Please keep in mind The VGF is a pro-illegal alien foundation receiving Obama Stash for funding.

Virginia Garcia Foundation launches three-year strategy
Group adds seven board members as it eyes building a new wellness center

The Forest Grove News-Times, Feb 2, 2011

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After spending 2010 in partnership with Cornelius-based Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center coming up with a plan for the next three years, the Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation’s board of directors approved its strategic plan Jan. 19.

The plan is designed to support the center’s growth, which is being driven by the current health care reform legislation, according to executive director Christine Rontal.

The foundation’s plan projects doubling the funding it typically raises to $2.3 million, exposing 650,000 people to the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center and cultivating nearly 600 community partners in 2011-12.

Six new members have joined the foundation’s board of directors: Rob Cornilles, Game Face; Colin Evans, Dossia; Mitch Greenlick, state representative, D-Portland, District 33; Phil Jackson, Providence Medical Group; Steve Krautscheid, Tuality Healthcare; Susan Stein, Pacific University; and Anita Jackson, Women’s Healthcare Associates (advisory board).

This year marks the kick-off of the foundation’s capital campaign to fund the Cornelius Wellness Center, which will help Virginia Garcia respond to the critical need for affordable primary care in western Washington County. Virginia Garcia received a $12 million federal grant to support the construction of the center. The grant will cover 88 percent of the project costs with the balance of funding made up in community support. The grant was awarded through the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration through funding approved in the Affordable Care Act.

The 42,000-square-foot facility will replace the organization’s aging clinic and serve as Virginia Garcia’s flagship facility and organizational headquarters. The new center will enable Virginia Garcia to more than double the number of patients it is able to serve and will generate 100 construction jobs and 10 full-time clinic staff.

It will feature an exercise facility, a kitchen for healthy cooking classes, 32 exam rooms, green roofs, community gardens and will be LEED Gold certified. With a focus on preventive care and wellness, the center will be located directly across the street from the three-car garage in which the organization was founded 35 years ago.

For more information about Virginia Garcia, visit www.virginiagarcia.org.