PUBLIC HEALTH


Located in Burns, Oregon, the NewSun Energy Harney District Hospital Specialty Care Clinic provides critical healthcare services to rural Oregon residents at a frontier hospital. Prior to the clinic opening in 2021, residents spent five hours driving round trip for services now available locally. The clinic offers general surgery, vascular surgery, Mohs dermatology procedures, orthopedics, oncology/hematology, and cardiology.

SILVER CREEK RANGELAND FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

Total: $15,000

Funding to replace the Rangeland Fire Protection Association’s lowboy trailer, which is used to transport large, heavy firefighting equipment, and to purchase a used truck to support firefighting operations.

DUFUR SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER

Total: $30,000

NewSun’s donation closed the final funding gap to open a new School Based Health Center in Dufur, Oregon. Learn more here.

FOOD SHARE ROOF REPLACEMENT

Total: $7,500

NewSun’s donation helped pay for a new roof for the Lakeview, Oregon food bank after it was badly damaged in a windstorm.

HIGH DESDRT RANGELAND FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION

Total: $5,000

NewSun donated funding to the High Desert Rangeland Fire Protection Association, serving 1.5-million acres across Lake County, to help prepare for a difficult 2026 fire season. The donation covered a portion of the fuel costs, which are typically covered by the local ranchers and farmers.

SAVING GRACE

Total: $10,500

Saving Grace offers safety, hope, and healing to survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault to help Central Oregon build life free from violence. NewSun awarded a matching grant for the Fall 2023 fundraising campaign and contributes to annual fundraising appeals.

MAUPIN FOOD BANK

Total: 800 lbs Ground Beef

After purchasing steers at the Wasco County Fair in both 2025 and 2026, we had them butchered and donated approximately 400 two-pound packages of beef to be distributed through the local food bank.

All Public Health Donations

2026

Silver Creek Rangeland Fire Protection Association

High Desert Rangeland Fire Protection Association

Maupin Food Bank

Crook County Hospice

2025

Silver Creek Rangeland Fire Protection Association

Maupin Food Bank

Saving Grace

Crook County Hospice

2024

CC on the Move

Fort Rock Grange 

Rogue Siskiyou Regional Wildfire Training Center (RSR)

Dufur School Based Health Center

2020-2023

Harney Hospital Foundation

Saving Grace

The Giving Plate

Food Share

Family Kitchen

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