January 9, 2024 – Community updates
Audio recording here
Sam Baugh - Advanced Health - https://advancedhealth.com/
Completed the Community Health Assessment in 2023 and will now will be working on a Community Health Plan
Community focus groups and distilling that information into actionable steps to work on. Action items of “what can we accomplish?”
Serve Coos & Curry counties. CHIP for both counties
Asley Mcgehee - South Coast Together - https://www.scesd.k12.or.us/south-coast-together/ ashleymc@scesd.k12.or.us
Part of ESD - Provide completely free training around adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
completed over 40 trainings in 2023 and 10 scheduled Jan - March 2024
Brain Game
Help That Helps guide , coloring books, being translated into Spanish
Jim Behrends - North Bend Senior Center - https://northbendseniorcenter.org/ 20,000 program visits last year
goal is to maintain and grow it 800 different sessions
Keep the NBSC in mind as a way to provide services to the elder community
14,000 free meals
Best way to connect is join their lunch time and visit. Multiple visits are often required to make connections and get traction, it can take time for people to engage.
Should be able to keep it going through 2024
Michael Mulligan - Parkinson’s Resources of OR - https://www.parkinsonsresources.org/ 2023 saw a healthy growth
over 52 support groups
Peer to Peer mentoring program has been a big success
2024 looking forward to more in-person events
Provide non medical resource
Amy Basil - South Coast Hospice - South Coast Hospice https://www.facebook.com/schpcs/ https://www.facebook.com/SCHThriftStore/
Light up a Life to help with grief and loneliness through the holidays
Hired new nurses which increases the amount of caseloads that can be handled
Getting the volunteers running again - there are volunteer trainings - If you are interested in volunteering to visit with patients in their homes or facilities reach out
Thrift store always needs volunteers
Coastal Home Health and Hospice in Curry county contact is Mona Chandler
Joshua Sowers & & Lillian (is new) - ADAPT - Drug and Alcohol mental health services Joshuas@adaptoregon.org 542-671-3289
Help the underserved find the services that match where they are at, most are recovery focused
6 Peers now working with many community partners
Go out to different areas 1 day a month and administer to the needs
Curry contact Beth Barker Hildalgo / Adapt-Curry CO (peer) shannonj@adaptoregon.org lauran@adaptoregon.org
Val Early - South Coast Community Aquatics - sccabrookings@gmail.com
Provide year round opportunity for swimming in the Brookings pool
Partnered with the City of Brookings to provide programming and support for the facility
Non-profit - volunteer board
2023 was great for collecting data examples: how many pool users there were during the 3 month season (over 10,000) - Also did a survey at the end of the season that gave good feedback that will help with the programming in 2024
2024 looking to manage the pool for the City of Brookings (Looking at a longer season)
Would like to continue partnerships with the schools and other organizations that have helped to support water safety and provide lessons and safe recreational opportunities for the community and youth
Since Curry county is home to 5 wild rivers and the Pacific ocean water safety is a prominent concern
Plans to train a lifeguard instructor
Jessica Carillo Alatorre - Outgrown (Hike it Baby) Jessica@weareoutgrown.org www.weareoutgrown.org
Served over 600 families in Coos and County by hosting 21 workshops and 50 community led hike events
Goal is to help families with young children and babies get outside and move
Happy to partner with other organizations and have resources like guides and family fun activities available in English and Spanish and Arabic and working on more languages when there is more funding
In Coos there is Gear library for families to access and borrow jackets, rain boots, baby carriers etc.
We also have Facebook groups for Coos & Curry where the community can share events, ask questions, etc.
