half, actually.

790
00:29:30,089 --> 00:29:32,730
Wow. Yeah. So to use this facility, do

791
00:29:32,730 --> 00:29:34,669
you have to qualify financially?

792
00:29:35,130 --> 00:29:37,450
No. No. By that, I'm in on the

793
00:29:37,450 --> 00:29:39,289
lower end of do you have to show

794
00:29:39,289 --> 00:29:40,970
that you can't afford to stay in a

795
00:29:40,970 --> 00:29:44,294
hotel? Or no. Because the family house is

796
00:29:44,294 --> 00:29:46,154
about so much more than

797
00:29:47,174 --> 00:29:49,115
helping with that financial burden.

798
00:29:50,214 --> 00:29:50,714
It's

799
00:29:51,015 --> 00:29:53,414
it's about providing a comforting place to stay

800
00:29:53,414 --> 00:29:54,315
as well. Mhmm.

801
00:29:54,615 --> 00:29:57,319
And there are people who have means to

802
00:29:57,319 --> 00:29:59,400
stay in a hotel, but that doesn't mean

803
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,500
it's the best place for their healing.

804
00:30:03,079 --> 00:30:05,079
And plenty of studies have shown that when

805
00:30:05,079 --> 00:30:05,579
you're

806
00:30:06,119 --> 00:30:06,619
around

807
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,400
family, when you're able to have that support

808
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:10,380
system Absolutely.

809
00:30:11,305 --> 00:30:13,225
You're you're gonna stand a better chance. So

810
00:30:13,305 --> 00:30:15,065
Yeah. If you're in the hospital or getting

811
00:30:15,065 --> 00:30:17,644
treatment, sometimes the little smallest thing,

812
00:30:18,424 --> 00:30:20,285
makes a big difference. I was in

813
00:30:20,585 --> 00:30:23,164
the hospital for an observation thing years ago

814
00:30:23,705 --> 00:30:25,319
wearing the hospital garb,

815
00:30:25,799 --> 00:30:28,440
and, my wife brought me in clothes. And

816
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,359
just wearing real clothes, even though I was

817
00:30:30,359 --> 00:30:32,119
still in the hospital, made a big, big

818
00:30:32,119 --> 00:30:33,819
difference Yeah. In my whole attitude.

819
00:30:34,119 --> 00:30:35,019
Yeah. I bet.

820
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,220
Yeah. It's just a little bit of normalcy.

821
00:30:38,359 --> 00:30:40,599
Right? Mhmm. It it does make such a

822
00:30:40,599 --> 00:30:41,099
difference.

823
00:30:42,585 --> 00:30:44,924
Yeah. It's nice when you're in a situation

824
00:30:44,984 --> 00:30:45,644
like that.

825
00:30:46,105 --> 00:30:47,244
Yeah. Mhmm.

826
00:30:48,025 --> 00:30:48,525
So,

827
00:30:49,865 --> 00:30:52,825
there's different levels of need, I suppose, for

828
00:30:52,825 --> 00:30:55,065
people. I'm thinking of somebody with the,

829
00:30:56,490 --> 00:30:58,170
with the waiting list. I doubt this is

830
00:30:58,170 --> 00:31:00,569
possible. But let's say somebody even needs to

831
00:31:00,569 --> 00:31:02,490
go up for a sort of a minor

832
00:31:02,490 --> 00:31:04,670
medical issue, but you have to stay overnight

833
00:31:05,130 --> 00:31:08,109
maybe because of, like, anesthesia or something. Mhmm.

834
00:31:09,245 --> 00:31:11,805
Would someone be able to to possibly use

835
00:31:11,805 --> 00:31:13,644
the facilities? I guess if there was an

836
00:31:13,644 --> 00:31:16,384
opening, magically, you could. Yeah. Yeah. So,

837
00:31:16,684 --> 00:31:18,625
you know, you just call. You,

838
00:31:19,644 --> 00:31:22,365
talk with Lorraine is our house manager. She

839
00:31:22,365 --> 00:31:24,065
will tell you if we have any availability,

840
00:31:25,460 --> 00:31:27,460
and she will either put you on the

841
00:31:27,460 --> 00:31:29,220
waiting list if there's not, or she will

842
00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:30,200
give you a room.

843
00:31:31,299 --> 00:31:33,880
We were lucky enough to just,

844
00:31:34,740 --> 00:31:36,599
secure a partnership with the hotel.

845
00:31:37,059 --> 00:31:38,820
You know? Like I said, it's still not

846
00:31:38,820 --> 00:31:40,335
the family house. It's it's

847
00:31:40,894 --> 00:31:43,154
you're it's a different kind of environment,

848
00:31:43,774 --> 00:31:44,274
but,

849
00:31:44,575 --> 00:31:46,654
a hotel in Grants Pass has been very

850
00:31:46,654 --> 00:31:48,274
kind that if we have

851
00:31:48,894 --> 00:31:51,134
that if we have to turn someone away,

852
00:31:51,134 --> 00:31:53,375
we can contact the hotel, and they will

853
00:31:53,375 --> 00:31:55,279
give them a reduced rate. And so they're

854
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:57,759
That's pretty awesome. It's still worth calling and

855
00:31:57,759 --> 00:32:00,160
checking. Okay. We are not we are almost

856
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,480
full every night. Yeah. But,

857
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:03,700
not always.

858
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,559
Can you mention the hotel that has

859
00:32:07,835 --> 00:32:09,434
Yeah. I don't see why I couldn't. It's

860
00:32:09,434 --> 00:32:11,355
the Super eight in Grants Pass. Okay.

861
00:32:11,994 --> 00:32:14,154
And Good for them. Yeah. Yeah. Helping out.

862
00:32:14,154 --> 00:32:16,015
Here again, just the community coming

863
00:32:16,474 --> 00:32:19,035
together and being, you know, philanthropic, if you

864
00:32:19,035 --> 00:32:20,634
will. Yeah. Yeah.

865
00:32:21,035 --> 00:32:21,994
I I should say,

866
00:32:23,490 --> 00:32:25,730
for folks hearing this, if they if they

867
00:32:25,730 --> 00:32:26,630
wanted to,

868
00:32:27,730 --> 00:32:29,730
get that discount at the Super eight, it

869
00:32:29,730 --> 00:32:31,410
would have to still go through the family

870
00:32:31,410 --> 00:32:33,809
house because they don't want to share it

871
00:32:33,809 --> 00:32:37,015
with everyone publicly, obviously. So So Which makes

872
00:32:37,015 --> 00:32:39,375
sense. Yeah. Yeah. But Lorraine's a sweetheart, and

873
00:32:39,375 --> 00:32:41,634
she will take care of everyone. That's awesome.

874
00:32:41,775 --> 00:32:43,855
So if you wanna get involved to her

875
00:32:43,855 --> 00:32:45,634
and and ask a question, we'd

876
00:32:46,095 --> 00:32:48,255
have the text line. The operators are standing

877
00:32:48,255 --> 00:32:49,075
by waiting.

878
00:32:49,855 --> 00:32:51,634
It's (451)

879
00:32:51,980 --> 00:32:55,359
661-4098.

880
00:32:55,980 --> 00:32:58,240
And I'll just I'll just reach out to

881
00:32:58,539 --> 00:33:00,380
for for a wild question here. I assume

882
00:33:00,380 --> 00:33:01,759
you can't bring your dog.

883
00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:02,700
Well

884
00:33:04,234 --> 00:33:06,075
Go ahead. That that is a that's a

885
00:33:06,075 --> 00:33:06,974
wonderful question.

886
00:33:08,075 --> 00:33:09,134
Inside of the house,

887
00:33:09,515 --> 00:33:12,394
no. However, if you have an RV and

888
00:33:12,394 --> 00:33:15,434
your your dog is your support person and

889
00:33:15,434 --> 00:33:17,035
you wanna bring your dog in your RV,

890
00:33:17,035 --> 00:33:18,414
that is absolutely fine.

