Rural Living with Modern Amenities
Residents in the wondrous and expansive Columbia Basin enjoy rural lifestyles that are far from the hassles of big cities. Moses Lake has the service amenities that most people need, but for those diagnosed with cancer, this beautiful landscape can become daunting. Cancer patients living in the Columbia Basin who require radiation treatment travel to Wenatchee, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Seattle or out-of-state for treatment.
Confluence Health and Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation realize that this travel causes significant emotional, physical and financial stress on patients and their caregivers.
This is how the Your Local Cancer Care began….
October 7, 2023
905 E Hill
Moses Lake, WA
Grand Opening of Moses Lake Radiation Oncology Center
Event“After a fundraising campaign that persisted – and was successful – in the teeth of a global pandemic, a new facility to provide radiation treatment for cancer patients in Moses Lake will have its grand opening Saturday. The open house for the Confluence Health Radiation Oncology Center will be from 10 a.m. to noon at 905 E. Hill Ave.
The new treatment center is a joint project of the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation, Confluence Health and the Confluence Health Foundation. The ceremony will begin at 10:15, and representatives from all three groups will be cutting the ribbon at about 10:30 a.m.
“It means so much to our community,” said foundation director Angel Ledesma at the groundbreaking ceremony in August 2022.” - CHERYL SCHWEIZER, Columbia Basin Herald
MOSES LAKE RADIATION ONCOLOGY CENTER GRAND OPENING EVENT GALLERY
May 20, 2023
905 E Hill
Moses Lake, WA
Written In Stone Event
“The encouragement, the remembrances, the sentiments won’t be visible, but they’re there.
“‘No one fights alone.’ God.”, “We are all behind you.”, “You got this.”, “Got your back.”, “Fall seven times, stand up eight.”, “For my heroes, past, present and future.”
They were written on the bare concrete walls and floor of the new Confluence Health radiation treatment center in Moses Lake by cancer survivors and patients, families and friends of patients, the survivors of people who lost the battle with the disease.” - CHERYL SCHWEIZER, Columbia Basin Herald
905 E Hill
Moses Lake, WA
September 6, 2022
Groundbreaking Ceremony
“The Radiation Oncology Treatment Center is a joint project of Confluence Health, the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation and the Confluence Health Foundation. The project also received support from 13th District Representative Alex Ybarra and Senator Judy Warnick and 12th District Representative Mike Steele, according to a press release from Confluence Health
The center will provide radiation treatment for cancer patients, lessening the need to travel out of town, the press release said.” - Columbia Basin Herald
October 28, 2021
Moses Lake Radiation Oncology Center Approved
“…thanks to the generosity of the region, individuals, businesses, and the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation, the need for those long drives will soon end. The residents of this area have come together to raise more than $3.5 million to bring this vital treatment to Moses Lake.”
“The Confluence board has approved a total project cost of $12.4M, and final architectural design, planning and permitting with the city of Moses Lake is now being undertaken, and the facility will be state-of-the art. We hope to break ground early in the second quarter of 2022.” - Peter Rutherford, MD|CEO, Confluence Health |Wenatchee” - Columbia Basin Herald