Genesis Community Health

Compassionate Healthcare in Jesus' name

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Good Samaritan — Canyon County Expansion Update

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As the cost of living rises, more of the people Genesis serves (working poor that fall in the gap outside of Medicaid eligibility and being able to afford health insurance) are moving out to West Treasure Valley for more affordable housing. That means the need for whole-person healthcare in Canyon County is growing.

Genesis will meet that need by expanding whole-person services in Canyon County. God has enabled Genesis to sign a purchase agreement for a larger building in Caldwell that, when fully equipped, will provide whole-person healthcare at no cost to qualifying patients.

This project was kicked off with an anonymous donation of $1,000,000!

The most recent update is the Harry W. Morrison foundation is supporting the Good Samaritan Canyon County Expansion. They have donated $150,000 to help make this possible. $100,000 of that amount is a matching grant, which means the next $100,000 of donations to the Good Samaritan Project will be doubled.

Currently, The Good Samaritan Project has received 1.2 million of the 3.1 million dollars needed. With full hearts, we thank the Harry W. Morrison Foundation for their dedication to providing the West Treasure Valley with health, hope, and healing.

You can double your impact by donating here or sharing this project with someone that you know. If you know someone who might be interested in partnering in a significant way, please email adrienne@genesisch.org.

For more updates on the Good Samaritan Project, sign up here

Porsche Club Supports GCCC

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A Big Big Thank You to Silver Sage Porsche Club for their support of the Garden City Community Clinic! Our current total for the IMI Match with Intermountain Medical Imaging is $14,386.50! There is still time to help us reach our goal of $25,000 before January 31st.
Do you work at a medical or dental clinic in any capacity, from front desk coordinator to nurse, doctor to maintenance?  If so, we could use your help meeting the generous matching donation Intermountain Medical Imaging (IMI) has pledged to the Garden City Clinic Community Clinic.  For every $1 donated to the clinic by medical or dental field personal who have not donated in the past two years, IMI will match the donation up to $25,000.  We only have a few more months to raise this money and are just under half way there.  Please donate and note “New Donor–Medical or Dental Employee” on your donation to double your gift and help us reach our goal of $50,000.
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IMI Match Challenge

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The partners of Intermountain Medical Imaging and Gem State Radiology are continuing to encourage the healthcare community to support Genesis World Mission with an extension of a $10,000 matching gift challenge! 

EVERY DOLLAR IS DOUBLED!

Help us take advantage of this generous match challenge with a gift today, and you will enables us to continue serving a vulnerable population whose needs are not yet met by the Affordable Care Act.

Thank you to the following investors who gave toward the initial match challenge in 2013-14.

Dr. Troy Clovis, DDS – Benchmark Family Dentistry
Dr. Sarah Hunt, DDS – Benchmark Family DentistryDr. Michael Bailey, MD, DDS, PA
Dr. Kevin Kempers, MD, DDS, PA – Boise Oral and Maxillofacial Center
Dr. Jacob Brown, DDS – Castlebury Dental
Dr. Ron O’Reilley, MD FACR
Carolyn Corbett, NP
Dr. Johnny B Green, MD – Idaho Surgical Associates
Ada County Medical Society
Intermountain Hospital
Saint Alphonsus Hospitalists

*Others who have given towards this match have requested to be anonymous

    

 

 

A Rewarding Evening of Generosity – Gala 2014

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There is a certain element of anxiety and anticipation every year as we plan for our annual dinner: will things turn out OK. Do we have enough guests? Do we have enough items. Will the food be cold by the time it arrives at tables? I suppose it’s no different than hosting a party in your home.

But once again, at the end of this past Sunday’s Faith Hope and Love Dinner and Auction all those worries were laid to rest. We shared our stories. We had dinner together. People responded generously, as they always do.

One of the most poignant moments was when a patient stood up and great strength shared how the Clinic had helped him over the hump. Tracy Ritter and Lorrie Apel shared with emcee Mark Russell about how the work in Kenya is truly empowering an entire village.

This year we raised just over $73,000 to carry on the work of Genesis World Mission. Many thanks to all the volunteers, staff, board members, item donors and sponsors who made this possible.

Volunteers of the Year were recognized: Bill Renk, Andy Coombs, and Dr. Kaci Jensen at the Garden City Community Clinic. Digestive Health Clinic was recognized as the Volunteer Physicians Network practice of the year.

Thank you to Saint Alphonsus for being our Faith Event Sponsor this year. Thank you also to Muse Bistro and Wine Bar for sponsoring our wine wall.

I hope you enjoyed the couple of photos on this page from the event. There are more at our photographer’s personal Facebook Page. (Thanks to Donna and Roland Schimek for their photos.)