891
00:33:19,150 --> 00:33:21,470
Yeah. And, we have the RV spots with

892
00:33:21,470 --> 00:33:23,329
full hookups. There's a lovely backyard.

893
00:33:24,589 --> 00:33:26,349
It's a great place. That's a nice thing

894
00:33:26,349 --> 00:33:29,650
to have. It is. Yeah. Yeah. Sometimes sometimes

895
00:33:29,710 --> 00:33:30,765
our our pets

896
00:33:31,644 --> 00:33:33,644
are our support people, and we want them

897
00:33:33,644 --> 00:33:36,305
there with us. Yes. Very much so. Mhmm.

898
00:33:36,765 --> 00:33:38,525
And they they seem to know you have

899
00:33:38,525 --> 00:33:40,125
a problem and do what they can to

900
00:33:40,125 --> 00:33:42,545
cover you. Yes. They do. Right.

901
00:33:43,740 --> 00:33:45,119
And a lot of the people here,

902
00:33:45,660 --> 00:33:48,299
I'll go to this our senior community and

903
00:33:48,299 --> 00:33:50,299
others, but this is a big pet area,

904
00:33:50,299 --> 00:33:52,460
big dog, and you could even bring your

905
00:33:52,460 --> 00:33:54,000
cat, Ray, if you had to

906
00:33:54,380 --> 00:33:55,840
to go there. Well, I

907
00:33:56,465 --> 00:33:58,545
I'm looking at possibly spending a few days

908
00:33:58,545 --> 00:34:00,484
in the hospital down the road, and

909
00:34:01,105 --> 00:34:03,025
my cat is my big concern. I don't

910
00:34:03,025 --> 00:34:04,565
know what I'm gonna do with it.

911
00:34:07,424 --> 00:34:09,684
Anyway, she'll she'll get over. Look.

912
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:11,219
Cat can.

913
00:34:11,519 --> 00:34:13,440
Dogs, maybe not so. After she pees on

914
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,619
my bed a couple times. That's really good.

915
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,680
They let you know when they're angry. Yeah.

916
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:18,900
They do. Yeah.

917
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,960
Well, really, Kenny, it's just it's nice to

918
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,695
know that there is a community like that

919
00:34:25,855 --> 00:34:28,574
that can reach out and help people in

920
00:34:28,574 --> 00:34:31,454
need Yeah. Because there are plenty of people

921
00:34:31,454 --> 00:34:33,394
out there that are in need.

922
00:34:34,974 --> 00:34:36,355
To touch on a little,

923
00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:38,994
maybe not so happy

924
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,860
thing, but end of life care.

925
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,880
Mhmm. Do are you guys involved, or does

926
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,300
hospice get involved with that too, I assume?

927
00:34:47,599 --> 00:34:48,079
Yes.

928
00:34:48,559 --> 00:34:49,300
We have,

929
00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:53,775
speaking of our, people on our staff who

930
00:34:53,775 --> 00:34:55,135
specialize in Oh, okay.

931
00:34:55,695 --> 00:34:56,195
Things.

932
00:34:56,655 --> 00:34:58,994
Hospice care is one of those things.

933
00:35:00,094 --> 00:35:02,114
And, yeah, it's it

934
00:35:02,574 --> 00:35:05,394
it's such an important thing to have

935
00:35:06,269 --> 00:35:07,489
those people there

936
00:35:07,789 --> 00:35:08,530
in the moment.

937
00:35:09,230 --> 00:35:11,329
Right. I've I've dealt with it.

938
00:35:11,869 --> 00:35:13,789
So have I. You know? It's A lot

939
00:35:13,789 --> 00:35:15,789
of us have. There have. Yeah. And there

940
00:35:15,949 --> 00:35:18,769
it takes such special people and special

941
00:35:19,070 --> 00:35:19,570
care

942
00:35:20,494 --> 00:35:21,635
to handle a situation

943
00:35:22,015 --> 00:35:22,755
like that.

944
00:35:25,055 --> 00:35:26,035
Yeah. So

945
00:35:26,574 --> 00:35:28,375
so it's so special. And then It is.

946
00:35:28,494 --> 00:35:29,875
There's hospice volunteers

947
00:35:30,335 --> 00:35:31,795
that come in, and

948
00:35:32,980 --> 00:35:35,780
they are just the person that understands what

949
00:35:35,780 --> 00:35:38,099
it is like and and how to handle

950
00:35:38,099 --> 00:35:40,579
that moment. So You bet. Yeah. It always

951
00:35:40,579 --> 00:35:42,739
is amazing to me that people work in

952
00:35:42,739 --> 00:35:45,160
in fields like that or any of the

953
00:35:46,255 --> 00:35:48,335
fields that require a lot of nursing care

954
00:35:48,335 --> 00:35:50,034
that people have gone into that.

955
00:35:50,974 --> 00:35:52,655
When I hear somebody said they wanna be

956
00:35:52,655 --> 00:35:54,414
a nurse, I think, you know what being

957
00:35:54,414 --> 00:35:55,775
a nurse is? You know what? A nurse

958
00:35:55,775 --> 00:35:56,914
in the hospital, anyway.

959
00:35:57,389 --> 00:35:58,989
I was in the army. I was I

960
00:35:58,989 --> 00:36:01,230
was drafting, and they, they made me a

961
00:36:01,230 --> 00:36:03,710
medic. And with the training I had, I

962
00:36:03,710 --> 00:36:04,849
could have done two.

963
00:36:05,150 --> 00:36:06,670
I could have been a field medic with

964
00:36:06,670 --> 00:36:08,670
an f three platoon, which is what I

965
00:36:08,670 --> 00:36:09,409
looked at,

966
00:36:09,869 --> 00:36:11,549
or I could have worked in a hospital.

967
00:36:11,549 --> 00:36:12,049
Well,

968
00:36:14,105 --> 00:36:16,425
the the working as a field medic was

969
00:36:16,425 --> 00:36:19,065
obviously not much fun, but a while back,

970
00:36:19,065 --> 00:36:19,964
I was visiting

971
00:36:20,505 --> 00:36:22,664
my sister-in-law in the hospital who has had

972
00:36:22,664 --> 00:36:23,324
a very

973
00:36:23,625 --> 00:36:24,125
painful

974
00:36:24,505 --> 00:36:25,244
and messy

975
00:36:27,289 --> 00:36:29,929
situation, and these nurses were coming in smiling

976
00:36:29,929 --> 00:36:30,909
and helping her

977
00:36:31,289 --> 00:36:33,210
do everything she needed to do, so much

978
00:36:33,210 --> 00:36:34,890
of which was not very pleasant. And I

979
00:36:34,890 --> 00:36:36,969
was sitting there thinking, maybe I had the

980
00:36:36,969 --> 00:36:38,989
better deal in the army. I don't know.

981
00:36:39,545 --> 00:36:42,125
It really it takes such a special person

982
00:36:42,184 --> 00:36:43,405
to to be

983
00:36:44,184 --> 00:36:46,505
a nurse. I I've been in the hospital,

984
00:36:46,505 --> 00:36:48,744
and I remember just being like they're like,

985
00:36:48,744 --> 00:36:50,105
okay. You can go home now. I was

986
00:36:50,105 --> 00:36:52,329
like, I don't want to. You guys are

987
00:36:52,329 --> 00:36:54,369
taking care of me. I I like it

988
00:36:54,369 --> 00:36:54,869
here.

989
00:36:57,730 --> 00:36:59,489
No. Well, I think and, of course, all

990
00:36:59,489 --> 00:37:00,849
of us had. I've dealt with a lot

991
00:37:00,849 --> 00:37:02,930
of that too. And they are just like

992
00:37:02,930 --> 00:37:06,070
hospice people. They are special people. Mhmm. Yeah.

