NEWS BRIEFS
more and more money to expensive
deputies and jail beds.
ShelterCare already has a waiting list of
eight to 12 weeks to get into shelter. This
wait will grow even longer, as it is left with
only six of its 11 units. ShelterCare is
exploring other funding options — looking
for grants and soliciting even more private
donations. Ban said that no matter how well
ShelterCare copes, the cuts will make a
lasting impact.
Data collected by the McKinney-Vento
Educational Programs shows that more
than 22,000 children in Oregon will face
homelessness during the year. The National
Center on Family Homelessness computed
that a single parent working at the state’s
minimum wage would, taking into account
other basic living expenses, need to work
at least 70 hours per week to afford a two-
bedroom apartment priced at fair market
rent.
“Local community members came
together and felt that we needed a shelter
that served families where they could live
together,” said Ban. ShelterCare opened a
shelter for families in 1970.
Families can stay in the shelter for up
to sixty days (though sometimes longer in
cases of special circumstances). Families
receive aid in housing searches, as well as
employment counseling that is part of a
long-term stabilization program. Families
are provided with food, clothing and
household necessities. Shelter helps get
kids back to school. ShelterCare claims a
70 percent success rate of families who
stay in shelter and successfully transition
to stable long-term housing
To make a donation, contact ShelterCare
at 686-1262 or mail to ShelterCare
Administration, P.O. Box 23339, 1790
West 11th, Ste. 290, Eugene Or. 97402.
You can indicate if you want the donation
to go specifically to the Emergency
Housing Program. — Philip Shackleton
TWO-DAY FREE
MEDICAL
CLINIC
A non-profit that provides medical care
in the third world is coming home to work
in Lane County.
The Cascade Medical Team Foundation
(CMTF) is offering free medical care to
Eugene-Springfield area residents without
health insurance, 8 am to 5 pm Saturday
and Sunday, April 16 and 17, at Peace
Health Medical Group, 1162 Willamette
St. (east entrance).
According to CMTF, more than 66,000
individuals in Lane County do not have
health insurance and are ineligible for the
Oregon Health Plan. “There is a huge need
in the community because when people are
uninsured they put off seeing a doctor,”
foundation board member Rick Kangail
explains.
Formed in 2002, the Cascade Medical
Team (CMT) is a local, all-volunteer
organization that travels to Guatemala’s
highlands annually providing medical care,
filters for clean drinking water and energy
efficient cooking stoves to the Mayan people
in the region. In conjunction with its parent
organization HELPS International, and the
support of PeaceHealth and McKenzie
Willamette hospitals, the team has provided
medical and dental care to more than 14,000
Guatemalan adults and children.
In June 2010, CMT decided to bring
their services to Oregon for the first time,
hosting a free medical clinic in Coburg.
“We saw a huge need in our own
community — we are calling the clinics
“Cascade Medical Team Comes Home,”
Kangail said.
Several services will be provided at the
weekend clinic including, basic dental care
and minimal teeth cleaning (Saturday
only), general medical care and
examinations for on-going symptoms.
There will be connections available in the
community if patients need follow-up
care, and a free on-site limited pharmacy
for medicine prescribed at the clinic.
The medical care will be provided on a
first-come, first-served basis, “We have
many wonderful volunteers from the
Rotary and other community members so
the process will be well organized and we
don’t foresee a long wait,” Kangail said.
CMT recommends bringing past medical
records if possible.
Health care professionals interested in
volunteering medical services can contact
Margie Groshong at 934-4129 or
megroshong@yahoo.com. Community
members interested in volunteering, go to:
www.211lane.org
For more information on CMT and to
donate visit: www.cmt-oregon.org
— Heather Cyrus
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