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Welcome PANOW’s Interim Executive Director

Dear Community: Since its inception, Project Access NOW (PANOW) has worked to increase access to healthcare and services, especially for our most vulnerable community members. Linda Nilsen, PANOW’s founder, lead the organization’s tremendous growth over the past thirteen years. Linda left the organization at the end of 2019, yet continues to serve as a consultant for the organization. As we…
Kristin Monahan
January 31, 2020
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Letter from the Board Chair: Executive Transition at Project Access NOW

Dear Partners and Supporters, After thirteen years as founding Executive Director of Project Access NOW, Linda Nilsen will step down and move on to the next phase of her career, effective December 31, 2019. Project Access NOW would not exist as it does today without Linda’s leadership and vision. I speak for the Board of Directors when I say that we…
Peter Korchnak
October 28, 2019
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High School Students Fund Improving Access to Care

Project Access NOW has received a $5,000 CommuniCare grant from the students at the Tualatin High School. “We are honored to be selected,” Linda Nilsen, our executive director said. “It was an inspiring experience to see the youth be so engaged and thoughtful throughout the grantmaking process. Our future as a community and as a nation is bright.” Tualatin HS…
Peter Korchnak
July 26, 2019
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A Springboard Year: 2017/2018 Annual Report Out Now

As the year comes to an end and we prepare for the opportunities ahead, I pause to reflect on our progress at Project Access NOW. I invite you to join me in our 2017/2018 Annual Report. Social Determinants of Health The redesign of health care from treating sickness to creating health has been under way for several years. For the…
Peter Korchnak
December 31, 2018
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Statement of Solidarity with Immigrant Communities

The mission of Project Access NOW is to improve our communities' health by creating access to care and services for those most in need. Recent actions have clearly placed immigrant communities among those most in need, both in our region and across the country. At Project Access NOW, we are immigrants, we are the children of immigrants, and we are…
Peter Korchnak
March 20, 2017