993
00:37:06,210 --> 00:37:06,710
Yeah.

994
00:37:07,235 --> 00:37:08,855
Now and on the board

995
00:37:09,315 --> 00:37:09,554
of

996
00:37:10,195 --> 00:37:12,675
or the team members, are there physicians on

997
00:37:12,675 --> 00:37:15,155
that? There are. There are some physicians on

998
00:37:15,155 --> 00:37:17,875
our board. Yeah. I kinda figured so. Yeah.

999
00:37:17,875 --> 00:37:18,855
Not on our team.

1000
00:37:19,315 --> 00:37:20,695
Not on not on the foundation

1001
00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,160
staff, the, like, employed staff, but on our

1002
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,059
board. There are plenty of physicians as well.

1003
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,739
And then I understand there is can be

1004
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:31,700
a cost

1005
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,820
to stay. But

1006
00:37:35,144 --> 00:37:37,545
if somebody has an issue with that, they

1007
00:37:37,545 --> 00:37:38,045
can

1008
00:37:38,505 --> 00:37:40,585
talk to somebody, and that can be worked

1009
00:37:40,585 --> 00:37:43,144
out. Yes. Yeah. So And and, yes, there

1010
00:37:43,144 --> 00:37:44,844
again, there's another just,

1011
00:37:46,505 --> 00:37:49,130
good thing that help people out. Yeah. People

1012
00:37:49,130 --> 00:37:51,869
in need. For for some people, the financial

1013
00:37:52,329 --> 00:37:54,650
is a barrier to care, and that's not

1014
00:37:54,650 --> 00:37:56,730
what we want. So while we do ask

1015
00:37:56,730 --> 00:37:57,630
$50,

1016
00:37:58,090 --> 00:37:59,769
a night, which is very affordable

1017
00:38:00,170 --> 00:38:03,585
Very affordable. Considering the average Grants Pass Hotel

1018
00:38:03,585 --> 00:38:05,664
is about a 130 to a 180.

1019
00:38:05,664 --> 00:38:07,824
Mhmm. And that's on the off season. You

1020
00:38:07,824 --> 00:38:10,144
know? Yeah. It goes up. Yeah. When when

1021
00:38:10,144 --> 00:38:11,664
people are there to be floating the river

1022
00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:13,764
in the summertime, it is far higher.

1023
00:38:14,784 --> 00:38:15,284
But

1024
00:38:15,730 --> 00:38:17,329
we do ask $50

1025
00:38:17,329 --> 00:38:19,809
if they can only afford to pay part

1026
00:38:19,809 --> 00:38:21,349
of that. That's fine.

1027
00:38:21,890 --> 00:38:22,710
If they

1028
00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:24,150
can only

1029
00:38:24,849 --> 00:38:26,530
if they can't afford any of it, we

1030
00:38:26,530 --> 00:38:28,869
we have funds to support that too. And

1031
00:38:29,184 --> 00:38:32,804
we actually have a, some sponsor night

1032
00:38:33,105 --> 00:38:35,424
forms that we will hand out on occasion

1033
00:38:35,424 --> 00:38:37,344
to people who are interested in how can

1034
00:38:37,344 --> 00:38:38,005
I help?

1035
00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:40,385
They sponsor a night. They pay for someone's

1036
00:38:40,385 --> 00:38:40,885
stay.

1037
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,480
And so those funds do go to those

1038
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:44,980
stays.

1039
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:47,619
We also,

1040
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,640
have some guests. Like I said, there are

1041
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,880
sometimes guests that have the means to pay

1042
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,480
to stay in a hotel. It's just not

1043
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,579
the greatest place to to heal.

1044
00:38:58,555 --> 00:38:59,055
And

1045
00:38:59,594 --> 00:39:02,394
those people sometimes will say, hey. Thank you.

1046
00:39:02,394 --> 00:39:04,235
I wanna I wanna help someone else out,

1047
00:39:04,235 --> 00:39:06,394
and they will pay more than the cost

1048
00:39:06,394 --> 00:39:08,635
of their stay, and they'll cover someone else's

1049
00:39:08,635 --> 00:39:10,575
in the future. Boy. So

1050
00:39:11,289 --> 00:39:13,929
people people are just so generous. Yeah. They

1051
00:39:13,929 --> 00:39:16,170
can be. That's for sure. Yeah. But what

1052
00:39:16,170 --> 00:39:18,889
you're talking about proves it. Yeah. I mean,

1053
00:39:18,889 --> 00:39:20,889
me personally, I have to go to Eureka

1054
00:39:20,889 --> 00:39:22,889
in a cut few days, and, yes, I

1055
00:39:22,889 --> 00:39:24,974
have to spend the spend the night, but

1056
00:39:25,135 --> 00:39:25,954
I don't have

1057
00:39:26,255 --> 00:39:27,555
the the need

1058
00:39:28,015 --> 00:39:30,275
for somebody to pay for it yet anyway.

1059
00:39:30,655 --> 00:39:31,155
But

1060
00:39:31,454 --> 00:39:33,135
my point is all of us here in

1061
00:39:33,135 --> 00:39:35,715
this area are very well aware of

1062
00:39:36,175 --> 00:39:38,275
the what we need to do to travel

1063
00:39:38,494 --> 00:39:40,595
far to get medical care. Mhmm.

1064
00:39:40,969 --> 00:39:43,609
Yeah. Yeah. And, some of the original folks

1065
00:39:43,609 --> 00:39:46,489
who decided that or saw the need for

1066
00:39:46,489 --> 00:39:47,469
the family house,

1067
00:39:48,170 --> 00:39:50,190
one of them had lived in Crescent City,

1068
00:39:50,489 --> 00:39:52,250
and he knew he knew what it was

1069
00:39:52,250 --> 00:39:53,150
like. And he

1070
00:39:53,684 --> 00:39:55,925
he has he's still a big proponent of

1071
00:39:55,925 --> 00:39:58,664
the family house and and supports us consistently.

1072
00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:02,164
But all of it since the beginning, it's

1073
00:40:02,164 --> 00:40:05,065
all philanthropy. That original build was 100%

1074
00:40:05,285 --> 00:40:06,505
built by philanthropy,

1075
00:40:06,805 --> 00:40:07,864
and this expansion

1076
00:40:08,164 --> 00:40:09,224
will be as well.

1077
00:40:10,429 --> 00:40:12,589
Do you have kind of an estimate on

1078
00:40:12,589 --> 00:40:14,829
when the expansion might either start to take

1079
00:40:14,989 --> 00:40:16,849
is it already started to take place?

1080
00:40:17,150 --> 00:40:18,609
Well, we have started the fundraising.

1081
00:40:18,909 --> 00:40:20,130
Okay. And

1082
00:40:20,510 --> 00:40:22,909
we just reached a really exciting milestone. We

1083
00:40:22,909 --> 00:40:24,735
raised $1,000,000.

1084
00:40:25,135 --> 00:40:28,755
Awesome. Congrats on that. Yeah. Yeah. It's it's

1085
00:40:29,135 --> 00:40:31,535
a big step in our fundraising process, but

1086
00:40:31,535 --> 00:40:34,414
we we hope to raise $3,200,000

1087
00:40:34,414 --> 00:40:36,894
for this project. That's right now your estimate,

1088
00:40:36,894 --> 00:40:38,619
what it's gonna take. It is. And, you

1089
00:40:38,619 --> 00:40:40,480
know, that that might be a moving target

1090
00:40:40,539 --> 00:40:42,400
because prices of construction

1091
00:40:42,699 --> 00:40:44,940
materials change. Will be. But,

1092
00:40:45,739 --> 00:40:46,480
our hope

1093
00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:47,679
is that

1094
00:40:49,260 --> 00:40:51,579
when we reached about two thirds of the

1095
00:40:51,579 --> 00:40:52,320
way there,

1096
00:40:52,934 --> 00:40:55,675
we will be able to start getting bids

1097
00:40:55,894 --> 00:40:57,114
and get a timeline.

