This department provides and supports a community blood drive, health classes, wellness screenings, the yearly Huckleberry Health Fair, and speakers for community meetings both in the hospital and at locations in the community. Some of the classes offered include:

• Breast Cancer Awareness - Look Good, . . Feel Better
• Childbirth
• CHIP (Coronary Health Improvement Project)
• Depression
• Healthy Cooking Classes
• Living Better with Diabetes
• Powerful Tools for Caregiving
• Smoking Cessation
• Stress Management
• Trauma Nurses Talk Tough about Safety
• Weight Management
• Click here to view our full line of classes

We also provide support for the following Support groups:

• Diabetes
• Fibromyalgia
• Grief
• Woman’s Cancer Group

The Community Education office coordinates the Parish Nurse (Faith Community Nurse) outreach program, assisting local Parish Nurses in their churches with their own health ministries.

For questions or more information please call, Ginny Gabel at 503-812-2270 or Nancy Rittenbach at 503-812-2313. Our office hours are 9 am – 5 pm.

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