Fred Meyer customers and employees donated $18,411.57 to Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center’s cancer services as part of their giving campaign.
The money was raised during a three-month period ending Nov. 3, 2012, through change dropped into checkstand coin boxes at all seven Fred Meyer stores in Clark County. Fred Meyer employees in Clark County also donated to the Fred Meyer Fund, the company’s corporate foundation.
Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation accepted the donation from Fred Meyer in February.
“The generosity of our guests and associates to their neighbors is something to celebrate,” said Melinda Merrill, public affairs director for Fred Meyer Stores. “With so many needs, we try to reach causes that are meaningful to a wide variety of our communities. For that reason we focused on cancer relief with our third quarter donations, as well as military service programs and hunger relief in other quarters.”
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center’s cancer services programs serve more than 3,600 people annually. Funds from Fred Meyer will be used to offer free mammograms to those who otherwise could not afford them.
“We thank Fred Meyer customers and employees here in Clark County for helping us to expand the reach of our services to those most in need. Their generosity will change lives,” said J. Michael Schultz, executive director of Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation.
Fred Meyer has had coin boxes at its checkstands for about 15 years. Money collected through these coin boxes is distributed through the company’s corporate foundation. These funds are distributed in communities where Fred Meyer operates in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
