The Samaritan Cancer Resource Center is accepting donations for its Winter Warm event through Dec. 8. The event was established to bring hope, inspiration and warmth to cancer patients.

Participants have two ways to get involved:

  • Donate knitted items, such as gloves, fuzzy socks, scarfs or hats.
  • Pick up a card from the Corvallis Samaritan Resource Center, then choose to share your artistic skills or write a message of support to encourage and bring cheer to Samaritan’s cancer patients.

Pick up and drop off can be made through Dec. 8 at the Samaritan Cancer Resource Center, which is located within the Pastega Regional Cancer Center at 441 NW Elks Drive, Corvallis.

The program is also available at the Samaritan Cancer Resource Center in Albany (400 NW Hickory St.) and at the Center for Health Education in Newport (740 SW Ninth St.).

During the 2022 Winter Warm event, the Samaritan Cancer Resource Center received 78 knitted pairs of socks, 72 hats, 52 blankets, 15 pairs of gloves, 10 scarves and 139 cards — resulting in 227 goodie bags created for cancer patients.

For questions, contact the Samaritan Cancer Resource Center at cancerresourcecenter@samhealth.org or 541-768-2171.