REDWOOD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

REALIZING OUR MISSION PROVIDENCE REDWOOD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION HAS BEEN DIRECTLY SUPPORTING REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN MEETING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF EUREKA, FORTUNA, FERNDALE, LOLETA RIO DELL AND THROUGHOUT THE EEL RIVER VALLEY AND INTO SOUTHERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IS A CRITICAL CARE ACCESS HOSPITAL THAT PROVIDES QUALITY CARE IN THE AREAS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, HOLISTIC AND PATIENT CENTERED CARE, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING, CANCER PROGRAM, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY - BASED PROGRAMS AND RESOURCE CENTERS FOCUSED ON PREVENTION, HEALTH PROMOTION, OUTREACH, CARE COORDINATION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. WITH OVER 206 EMPLOYEES COMMITTED TO REALIZING THE MISSION. AS A MEMBER OF THE PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM, REDWOOD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO EXTENDING THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS IN THE TRADITION OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH OF ORANGE. THIS MISSION HAS GUIDED OUR CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE MINISTRY SINCE THE OPENING OF OUR FIRST HOSPITAL IN EUREKA, CALIFORNIA NEARLY 100 YEARS AGO. REDWOOD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION SUPPORTS REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BELIEVES THAT NO ONE SHOULD DELAY SEEKING NEEDED MEDICAL CARE BECAUSE THEY LACK HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT IS WHY REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HAS A PATIENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (FAP) THAT PROVIDES FREE OR DISCOUNTED SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PATIENTS. PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN ADDITION TO PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE, REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WITH THE SUPPORT OF REDWOOD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION, OFFERS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS: COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERS FOR DECADES THE PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERS (CRC) HAVE BEEN SERVING VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN RURAL AND REMOTE POCKETS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY AS A CORE COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAM OF REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. EACH OF THE FIVE RESOURCE CENTERS IS UNIQUE TO THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES - THEY EACH LISTEN TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PROVIDE SERVICES AND COMMUNITY BUILDING EVENTS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE VARIOUS NEEDS, INTERESTS AND CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY. IN 2024 THE CRCS HAD 161,542 ENCOUNTERS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED OF EXTRA SUPPORT OR CONNECTION TO RESOURCES. THEY OFFERED FOOD PANTRIES, FREE CLOTHING GIVEAWAYS, PLAYGROUPS FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE, BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS, CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES (TRANSPORTATION, HELP MAKING APPOINTMENTS, APPLYING FOR JOBS OR SOCIAL SERVICE BENEFITS). THEY OFFERED COOKING AND CANNING CLASSES TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY, EXERCISE CLASSES AND SOCIALIZATION FOR SENIORS AND OTHERS WHO ARE LONELY. THEY WELCOME UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS AND MET BASIC NEEDS WITH COMPASSION AND DIGNITY. THEY ORGANIZED COMMUNITY GATHERINGS LIKE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONIES AT CHRISTMAS AND BROWN-BAG LUNCHES FOR KIDS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT. AND THEY HELPED COMMUNITIES BECOME MORE RESILIENT AND RECOVER FROM DISASTERS SUCH AS FIRES, FLOODS AND EARTHQUAKES. THE PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERS ARE CONNECTION POINTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY ACT AS A HUB FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND NON-PROFITS ORGANIZATIONS TO GATHER AND REACH PEOPLE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT. PARTNERSHIP AND WORKING WITH EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY IS A PRIORITY OF THE CRCS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HEALTH, PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://WWW.PROVIDENCE.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ST. JOSEPH HEALTH, PLEASE VISIT WWW.STJHS.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT REDWOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PLEASE VISIT WWW.STJOEHUMBOLDT.ORG