1098
00:40:59,175 --> 00:40:59,675
Our

1099
00:41:00,454 --> 00:41:03,494
our stretch goal is to have that by

1100
00:41:03,494 --> 00:41:04,555
2027.

1101
00:41:05,510 --> 00:41:07,589
To have it completely To have our next

1102
00:41:07,589 --> 00:41:10,469
million. Oh, the next million. Okay. And like

1103
00:41:10,469 --> 00:41:12,250
I said, we just we just had

1104
00:41:12,710 --> 00:41:14,150
we just reached a million dollars. We had

1105
00:41:14,150 --> 00:41:16,809
a big celebration to to thank our donors

1106
00:41:16,869 --> 00:41:19,414
who were part of that That's awesome.

1107
00:41:20,434 --> 00:41:22,595
And to raise awareness with the rest of

1108
00:41:22,595 --> 00:41:24,055
the community as well.

1109
00:41:24,595 --> 00:41:25,095
And

1110
00:41:27,315 --> 00:41:29,315
that's the hardest million to make, that first

1111
00:41:29,315 --> 00:41:31,400
million. Once people see that this is something

1112
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,480
that's really going to happen, they're gonna step

1113
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,799
in and they're going to say, okay. So

1114
00:41:35,799 --> 00:41:36,779
this this

1115
00:41:37,159 --> 00:41:39,400
is worth my philanthropy. I this is a

1116
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,159
project that will happen. I'm gonna put my

1117
00:41:41,159 --> 00:41:43,094
money towards it. I I was told that

1118
00:41:43,094 --> 00:41:44,934
recently by a person who was trying to

1119
00:41:44,934 --> 00:41:46,554
raise $45,000,000,

1120
00:41:47,494 --> 00:41:49,335
and I'm thinking he's crazy. But,

1121
00:41:49,894 --> 00:41:51,255
I had lunch with him a few days

1122
00:41:51,255 --> 00:41:53,094
ago, and he said, well, we've reached this

1123
00:41:53,094 --> 00:41:55,015
point to where people see this viable, and

1124
00:41:55,015 --> 00:41:57,170
they will start Yeah. Start donating.

1125
00:41:57,630 --> 00:42:00,269
Yeah. Yeah. You you need that momentum, and

1126
00:42:00,269 --> 00:42:02,929
then and then people jump on board.

1127
00:42:04,349 --> 00:42:06,369
By the way, I wanna alert if anybody

1128
00:42:06,429 --> 00:42:07,889
is or has texted.

1129
00:42:08,704 --> 00:42:10,304
I'm in charge of the text line, and

1130
00:42:10,304 --> 00:42:12,565
all I've been looking at is a spinning

1131
00:42:12,704 --> 00:42:13,764
wheel. So,

1132
00:42:14,065 --> 00:42:15,905
obviously, I don't think the text line is

1133
00:42:15,905 --> 00:42:18,065
working, so I apologize if you have texted

1134
00:42:18,065 --> 00:42:18,565
in.

1135
00:42:19,905 --> 00:42:21,570
We'll see if it works. I don't know.

1136
00:42:21,650 --> 00:42:24,289
Keep trying because we'll then that will stop

1137
00:42:24,289 --> 00:42:26,849
spinning probably about 04:00. Okay. Maybe it doesn't

1138
00:42:26,849 --> 00:42:29,170
know it's daylight savings. Oh, please. I don't

1139
00:42:29,170 --> 00:42:30,930
know. I could do a whole show on

1140
00:42:30,930 --> 00:42:33,329
that, but I'll stop. I've been accused of

1141
00:42:33,329 --> 00:42:35,489
being a grumpy old man because of time

1142
00:42:35,489 --> 00:42:35,894
change.

1143
00:42:36,295 --> 00:42:37,894
I was I was sitting at my desk,

1144
00:42:37,894 --> 00:42:40,775
get relaxing, saying, well, okay. I've got an

1145
00:42:40,775 --> 00:42:43,275
hour, and I got a text. Newsflash.

1146
00:42:43,815 --> 00:42:44,054
It's

1147
00:42:46,454 --> 00:42:48,855
I'm gonna jump back again to the another

1148
00:42:48,855 --> 00:42:50,829
kind of a a downside, if you will.

1149
00:42:50,829 --> 00:42:52,349
Like you said, you do have to turn

1150
00:42:52,349 --> 00:42:53,889
people away Yeah. Sometimes.

1151
00:42:54,429 --> 00:42:55,489
I also imagine

1152
00:42:55,869 --> 00:42:58,429
maybe in honor, maybe it does depend on,

1153
00:42:58,429 --> 00:43:00,769
let's some on the severity of somebody's,

1154
00:43:02,505 --> 00:43:03,724
visit to the hospital.

1155
00:43:05,224 --> 00:43:06,125
Would that matter?

1156
00:43:06,824 --> 00:43:08,824
As far as giving them a room over

1157
00:43:08,824 --> 00:43:10,744
someone else? There you go. There you go.

1158
00:43:10,744 --> 00:43:11,244
Yeah.

1159
00:43:11,704 --> 00:43:14,025
That must be kinda hard to again, turning

1160
00:43:14,025 --> 00:43:16,025
somebody away that, oh, well, this person needs

1161
00:43:16,025 --> 00:43:18,289
it more. I guess that's right. Yeah. Well,

1162
00:43:18,289 --> 00:43:21,329
if someone has already reserved a room, we're

1163
00:43:21,329 --> 00:43:23,329
not going to Well, okay. Take it away

1164
00:43:23,329 --> 00:43:24,949
and give it to someone else.

1165
00:43:26,610 --> 00:43:27,989
We like I said,

1166
00:43:28,929 --> 00:43:30,150
we are all about

1167
00:43:30,594 --> 00:43:31,094
comprehensive

1168
00:43:31,394 --> 00:43:33,555
health care, and we wrap around the patient

1169
00:43:33,555 --> 00:43:35,175
in any way we can. So

1170
00:43:35,954 --> 00:43:37,875
if there was a situation like that, they

1171
00:43:37,875 --> 00:43:39,715
would probably be talking with one of the

1172
00:43:39,715 --> 00:43:41,795
social workers at the hospital, and they would

1173
00:43:41,795 --> 00:43:43,655
try to point them in the best direction.

1174
00:43:44,300 --> 00:43:47,099
Or as of recently, we we have gotten

1175
00:43:47,099 --> 00:43:48,960
that partnership with the hotel.

1176
00:43:50,059 --> 00:43:52,539
Yeah. And we can we can give them

1177
00:43:52,539 --> 00:43:54,639
a reduced rate there as well. Yeah.

1178
00:43:54,940 --> 00:43:58,094
Well, that's that's yeah. That's great. And speaking

1179
00:43:58,094 --> 00:44:00,594
of donations, I'm assuming you have

1180
00:44:00,894 --> 00:44:02,195
phone numbers and,

1181
00:44:03,375 --> 00:44:06,275
website information Yeah. Yeah. For people to

1182
00:44:06,815 --> 00:44:09,295
So get to this wonderful cause, and we

1183
00:44:09,295 --> 00:44:09,954
all benefit.

1184
00:44:10,460 --> 00:44:10,960
Yeah.

1185
00:44:11,420 --> 00:44:13,179
Yeah. We we do for sure.

