Yearly Archives: 2012

Cascadia friends, you have through Monday, December 31 to give your gift to Cascadia in 2012 while receiving excellent benefits in return. The Willamette Week offers a slew of excellent incentives for donating through the Give!Guide including: • A gift … Continue reading →

By Maggie Bennington-Davis, Chief Medical & Operations Officer The shooting in Connecticut is horrible, and is likely affecting all of us in varying ways. Many of us are also much affected by the shooting at the Clackamas mall – both … Continue reading →

Every year the Willamette Week encourages donations to Portland area organizations through the Give!Guide, and this year Cascadia is honored to be one of 110 non-profits working to raise collective Give!Guide donations of $1.7 million. Being chosen to be participate … Continue reading →

People with serious mental illness are dying too soon — and Portland nonprofit groups Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare and Outside In are teaming up to do something about it. Bringing medical care to the mentally ill and using peer wellness specialists … Continue reading →

Derald Walker, Casacadia CEO was asked his opinion during an OPB broadcast on how the mental health community feels about the report: “Derald Walker of Cascadia Behavioral Health says he hopes this will wind up helping the mentally ill. Derald … Continue reading →

Check out our 2011 Annual Report for details on the impact we’ve made in the past year, and to see how far our dollars go toward helping the most vulnerable people in our community.

In The Skanner, Cascadia Board Member Felesia Otis shares her story of a son’s life touched by mental illness. Felesia Otis says it’s hard to pinpoint the moment when her son Keaton became mentally ill. As a Benson High School student … Continue reading →

For the second year in a row, the Timbers Army included Cascadia on its short list of organizations that they support with tickets to the popular local Major League Soccer team’s pre-season games. From Angela Markham at Cascadia’s Rain Garden in … Continue reading →

Portland Police Chief Mike Reese Tuesday morning went on the offensive, defending his officers’ use of force as he presented a report to a downtown public safety group about the increasing number of suicidal calls to police in the city. Continue reading →