Lindsey Bellefeuille - Farm to Child Coordinator for the Beet Food System - Farmtochild@thebeetfsc.org https://www.facebook.com/thebeetfoodsystemconsortium and our website is thebeetfsc.org
All things food - up and coming organization
2023 started a Farm to Child program which is like Farm to School - renovating and creating gardening spaces for youth to learn about food, gardening, agriculture, where food comes from and how to grow their own food
Started Coos Food Project which is neighborhood run - donation and food pantries
Community supported agriculture scholarships to Myrtle Glen Farm
Started Double up Food Bucks at the Co-Op
Community fridge at the Coos Library
Food Giveaway called Farm Families at the Bandon Library
2024 Looking forward to doing it all again (even better!) and working on getting 501c3 status
The Beet is having monthly meetings if you would like to participate
Tricia Iverson - Harmony & Me - 541.661.2532 tricia@harmonyandme.org https://www.facebook.com/harmonyandmemusic/
New YouTube channel up and running & Sound Baths for ages 5 - 11 coming soon
Typically this was a group of youth and a group of elders coming together to make music but then things changed and so did the programs
Worked with care facilities in 2023
Parent / Child classes have continued
Robert Whitsell - Neighbor Works Umpqua - 541-756-1000 Ext 154 rwhitsell@nwumpqua.org
Working on 27 homes to help with home repairs in Reedsport
Partnered with Energy Trust - no cost heat pumps available to qualifying homes
New staff member hired - Alex Alonso Godinio (sp?) to help get the heat pumps into homes quickly
Applying to be the Douglas/ Coos / Curry representatives for the OR Department of Energy with their heat pump program
Jen Shafer - United Way of Southwestern Oregon - director@unitedwayswo.org
UW is a funder / fundraiser for Coos and Curry counties and have recently been expanding our programing
Every Child Foster Community Support Programs (Coos & Curry) / Tesia Dalton & Melinda Hayne - https://everychildoregon.org/
are running strong they provide tangible needs to youth in care and the families with trainings for resource parents and recruitment opportunities and a variety of other things
South Coast Equity Coalition (SCEC) / Jamar Ruff - https://southcoastequity.org/
SCEC was awarded OR Health Authority grant
Doing great work with our BIPOC, Tribal, LGTBQ, and Disabled communities (Curry & Coos) connecting resources and information
Jamar will be joining us next month to present the results of the needs assessment from last year and priorities for 2024
Southern Oregon Coast Pride (SOCP) / Laura Erceg - took on SOCP as a sub of SCEC -https://www.socpride.org/
Pride in the Park for Coos & Curry see website for details
We are supporting as a fiscal sponsorship - Coastal Families Relief Nursery (Coos) -https://coastalfamilies.org/ & Warming Curry and many more
The newest one is in partnership with Neighbor Works Umpqua, SCREL, Care Connections and few other folks - Child Care Accelerator Program with the goal of training 20 new child care providers in Coos & Curry counties
Our grant making program is scheduled to start a week from now
$35,000 in general grants with a max of $5,000 each available for operating or program costs
We have a small pool of money for mini grants for children, youth, and family programs up to $1,000 & some DEI training
If you are interested in participating with our grant review process please reach out!
Micky Frank Bandon Inclusivity Group - www.bandoninclusivitygroup.com
Last year had funding to do a children’s literature program to distribute free books about cultural related picture books
Provided set of 4 books to the Head Start program in both counties
This year’s funding will focus on literature about disabilities in early June
Also working on things for human dignity and human rights
Fiscally sponsored by the Greater Bandon Association - still rather new
Don Ford - Harmony United Methodist Church - generally like to help in an outreach manner and help where they can
Teri Moore - ODHS Self - Sufficiency programs - happy to be attending these meeting again!
Dawn Cooper - Roundhouse - local funders - welcome
Introductions of new members: N/A
Community partner updateFlyers:
South Coast Together Brag Sheet
Friends of Bandon Parks Tri Fold
Coos Hispanic Allies Agile Funds Flyer
Next month meeting - February 13, 2024 - Jamar Ruff - SCEC
March meeting - March 12, 2024 - Pamela Huntley - Systems of Care
Send suggestions for future topics to Jen Shafer director@unitedwayswo.org