1186
00:44:14,539 --> 00:44:16,799
Assantefoundation.org

1187
00:44:17,179 --> 00:44:20,219
is the easiest way for them to see

1188
00:44:20,219 --> 00:44:23,179
all the ways they can contribute to this

1189
00:44:23,179 --> 00:44:23,920
and other,

1190
00:44:25,175 --> 00:44:27,494
projects that the foundation is working on. If

1191
00:44:27,494 --> 00:44:29,335
they go to assantefoundation.org,

1192
00:44:29,335 --> 00:44:30,875
there is a donate page.

1193
00:44:31,255 --> 00:44:33,574
And on that donate page, they can,

1194
00:44:34,855 --> 00:44:36,934
see a drop down that'll tell them where

1195
00:44:36,934 --> 00:44:39,099
they want those funds to go. Because it

1196
00:44:39,099 --> 00:44:41,039
is really important to us

1197
00:44:41,500 --> 00:44:44,000
to make sure that if folks are spending

1198
00:44:44,699 --> 00:44:47,359
their hard earned money and donating to

1199
00:44:47,820 --> 00:44:50,059
our causes, that it's a cause that they

1200
00:44:50,059 --> 00:44:50,559
feel

1201
00:44:51,074 --> 00:44:53,234
connected to, that they want where they want

1202
00:44:53,234 --> 00:44:55,155
to put their fund. I can certainly see

1203
00:44:55,155 --> 00:44:57,474
that. Yeah. Yeah. Somebody maybe has had past

1204
00:44:57,474 --> 00:44:59,554
experience as well. I really wanna do, like

1205
00:44:59,554 --> 00:45:00,775
you said, to the compassion

1206
00:45:01,875 --> 00:45:04,594
fund or yeah. Mhmm. That makes a lot

1207
00:45:04,594 --> 00:45:07,180
of sense. Yeah. If they wanna learn more

1208
00:45:07,180 --> 00:45:09,660
about the family house expansion, this is a

1209
00:45:09,660 --> 00:45:10,720
little bit longer

1210
00:45:11,099 --> 00:45:24,224
of an of a URL, but it's assantefoundation.org/family-house-expansion-donate.

1211
00:45:24,764 --> 00:45:27,425
So family house expansion donate,

1212
00:45:27,804 --> 00:45:29,344
all divided by hyphens.

1213
00:45:30,449 --> 00:45:32,769
Well and as, our listeners, if they don't

1214
00:45:32,769 --> 00:45:34,609
know, I would you can always listen to

1215
00:45:34,609 --> 00:45:35,269
this show

1216
00:45:36,050 --> 00:45:37,429
on past programs,

1217
00:45:38,210 --> 00:45:40,289
past shows, and we you could get all

1218
00:45:40,289 --> 00:45:43,474
that information again, not just live here today.

1219
00:45:43,694 --> 00:45:45,875
Yeah. Yeah. Of course. Yeah. Right.

1220
00:45:46,654 --> 00:45:47,154
Yeah.

1221
00:45:47,855 --> 00:45:50,494
And and, yeah, like I said, easiest way,

1222
00:45:50,494 --> 00:45:52,114
assantefoundation.org.

1223
00:45:52,335 --> 00:45:54,255
You can find all the information there. You

1224
00:45:54,255 --> 00:45:55,775
just have to dig a little deeper to

1225
00:45:55,775 --> 00:45:57,630
find exactly what you're looking for.

1226
00:45:59,630 --> 00:46:01,789
Apologize. For some reason, the phone was ringing

1227
00:46:01,789 --> 00:46:03,889
on the text line. The text line? Alright.

1228
00:46:03,949 --> 00:46:04,449
Yep.

1229
00:46:04,909 --> 00:46:06,829
No text. Oh, there's lots of little thing

1230
00:46:06,829 --> 00:46:07,809
going around anyway.

1231
00:46:08,109 --> 00:46:09,650
No. It's still going. Oh.

1232
00:46:10,485 --> 00:46:12,644
I'm not the best tech person. They might

1233
00:46:12,644 --> 00:46:14,005
have been calling you to tell you why

1234
00:46:14,005 --> 00:46:14,985
it's doing that.

1235
00:46:15,765 --> 00:46:18,325
We got it back. Alright. Let's see if

1236
00:46:18,325 --> 00:46:20,184
I can pull it up here.

1237
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:24,640
I'm trying so the dead air is me

1238
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:26,320
trying to pull up a text, and it's

1239
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:29,199
doesn't seem to be working. Okay. That's alright.

1240
00:46:29,199 --> 00:46:29,699
We'll

1241
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,160
see what happens. Well, if the text is

1242
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:34,260
any question that they had for me,

1243
00:46:34,684 --> 00:46:36,844
they are welcome. They will find my email

1244
00:46:36,844 --> 00:46:38,844
address on that website, and they can email

1245
00:46:38,844 --> 00:46:41,824
it directly towards me. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah.

1246
00:46:43,565 --> 00:46:43,965
And,

1247
00:46:44,364 --> 00:46:45,344
just some of the

1248
00:46:45,885 --> 00:46:47,085
stats, if you will,

1249
00:46:47,405 --> 00:46:50,039
reading when I did the research on the

1250
00:46:50,119 --> 00:46:50,940
family house,

1251
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:54,599
it says currently serve about 450

1252
00:46:54,599 --> 00:46:55,099
families

1253
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,039
a year. Yeah. Is that still pretty current?

1254
00:46:58,039 --> 00:47:00,199
I guess it is. That is, pretty current.

1255
00:47:00,199 --> 00:47:01,800
I think our 2025

1256
00:47:01,800 --> 00:47:04,599
numbers were actually lower than that, which just

1257
00:47:04,599 --> 00:47:05,099
means

1258
00:47:06,065 --> 00:47:08,324
they were staying for longer periods of

1259
00:47:08,704 --> 00:47:10,885
time. So we were we were filled

1260
00:47:11,664 --> 00:47:13,984
probably more than we were the previous year.

1261
00:47:13,984 --> 00:47:15,684
But as far as families,

1262
00:47:16,784 --> 00:47:19,264
I think it was closer to, between two

1263
00:47:19,264 --> 00:47:21,190
fifty to 300, But that just means more

1264
00:47:21,190 --> 00:47:22,949
families were staying for longer periods of time.

1265
00:47:22,949 --> 00:47:25,670
Okay. Maybe longer treatments. Or And is there

1266
00:47:25,670 --> 00:47:26,250
a limit?

1267
00:47:27,110 --> 00:47:28,469
There is. It's,

1268
00:47:29,030 --> 00:47:30,090
twelve consecutive

1269
00:47:30,390 --> 00:47:30,890
days.

1270
00:47:31,750 --> 00:47:32,250
But

1271
00:47:33,135 --> 00:47:36,094
we considering that, you know, there's weekends in

1272
00:47:36,094 --> 00:47:36,594
there,

1273
00:47:37,295 --> 00:47:38,835
a lot of times what will happen

1274
00:47:39,375 --> 00:47:41,614
is we're not gonna say, oh, you you

1275
00:47:41,614 --> 00:47:43,875
stayed twelve days. You can't stay here again.

1276
00:47:44,255 --> 00:47:46,094
You know, you you come. You stay twelve

1277
00:47:46,094 --> 00:47:48,380
days. Maybe you go home, see your family

1278
00:47:48,380 --> 00:47:50,699
for a weekend or, you know, go back

1279
00:47:50,699 --> 00:47:52,380
to your community and hang out with the

1280
00:47:52,380 --> 00:47:54,539
people you know for a weekend and then

1281
00:47:54,539 --> 00:47:55,519
come back to us.

