Now serving Malheur and Wallowa counties: OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Community Partnership Program

The program now funds cancer-related community projects in all 36 Oregon counties

By Amanda Gibbs June 08, 2017 Portland, Ore.

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Zenger Farm intern Ari Mwachofi prepares to distribute the CSA boxes at the Mid-County Health Center in Portland, October 5, 2016. Zenger Farm received a grant from Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program to continue the farm's prescription CSA program.(OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

Zenger Farm intern Ari Mwachofi (left) talks with Stephanie Hooper of Portland as Hooper picks up her CSA share at the Mid-County Health Center in Portland, October 5, 2016. Hooper was prescribed fruits and veggies to help with her diabetes and says that she didn't believe that just having more vegetables in her diet could impact her diabetes. Through a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program, Zenger Farm is helping families battling cancer and diet related disease. The tier 3 grant extended the farm's prescription CSA program to 100 families at four clinics throughout Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

Sokhonna Hiet, 6 (left) and Ryannah Thilavan, 6, look over fresh vegetables while picking up a CSA box with their grandmother at the Mid-County Health Center in Portland, October 5, 2016. Through a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program, Zenger Farm is helping families battling cancer and diet related disease. The tier 3 grant extended the farm's prescription CSA program to 100 families at four clinics throughout Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

Through a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program, Zenger Farm is helping families battling cancer and diet related disease. The tier 3 grant extended the farm's prescription CSA program to 100 families at four clinics throughout Portland. “The Knight Cancer institute is investing in innovative strategies to reduce and eliminate cancer, and our project is contributing toward the body of evidence that will support that,” says Mike Wenrick, Executive Director of Zenger Farm in Portland, October 5, 2016. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

Zenger Farm interns Lyndsay Jacobs (left) and Frankie Howell box up squash at the farm, October 5, 2016. Through a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program, Zenger Farm is helping families battling cancer and diet related disease. The tier 3 grant extended the farm's prescription CSA program to 100 families at four clinics throughout Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

Zenger Farm interns Lyndsay Jacobs (left) and Frankie Howell box harvest peppers on the farm, October 5, 2016. Through a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program, Zenger Farm is helping families battling cancer and diet related disease. The tier 3 grant extended the farm's prescription CSA program to 100 families at four clinics throughout Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

The CSA Partnerships For Health intern Elizabeth Dalton prepares to deliver a load of CSA boxes, October 5, 2016. Through a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program, Zenger Farm is helping families battling diet related disease. The tier 3 grant extended the farm's prescription CSA program to 100 families at four clinics throughout Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

Zenger Farm intern Ari Mwachofi prepares to deliver a load of CSA boxes, October 5, 2016. Through a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program, Zenger Farm is helping families battling diet related disease. The tier 3 grant extended the farm's prescription CSA program to 100 families at four clinics throughout Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

The CSA Partnerships For Health intern Elizabeth Dalton prepares to deliver a load of CSA boxes, October 5, 2016. Through a grant from the Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program, Zenger Farm is helping families battling cancer and diet related disease. The tier 3 grant extended the farm's prescription CSA program to 100 families at four clinics throughout Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Community Partnership Program

Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D.

Kerri Winters-Stone, Ph.D., F.A.C.S.M., co-director of the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute Community Partnership Program.
(OHSU)

Community Partnership Program

Ramona Faris (left) picks up her CSA share with her granddaughters Ryannah Thilavan, 6, (center) and Sokhonna Hiet, 6, at the Mid-County Health Center in Portland, October 5, 2016. Zenger Farm received a grant from Knight Cancer Institute's Community Partnerships Program to continue the farm's prescription CSA program. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)