Targeted Giving
Support Virginia Garcia's mission by contributing to a specific cause. Our programs are consistently updated to meet the evolving needs of our patients. Explore the various areas we are prioritizing this year, spanning from children's programs to outreach initiatives. Your generosity ensures that your contribution directly supports programs that matter most to you.
Advocacy
Advocating for our patients has been an important part of our work from the beginning. Today, we continue to advocate for our patients by supporting policies that promote safe and healthy communities. We know that the social determinants of health start when not everyone has the same access to the things they need. To that end, we engage in advocacy that moves forward the mission of Virginia Garcia and lifts the voices of the communities we serve. We also have an internal civics leadership training program, RISE (Reach, Inspire, Support, Engage), to guide our staff on their journey to community leadership.
Click here to learn more about the advocacy work Virginia Garcia is currently engaged in.
Dental
Oral health care is key to maintaining good health. At Virginia Garcia we offer preventive and restorative dental care services at six dental clinics in our service area, including Cornelius, Hillsboro, McMinnville, Newberg, and two locations in Beaverton. We employ dentists, expanded practice dental hygienists and dental assistants, and we work to ensure our dental staff are highly trained and our equipment and technology, up-to-date. Many of our dental staff are bilingual allowing them to better serve our patients.
Children’s Health
At Virginia Garcia, nearly half of our patients are children, and we prioritize their well-being through comprehensive health care services. Our commitment includes immunizations, well-child check-ups, developmental evaluations, dental sealants, healthy weight assessments, acute illness visits, sports physicals, and more, all provided in a collaborative team setting.
Your support of Children’s Health makes a significant impact on ensuring the continued care and development of our youngest patients.
Legacy Fund
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center’s story began almost 50 years ago. Our founders’ inspiring response to Virginia’s tragic death continues to inspire us today. Within weeks of her passing, the founders secured a commitment from Providence to invest in our outreach to migrant farmworkers in the fields. We began delivering health care to our community’s most vulnerable people that very summer. Over forty-five years later, we now serve over 52,000 patients in 18 clinics throughout Washington and Yamhill counties. Our patients are more diverse than ever before – we serve in over 60 languages throughout our system. When you support our Legacy Fund you ensure that Virginia Garcia will be around to serve hundreds of thousands of people in our community, long into the future.
The Legacy Fund proceeds will ensure that Virginia Garcia has the operating reserve we need to withstand the difficulties of the health care industry.
Mental & Behavioral Health
Prioritizing mental and behavioral health services is just as crucial as routine check-ups. Virginia Garcia is committed to an integrated approach to patient care, with these services available at all of our primary care clinic sites. In addition to individual support, we provide group classes promoting healthy behavior choices, such as Tomando el Control (Taking Control), a community-based program tailored for Spanish speakers managing chronic diseases. We also hold diabetes management classes.
Our patient-centered care philosophy reflects a holistic approach, ensuring that when we address health care needs, we consider the well-being of the whole person.
Outreach
Every summer, our Outreach team mobilizes our clinic to reach migrant and seasonal farmworkers, delivering essential medical and dental services directly to their living and working locations. Farmworkers frequently endure pain, injuries, and infections, compounded by the challenges of heat and dehydration that worsen chronic conditions. Accessing a clinic in town can be a significant barrier. Our team addresses their health concerns on-site, providing immediate services and connecting them to further care as needed.
Your contribution to the Outreach program plays a crucial role in fostering a healthier community for those facing daily struggles with access to essential care.
Pharmacy
It is hard to get healthy if you can’t access the medication you need to stay that way. At Virginia Garcia we know the importance of access to prescriptions for our patients which is why we offer onsite pharmacies at all five primary care clinics. In addition, patients can receive low-cost prescriptions through the 340B pharmacy program to help lessen the burden of health care costs.
Our medical care teams include a clinical pharmacist. These professionals provide comprehensive medication management for patients dealing with complex medical conditions, and they work to ensure patients understand and adhere to their medication regimens.
Primary Care
Primary medical care is at the heart of what we do. To serve our communities, we operate five primary care clinics, with locations in Beaverton, Cornelius, Hillsboro, McMinnville and Newberg. Our primary care clinics offer integrated services with team-based care, onsite pharmacies, mental and behavioral health and labs services. Our clinics in Beaverton and Cornelius are Wellness Centers and offer programs like teaching kitchens for healthy cooking classes, lively exercise classes, activities for kids, and group health education.
Our patient-centered care means when we consider health care we are thinking of the whole person.
School-Based Health Centers
For over ten years, Virginia Garcia has operated school-based health centers (SBHCs) to bring health care directly to kids in schools. Located in six communities across five school districts, we serve over 3,000 kids each year, providing primary health care, mental health, and dental care. In addition, our dental sealants program travels to over 20 schools, providing oral health assessments and dental sealants to more than 2,000 kids. SBHCs also encourage student leadership through student health advisory committees and a summer jobs academy.
Reproductive Health
We know healthy kids begin with healthy parents. At our Reproductive Health Clinic, we support reproductive health in a number of ways. Our CenteringPregnancy® program brings expecting parents together to learn about healthy pregnancies and the development stages of their babies. Our Baby Days program promotes oral health by pairing new parents with dental professionals to learn how to take care of babies and toddlers’ teeth and gums.
Wellness
Good health means so much more than just a trip to the doctor when you’re ill. With our innovative wellness programming, we take a holistic approach to health by offering things like Zumba and Thai Chi classes, healthy cooking instruction in our teaching kitchens, special programs for children during school breaks, and access to food through free food markets with the Oregon Food Bank.