1282
00:47:56,539 --> 00:47:57,759
We've had people

1283
00:47:58,139 --> 00:48:01,204
who have had three month treatments, and they

1284
00:48:01,204 --> 00:48:03,445
are there for most of it. And their

1285
00:48:03,445 --> 00:48:05,364
families might come visit them on the weekend,

1286
00:48:05,364 --> 00:48:07,364
or they might go visit their families on

1287
00:48:07,364 --> 00:48:09,285
the weekend, and and then they come back

1288
00:48:09,285 --> 00:48:09,785
and

1289
00:48:10,244 --> 00:48:12,405
they're we we wrap them wrap around them

1290
00:48:12,405 --> 00:48:12,905
again.

1291
00:48:14,849 --> 00:48:17,809
Well, that's good. Well and, obviously, you guys

1292
00:48:17,809 --> 00:48:20,869
are so very accommodating. You'll take any situation

1293
00:48:21,010 --> 00:48:23,089
and work with it as it as it

1294
00:48:23,089 --> 00:48:25,984
comes Yeah. As best you guys can. That

1295
00:48:25,984 --> 00:48:28,144
that is very true. We we try to

1296
00:48:28,144 --> 00:48:30,065
say that if you're going to stay at

1297
00:48:30,065 --> 00:48:32,224
the family house, because the need is so

1298
00:48:32,224 --> 00:48:33,364
big, we we

1299
00:48:33,744 --> 00:48:36,065
we ask that folks will be 50 miles

1300
00:48:36,065 --> 00:48:37,824
or or more. But that is not

1301
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:40,659
cut and dryer. Yeah. Yeah. Exactly.

1302
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,359
It it so to speak. It really depends

1303
00:48:43,359 --> 00:48:46,000
on the situation. Sure. Mhmm. And we're we're

1304
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,559
there. Our our social workers are there to

1305
00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:51,199
listen to the situation and guide provide guidance

1306
00:48:51,199 --> 00:48:51,859
and resources.

1307
00:48:52,159 --> 00:48:52,605
So

1308
00:48:53,724 --> 00:48:54,224
yeah.

1309
00:48:54,684 --> 00:48:55,184
So,

1310
00:48:55,804 --> 00:48:58,045
yeah, back to the or at the social

1311
00:48:58,045 --> 00:48:59,585
workers. So whoever

1312
00:49:00,605 --> 00:49:02,684
wants to try to get in there, the

1313
00:49:02,684 --> 00:49:04,684
the they first speak to a social worker

1314
00:49:04,684 --> 00:49:07,664
about the condition? Not always. That's that is

1315
00:49:07,949 --> 00:49:08,449
oftentimes

1316
00:49:08,909 --> 00:49:11,489
how folks hear about the family house.

1317
00:49:11,789 --> 00:49:14,289
Uh-huh. But, you know, maybe

1318
00:49:15,630 --> 00:49:17,389
they heard about it from someone in their

1319
00:49:17,389 --> 00:49:19,469
community, and they they call the family house

1320
00:49:19,469 --> 00:49:21,394
first, and that's that's fine too. As long

1321
00:49:21,394 --> 00:49:23,255
as they are a patient at Assante,

1322
00:49:24,195 --> 00:49:27,094
they can stay at the family house. Wow.

1323
00:49:27,155 --> 00:49:27,655
Mhmm.

1324
00:49:28,434 --> 00:49:29,074
I always,

1325
00:49:29,554 --> 00:49:32,135
thought Assante was just a big corporation and

1326
00:49:32,434 --> 00:49:34,034
hired a bunch of doctors and had all

1327
00:49:34,034 --> 00:49:35,655
these specialties, and it really

1328
00:49:36,410 --> 00:49:38,489
enlightened me quite a bit. Well and I

1329
00:49:38,489 --> 00:49:41,289
kinda did too until but it it's all

1330
00:49:41,289 --> 00:49:42,030
not for,

1331
00:49:42,809 --> 00:49:44,430
profit. Yeah. No.

1332
00:49:45,369 --> 00:49:45,869
We

1333
00:49:46,250 --> 00:49:47,070
we hire

1334
00:49:48,565 --> 00:49:51,125
our staff, and we've got a great recruitment

1335
00:49:51,125 --> 00:49:53,864
team. They hire our staff. They hire competitively.

1336
00:49:54,164 --> 00:49:56,644
They they wanna make sure that they find

1337
00:49:56,644 --> 00:50:00,425
a really good fit for not only Assante

1338
00:50:01,170 --> 00:50:03,569
and the people we serve, but for this

1339
00:50:03,569 --> 00:50:06,369
region. You know? We love Southern Oregon and

1340
00:50:06,369 --> 00:50:08,609
Northern California, but maybe not everyone does, and

1341
00:50:08,609 --> 00:50:09,889
we want them to stay for a long

1342
00:50:09,889 --> 00:50:12,130
time. So they really put a lot of

1343
00:50:12,130 --> 00:50:14,769
focus into getting the right people here, the

1344
00:50:14,769 --> 00:50:16,550
people who are going to stay.

1345
00:50:17,184 --> 00:50:18,244
But, yeah, definitely

1346
00:50:18,704 --> 00:50:20,964
not a big corporation. We are a nonprofit,

1347
00:50:21,424 --> 00:50:23,585
and and all of that money goes back

1348
00:50:23,585 --> 00:50:24,484
into the community.

1349
00:50:25,344 --> 00:50:25,664
When,

1350
00:50:26,545 --> 00:50:28,224
the experience I had when I moved here,

1351
00:50:28,224 --> 00:50:30,304
and I think a lot of people probably

1352
00:50:30,304 --> 00:50:30,804
did,

1353
00:50:31,469 --> 00:50:32,909
said it's a great place to live if

1354
00:50:32,909 --> 00:50:33,889
you're not sick,

1355
00:50:34,510 --> 00:50:35,650
and that's the truth.

1356
00:50:36,269 --> 00:50:37,969
Yeah. Yeah. If you have to

1357
00:50:38,429 --> 00:50:40,510
well, a friend of mine died not too

1358
00:50:40,510 --> 00:50:42,289
long ago, and he was on dialysis.

1359
00:50:43,085 --> 00:50:44,605
And I always thought you could do that

1360
00:50:44,605 --> 00:50:47,164
at home, but, evidently, it's limited cases. And

1361
00:50:47,404 --> 00:50:47,884
Mhmm.

1362
00:50:48,444 --> 00:50:50,045
Three or four days a week, he had

1363
00:50:50,045 --> 00:50:50,605
to go to,

1364
00:50:52,444 --> 00:50:55,484
Crescent City for five hours. That that would

1365
00:50:55,484 --> 00:50:56,224
not be

1366
00:50:56,684 --> 00:50:57,505
very convenient.

1367
00:50:58,125 --> 00:51:01,329
I there's I assume there's dialysis right there

1368
00:51:01,329 --> 00:51:02,150
at Assante.

1369
00:51:03,010 --> 00:51:04,849
You know, that's not a department that I've

1370
00:51:04,849 --> 00:51:07,349
worked in, but I'm Okay. I I also

1371
00:51:07,409 --> 00:51:07,909
assume.

1372
00:51:08,210 --> 00:51:09,890
Well, okay. I'm I'm still pretty new to

1373
00:51:09,890 --> 00:51:12,130
Assante Foundation. I should say that. I've been

1374
00:51:12,130 --> 00:51:14,014
there for four months, So I don't have

1375
00:51:14,074 --> 00:51:16,954
every answer yet. I'm I'm getting a lot

1376
00:51:16,954 --> 00:51:19,514
of information, and and it it's an amazing

1377
00:51:19,514 --> 00:51:21,434
place, but I don't have every answer. We

1378
00:51:21,434 --> 00:51:23,375
definitely have enough compassion and

1379
00:51:23,755 --> 00:51:25,855
yeah. It sounds great. Okay.

