Our mission...

at Columbia United Providers is to promote wellness and coordinate access to quality health care in our community. Our dedicated staff not only takes great pride in their daily work responsibilities but generously volunteer their personal time to participate in many non-profit organizations. The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington, American Diabetes Association and Susan G. Komen Foundation are a few of the programs we sponsor. If you are interested in volunteering or joining Team CUP please contact Shannon Kelley at (360) 449-8946. Thank you!

The Winner is…The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington
By Shannon Kelley

Each year our employees enjoy voting for a particular philanthropy to support. I’m pleased to report the 2008 vote resulted in a clear win for The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington. The Free Clinic will be the benefactor of several CUP sponsored fundraising events throughout 2008.

The first event, CUP’s Annual Easter Basket Fundraiser took place in March. CUP employees gathered donated products and met after hours to produce beautiful Easter Baskets. We sought out other businesses that were willing to install and raffle the baskets.

The following businesses contributed to the success of the event and we couldn’t have done it without their support and donations:

• Fisher’s Landing Storage – For generously donating a 10 X 10 climate controlled room to house donated products 
• Kolor Kraze Printing – Donated printing, cutting and delivery of over 2,000 Raffle Tickets 
• Party City – Donated baskets, stuffed animals, flutes, Easter grass, basket wrap, tablets, pencils, children’s jewelry, stickers and toys. 
• Employees at Columbia United Providers – Designed and filled Easter Baskets. 
• CUP, the Free Clinic, Linear Technology, and QFC were some of the local businesses that raffled the Easter Baskets.

The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington send Their deepest thanks to everyone who participate in the Annual Easter Basket Fundraiser.

More Fun Fundraising Ahead…

For the remainder of the year we plan to explore a few other fundraising ideas such as a company indoor garage sale, dessert auction (always a big success at CUP) and volunteer our individual skills to the Free Clinic. We are particularly proud of our employee, Keith Condon who has dedicated many personal hours to the improvement and expansion of the Free Clinic Website. If you would like to help the Free Clinic in their great community work, please go to their website at www.freeclinics.org where you will find all the information you need to get involved!

If you would like to support Team CUP in their efforts to raise money, please contact Shannon Kelley at skelley@cuphealth.com

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