A nurse takes a mammogram exam of a female patient at the hospital. Breast cancer screenings are important to help detect cancers early. (Getty Images)

Barb Snyder, R.N., is the quality and risk manager at Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center. She is co-leading the “Coos Fights Cancer” effort with her colleagues at the South Coast Rural Health Integrated Project Team and says their team is “thrilled” to receive funding from the Community Partnership Program. (Courtesy of Barb Snyder)

Amanda Sharie, community care coordinator at Mid-Columbia Medical Center, is helping lead a new project  that aims to expand access to cancer screenings and treatment for underserved communities in Gilliam, Hood River, Sherman and Wasco counties. She says the project will expand an existing local initiative to increase outreach and access to breast cancer and colorectal cancer screenings. (Courtesy of Amanda Sharie)

2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Bransen Fernando, 13 of Beaverton, Ore. (Chris Hornbecker)

2019 Doernbecher Freestyle patient-designer Sawyer Miller, 12, Bend, Ore. (Chris Hornbecker)