1380
00:51:26,394 --> 00:51:26,894
Magic,

1381
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:28,640
We got a text, and I can read

1382
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,800
it. Yeah. That is it. Thank you for

1383
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:33,200
it. Now the I think the question's already

1384
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:34,880
been answered, but I'll say it anyway. So

1385
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:35,860
the texter says,

1386
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:38,579
how can a person find out which motels,

1387
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:39,140
hotels

1388
00:51:39,755 --> 00:51:42,494
give discounts to people in town for medical

1389
00:51:42,555 --> 00:51:43,055
procedures

1390
00:51:43,515 --> 00:51:46,175
in Grants Pass and Medford? Yeah.

1391
00:51:46,474 --> 00:51:48,715
You said Super eight right now, is it

1392
00:51:48,715 --> 00:51:50,235
the only one? Or are

1393
00:51:50,954 --> 00:51:52,875
so I don't I don't know. I know

1394
00:51:52,875 --> 00:51:53,855
that there are

1395
00:51:54,199 --> 00:51:55,019
other hotels

1396
00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:55,880
that,

1397
00:51:56,279 --> 00:51:58,359
as part of their corporate policy, they do

1398
00:51:58,359 --> 00:52:00,839
offer medical discounts. I don't know which ones

1399
00:52:00,839 --> 00:52:02,199
that would take. That would take a call

1400
00:52:02,199 --> 00:52:02,940
to the hotel.

1401
00:52:03,719 --> 00:52:05,900
What I do know is if they

1402
00:52:06,199 --> 00:52:08,684
want to stay at the family house and

1403
00:52:08,684 --> 00:52:10,065
the family house is

1404
00:52:10,444 --> 00:52:10,944
filled,

1405
00:52:11,804 --> 00:52:13,964
they can call the family house. They can

1406
00:52:13,964 --> 00:52:14,864
talk to Lorraine.

1407
00:52:15,244 --> 00:52:17,984
They can give Lorraine her their name,

1408
00:52:18,284 --> 00:52:19,744
and she will email

1409
00:52:20,510 --> 00:52:23,329
that name to the Super eight who will

1410
00:52:23,949 --> 00:52:25,489
then extend a discount

1411
00:52:25,869 --> 00:52:27,409
while they're being treated.

1412
00:52:28,829 --> 00:52:31,230
And, well, there you go. Yeah. So it

1413
00:52:31,230 --> 00:52:33,309
it probably isn't just Super eight, like you

1414
00:52:33,309 --> 00:52:35,565
said. And I've heard of that too, different

1415
00:52:35,565 --> 00:52:38,204
hotels and motels. Mhmm. And we are, you

1416
00:52:38,204 --> 00:52:38,704
know,

1417
00:52:39,724 --> 00:52:41,505
we just want to make sure

1418
00:52:41,964 --> 00:52:43,744
that our patients are cared for.

1419
00:52:44,844 --> 00:52:45,344
So

1420
00:52:45,964 --> 00:52:48,579
we are trying to get partnerships with other

1421
00:52:48,579 --> 00:52:50,420
hotels. There are some others that are on

1422
00:52:50,420 --> 00:52:52,179
board. I don't have the details of those

1423
00:52:52,179 --> 00:52:52,679
yet,

1424
00:52:53,219 --> 00:52:55,320
but we are working with them to try

1425
00:52:55,699 --> 00:52:56,519
and accommodate

1426
00:52:57,539 --> 00:52:58,599
anyone until

1427
00:52:59,059 --> 00:53:01,639
until we are able to complete this expansion.

1428
00:53:02,984 --> 00:53:03,484
Yeah.

1429
00:53:05,385 --> 00:53:07,724
That sounds like it's very much needed.

1430
00:53:08,025 --> 00:53:10,184
And I asked before, or maybe I didn't

1431
00:53:10,184 --> 00:53:12,424
complete it, but is there any way to

1432
00:53:12,424 --> 00:53:14,684
try to look forward to see a completion

1433
00:53:14,824 --> 00:53:17,065
date? I probably not, but I'll ask it

1434
00:53:17,065 --> 00:53:19,510
anyway. I mean, are we looking at maybe,

1435
00:53:19,510 --> 00:53:20,569
like, a ten year

1436
00:53:21,670 --> 00:53:23,909
I would expect it to be much sooner

1437
00:53:23,909 --> 00:53:25,269
than that. Our our,

1438
00:53:26,630 --> 00:53:29,909
our campaign, Assante forward 2030, is based on

1439
00:53:29,909 --> 00:53:32,069
hopefully getting all of this stuff done by

1440
00:53:32,069 --> 00:53:32,889
2030.

1441
00:53:34,914 --> 00:53:38,454
But, yeah, I you know, working with contractors

1442
00:53:39,394 --> 00:53:42,295
and permits and for sure. There's a lot

1443
00:53:42,514 --> 00:53:43,014
that

1444
00:53:43,714 --> 00:53:43,954
we

1445
00:53:44,594 --> 00:53:45,574
it's just unknown.

1446
00:53:46,034 --> 00:53:48,594
Okay. Well, of course. But it will you

1447
00:53:48,594 --> 00:53:50,659
on the spot. No. No. That's fine. The

1448
00:53:50,659 --> 00:53:52,739
sooner we can raise those funds, the sooner

1449
00:53:52,739 --> 00:53:53,960
we will have a timeline.

1450
00:53:54,420 --> 00:53:55,559
Okay. Yeah.

1451
00:53:55,940 --> 00:53:56,440
Alright.

1452
00:53:56,980 --> 00:53:58,359
And speaking of contractors,

1453
00:53:59,059 --> 00:54:01,815
have you talked to any or are there

1454
00:54:02,054 --> 00:54:04,454
contractors out there that are willing to donate

1455
00:54:04,454 --> 00:54:07,175
some of this time and material that you

1456
00:54:07,175 --> 00:54:09,734
have lined up? Yeah. So, you know, we'll

1457
00:54:09,734 --> 00:54:11,734
we'll, Or have you even got that far?

1458
00:54:11,734 --> 00:54:13,594
We'll put out an RFP, but we

1459
00:54:13,894 --> 00:54:15,514
we do have,

1460
00:54:17,639 --> 00:54:18,139
pieces,

1461
00:54:18,679 --> 00:54:19,420
that people

1462
00:54:19,880 --> 00:54:21,019
have companies

1463
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:21,900
have

1464
00:54:22,359 --> 00:54:25,000
shown interest in wanting to get involved in

1465
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,320
that way, and they're willing to provide either

1466
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:28,505
reduced cost

1467
00:54:29,045 --> 00:54:30,264
or, donated

1468
00:54:31,125 --> 00:54:31,625
time,

1469
00:54:32,085 --> 00:54:33,304
materials, services.

1470
00:54:34,164 --> 00:54:34,664
And,

1471
00:54:35,284 --> 00:54:37,125
I mean, we talked about it before. The

1472
00:54:37,125 --> 00:54:39,924
community is just so generous and amazing, and

1473
00:54:39,924 --> 00:54:42,230
there are people who there are companies who

1474
00:54:42,230 --> 00:54:44,630
were involved in the original build that have

1475
00:54:44,630 --> 00:54:46,150
come to us again and said we wanna

1476
00:54:46,150 --> 00:54:49,050
do that again. Oh, that's awesome. Mhmm. Okay.

1477
00:54:49,670 --> 00:54:52,489
So that that part is covered somewhat.

1478
00:54:53,109 --> 00:54:55,425
So even contractors might have heart.

1479
00:54:56,224 --> 00:54:58,465
Is this possible? That's I've got some pretty

1480
00:54:58,465 --> 00:54:59,525
fist left out here.

