Partner Fund

Crossfit Roseburg Partner Fund —

The Crossfit Roseburg Partner Fund was established to assist disenfranchised children. The fund promotes healthy lifestyles for youth in Douglas County, including Christmas gifts, scholarships for Crossfit classes, to name a few opportunities. Each year, Crossfit Roseburg holds an exercise competition to raise funds for vulnerable youth. Last year, they assisted a family whose child was undergoing extensive and costly treatment for cancer.

Dr. McCart Scholarship Program —

Dr. Chuck McCart was a beloved emergency room doctor who lost his battle with cancer in the spring of 2011. Part of Dr. McCart's legacy is the helipad on the Mercy Campus. As an ER doctor, he was committed to ensuring that every patient who needed it should have access to life-saving air transport. It was through his personal efforts that a helipad was eventually built on the Mercy campus. So when it was time to honor him, it was decided that the helipad should be dedicated and renamed in his honor. The Dr. McCart Scholarship Program will serve to provide a scholarship(s} to a deserving paramedic student.

Kimmie Murray Partner Fund —

I. Purpose

The purpose of the Fund shall be to support the health, education, and outreach programs of Mercy Foundation’s mission, “Enriching the health, well-being families in Douglas County.” Kimmie and Bob Murray have created this fund to assist women with expenses related to regular exams to ensure early detection of breast cancer, as well as, other incidentals related to the prevention and wellness of those diagnosed with breast cancer.  Distributions from this fund will be reviewed on a frequency to be determined.

II. Donors

Kimmie and Bob are lifelong Oregonians. Kimmie grew up in Creswell and Bob grew up in Glide. Together they operate a trucking company in Roseburg. After Kimmie was diagnosed with breast cancer, she began her mission to raise awareness about the importance of an annual mammogram.  Kimmie spoke with many women about her journey and found several had not received an annual mammogram because of costs.   Kimmie encouraged them to schedule a mammogram and followed up with several women. After following up, she found 10% of them were in need of additional care that may have gone undetected had they not been screened.

Lance Michael Emmons Athletic Scholarship —

The Lance Michael Emmons scholarship is dedicated to those whose lives have been enriched by sports. To help celebrate Lance's love for music and sporting activities, Dotty and Jim Stapleton and their family, have dedicated themselves to helping others. The Lance Michael Emmons Athletic Scholarship is available to students who are pursuing a sport. This fund pays for registration and equipment fees for youth in Douglas County promoting healthy physical activities.

Martha Morse Sawyer Hospice Fund —

Martha was an employee at Mercy Medical Center for 23 years before her death in 1991. Martha and her family's last days together were improved due to the excellent care she received from Mercy's in-home hospice care.

Her husband, Roger, family and friends created this Hospice Endowment fund in keeping with Martha's wishes to give something to the hospice program that served her so well.

Molly McGinnis Partner Fund —

Established to provide funding for events for families of special needs children, scholarships for Douglas County college students pursuing careers working with special needs children, and support research for MPS and related disorders. Kenny and Kathy McGinnis have established this fund in memory of their daughter Molly.

Sarah Beavers Partner Fund —

Sarah Beavers is a survivor of a childhood cancer. At the time of her illness, the family had major medical insurance, but it did not cover all of her expenses, citing a pre-existing condition. Her family decided to create this fund with the excess monies that were received in the hope they would be able to help other families who have children fighting cancer.

For the last several years, Sarah and her family have disbursed money from the fund to support Camp Millennium and Mercy Foundation's Healthy Kids Outreach Program.

Zelma Taylor -Jeanne Hatfield Memorial Partner Fund—

Established to focus on the special-needs youth and young disabled adults of Douglas County. The intent of the fund is to support and help establish programs in Douglas County that enable this special population to develop physically and emotionally to their full potentials. The programs supported by the fund have been a two-week sports camp, YMCA Partners Sport Camp, The Douglas Education Service District's Motor Activities Training Program where severely disabled youth participate in a full-day sports program, Bowman's Fishing Pond in Olalla, Oregon (dedicated for the use of disabled youth and elderly of Douglas County), The WISH project (working toward providing special housing for disabled young people transitioning to independent living accommodations), and Umpqua Valley disAbilities Network (financial support to encourage more emphasis on the needs of disabled youth of Douglas County).