The Olympic Medical Center Foundation raised $382,000 at its 21st annual Harvest of Hope, presented by Sound Community Bank and the Arrow Marine Group at Guy Cole Events Center in Sequim Saturday night. Funds will go towards the OMC Cancer Center Patient Navigator Program and for equipment at the OMC Cancer Center.
The Patient Navigator program provides basic living expenses for low income cancer patients.
The Foundation also presented the Rick Kaps Award to Barbara Cammack, who, along with her late husband Jim, and her son Joe, has been the biggest supporter of the Patient Navigator program.
The Kaps Award – named for the former Sequim High School basketball coach and educator who passed away from cancer in 1998 – is presented annually to an organization or individual who has contributed to cancer and overall health care on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Karen Rogers, a Foundation Executive Committee member and the Harvest of Hope Emcee, gave the survivor speech on behalf of her husband Jim, who is being treated at the OMC Cancer Center. She has been one of the Cancer Center’s leading fundraisers over the last nine years, and has been a donor every year herself.
Persons who are interested in more information or in making a donation to benefit local healthcare can call the OMC Foundation office at 360-417-7144, or email them at bruce@omhf.org.