1481
00:55:00,465 --> 00:55:03,844
Yeah. I mean, it it's I really feel

1482
00:55:04,065 --> 00:55:07,744
strongly that most people are really good, kind

1483
00:55:07,744 --> 00:55:10,489
people that wanna help. Yes. And they're you,

1484
00:55:10,489 --> 00:55:12,589
and that's a great attitude. And I

1485
00:55:13,210 --> 00:55:15,263
try to think that sometimes. But, you know,

1486
00:55:15,263 --> 00:55:15,869
I know that.

1487
00:55:16,570 --> 00:55:17,309
Might might

1488
00:55:17,929 --> 00:55:20,250
change your mind about it, but they're I

1489
00:55:20,250 --> 00:55:22,250
think that they're really few and far between.

1490
00:55:22,250 --> 00:55:23,389
That most people

1491
00:55:23,804 --> 00:55:25,585
start with a good heart. Yeah.

1492
00:55:26,125 --> 00:55:28,605
Just talking to you today, Kendi, we've yep.

1493
00:55:28,605 --> 00:55:30,684
It seems like a a positive thing right

1494
00:55:30,684 --> 00:55:31,184
now.

1495
00:55:31,565 --> 00:55:33,565
And, again, we talked about our little community

1496
00:55:33,565 --> 00:55:35,804
here, and I I sense a lot of

1497
00:55:35,804 --> 00:55:39,105
community togetherness, if you will. Mhmm. Yeah.

1498
00:55:40,739 --> 00:55:43,380
Well, we're kinda running down a time here,

1499
00:55:43,380 --> 00:55:43,880
so

1500
00:55:44,340 --> 00:55:46,420
I do wanna thank you for coming in

1501
00:55:46,420 --> 00:55:49,079
and talking about this. And this is, very,

1502
00:55:50,820 --> 00:55:53,699
important to a lot of people. And we

1503
00:55:53,699 --> 00:55:54,519
talked about

1504
00:55:54,900 --> 00:55:55,480
this community

1505
00:55:55,805 --> 00:55:57,425
where a lot of us have to travel

1506
00:55:57,565 --> 00:55:59,025
out of town to get medical

1507
00:56:00,364 --> 00:56:03,105
assistance and help. Yeah. Three minutes.

1508
00:56:03,405 --> 00:56:04,545
Review contact.

1509
00:56:05,724 --> 00:56:06,224
Oh,

1510
00:56:06,684 --> 00:56:08,845
we were just reminded from a very important

1511
00:56:08,845 --> 00:56:11,630
person, our engineer, Michael. Yeah. So let's go.

1512
00:56:11,630 --> 00:56:13,550
Can you go ahead and, talk about all

1513
00:56:13,550 --> 00:56:15,010
of the contact information

1514
00:56:15,710 --> 00:56:17,010
Okay. That they can

1515
00:56:17,390 --> 00:56:21,090
get involved with? Yeah. So the easiest way,

1516
00:56:21,469 --> 00:56:24,284
if you, wanna support this project, is to

1517
00:56:24,284 --> 00:56:26,944
go to assantefoundation.org.

1518
00:56:27,484 --> 00:56:30,125
You're going to see a donate button right

1519
00:56:30,125 --> 00:56:32,284
up top. You're gonna click that, and you

1520
00:56:32,284 --> 00:56:33,184
choose the

1521
00:56:33,484 --> 00:56:35,644
the project you want those funds to go

1522
00:56:35,644 --> 00:56:36,059
to.

1523
00:56:36,860 --> 00:56:38,460
What I've been talking about today is the

1524
00:56:38,460 --> 00:56:41,099
family house expansion, but there are other projects.

1525
00:56:41,099 --> 00:56:42,079
If you find those

1526
00:56:42,619 --> 00:56:44,780
closer to your heart, then choose one of

1527
00:56:44,780 --> 00:56:45,280
those.

1528
00:56:46,780 --> 00:56:47,440
And then

1529
00:56:48,344 --> 00:56:48,844
if,

1530
00:56:49,304 --> 00:56:51,324
you don't trust computers

1531
00:56:51,625 --> 00:56:54,204
and the Internet, you are welcome to call

1532
00:56:54,344 --> 00:56:55,565
Monday through Friday.

1533
00:56:56,344 --> 00:56:58,364
You can call in with a donation. It's

1534
00:56:58,824 --> 00:56:59,965
(541)

1535
00:57:00,519 --> 00:57:03,800
472-7301

1536
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,260
is my direct line.

1537
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,760
Or you can reach me via email if

1538
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:10,619
you have other questions. It's

1539
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:17,585
kindra, kindra,.lance@assante.org.

1540
00:57:17,585 --> 00:57:19,125
Lance is l a n

1541
00:57:19,664 --> 00:57:20,644
t z.

1542
00:57:21,065 --> 00:57:21,565
I

1543
00:57:21,984 --> 00:57:23,984
don't did I say it alright? Yeah. Yeah.

1544
00:57:23,984 --> 00:57:25,125
That's right.

1545
00:57:25,505 --> 00:57:27,744
You certainly did. Alright. You certainly did, and

1546
00:57:27,744 --> 00:57:28,565
that's great.

1547
00:57:29,190 --> 00:57:31,670
Like I said, Kenny, this is, this was

1548
00:57:31,670 --> 00:57:33,589
a very important topic. We're glad to have

1549
00:57:33,589 --> 00:57:35,510
you here and glad you were here in

1550
00:57:35,510 --> 00:57:37,510
Brookings to receive a nice little,

1551
00:57:38,070 --> 00:57:40,650
donation. Yeah. Again, thank you to the Emblem

1552
00:57:40,789 --> 00:57:43,690
Club. Emblem Yeah. Club here in, Brookings.

1553
00:57:44,054 --> 00:57:45,894
Yes. And thank you so much for having

1554
00:57:45,894 --> 00:57:48,635
me. Stuff. I think it's so important that

1555
00:57:49,335 --> 00:57:51,815
these communities know that this service is here

1556
00:57:51,815 --> 00:57:54,295
for them. It's a resource for our traveling

1557
00:57:54,295 --> 00:57:56,214
patients. It's not for the folks at the

1558
00:57:56,375 --> 00:57:58,880
Right. And what what great comfort that you

1559
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:01,059
might you can get in a time

1560
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:04,720
of hard hard times Mhmm. If you have,

1561
00:58:04,720 --> 00:58:07,140
you know, going through some medical stuff. Mhmm.

1562
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:08,260
Absolutely.

1563
00:58:08,559 --> 00:58:09,059
Yeah.

1564
00:58:10,255 --> 00:58:12,255
We are down to less than a minute,

1565
00:58:12,255 --> 00:58:12,994
so Okay.

1566
00:58:14,335 --> 00:58:17,295
Again, Kenny, thank you very much for being

1567
00:58:17,295 --> 00:58:20,335
here, and we were just glad to talk

1568
00:58:20,335 --> 00:58:22,590
about this important topic. And Let us know

1569
00:58:22,590 --> 00:58:25,070
about things that, a lot of us didn't

1570
00:58:25,070 --> 00:58:27,309
know anything about. I will. I'll keep you

1571
00:58:27,309 --> 00:58:30,269
posted on the expansion progress for sure. Do.

1572
00:58:30,269 --> 00:58:31,489
Yeah. You have the content.

1573
00:58:31,950 --> 00:58:34,590
Well, alright, y'all. We're getting down to it.

1574
00:58:34,590 --> 00:58:37,090
So thank everybody thank the one texter

1575
00:58:37,390 --> 00:58:39,484
or or the textures I might have missed.

1576
00:58:39,625 --> 00:58:41,565
Okay. We're you're listening to KCIW

1577
00:58:42,585 --> 00:58:44,444
one hundred point seven FM

1578
00:58:44,984 --> 00:58:47,244
here in beautiful Brookings, Oregon.

1579
00:58:47,944 --> 00:58:49,450
Thanks again, Kendi. Yeah. Thank you.

1580
00:58:55,450 --> 00:58:55,950
You.