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                                                              • Valley’s Win in Local Cord Blood Donation Competition Helps Increase Community Supply, Saves More Lives

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                                                                |Date: October 11, 2022
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                                                                Valley’s Win in Local Cord Blood Donation Competition Helps Increase Community Supply, Saves More Lives

                                                                Valley’s Win in Local Cord Blood Donation Competition Helps Increase Community Supply, Saves More Lives

                                                                Umbilical cord blood is a simple and safe way to make the birth of a child into someone else's second cha ...

                                                                Umbilical cord blood is a simple and safe way to make the birth of a child into someone else's second chance. Cord blood contains special blood-forming cells that can be used as a life-saving transpla ...

                                                                October 11, 2022
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                                                              • Community Generosity Makes the World Brighter for Our Patients and Families During the Holidays

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                                                                |Date: January 06, 2022
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                                                                Community Generosity Makes the World Brighter for Our Patients and Families During the Holidays

                                                                Community Generosity Makes the World Brighter for Our Patients and Families During the Holidays

                                                                The holidays were a little bit brighter for some Valley families this year, thanks to some extremely gene ...

                                                                The holidays were a little bit brighter for some Valley families this year, thanks to some extremely generous donations from our community! On Dec. 22, kids in our Children's Therapy program got to pi ...

                                                                January 06, 2022
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                                                              • Shop at Fred Meyer or Amazon and They Will Donate to Valley’s Volunteers in Action (VIA)

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                                                                |Date: August 28, 2017
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                                                                Shop at Fred Meyer or Amazon and They Will Donate to Valley’s Volunteers in Action (VIA)

                                                                Shop at Fred Meyer or Amazon and They Will Donate to Valley’s Volunteers in Action (VIA)

                                                                Why Support VIA? In addition to serving the hospital with their time and talents under hospital staff dir ...

                                                                Why Support VIA? In addition to serving the hospital with their time and talents under hospital staff direction and supervision, our VIA organization is a valuable financial contributor to Valley. VIA ...

                                                                August 28, 2017
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                                                              • Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

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                                                                |Date: July 18, 2017
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                                                                Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

                                                                Supporting the Hospital, One Coin at a Time

                                                                Visitors tossing coins in to the Valley fountains often “make a wish” -- but did you know that your spare ...

                                                                Visitors tossing coins in to the Valley fountains often “make a wish” -- but did you know that your spare change helps grant wishes around the hospital too? Find out what it takes for our Volunteers i ...

                                                                July 18, 2017
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