OAHHS Hospital Voice Fall/Winter 2020

29 Fall/Winter 2020 employees were affected, and Providence says they had 200 across the state. Fires in Marion and Lane counties also produced dozens of victims. In response, volunteers from Kaiser Permanente Northwest worked alongside folks from the Red Cross Cascades Region to pack 500 wildfire cleanup kits in Silverton. KPNW also donated $300,000 to the effort. Fires ravaged the Santiam Canyon, and Santiam Hospital in Stayton has been at the center of efforts to help the victims. A fund organized by the hospital ’s Service Integration Team (SIT) has assisted two resource centers in the area provid- ing food, clothing, toiletries, gas cards, and pet and livestock feed. Santiam Hospital has helped raise more than $1.7 million as part of the Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund. Providence has donated $100,000 to wildfire relief, divided among non-profit service agencies in Clackamas County and southern Oregon. Asante’s Wildfire Compas- sion Fund has raised about $162,000 so far, with 363 dona- tions coming in from all over the country. Our health care heroes still need our help. In addition to the other efforts mentioned, we have set up a fund to help them. The OREF Health Care Heroes Relief fund is also accepting donations. In southern Oregon, Asante and Providence rallied to help victims of the Almeda Fire with aid to individuals who lost homes and possessions.