Day of Hope

Arroyo Grande Community Hospital joined Marian Regional Medical Center, in partnership with the Santa Maria Times, to present the Day of Hope on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

The event was a huge success, raising more than $30,000 to support the Mission Hope Cancer Center, Arroyo Grande.  For a first-year event, the response from our teams and the community was outstanding. The event saw enthusiastic teams stationed at street corners throughout the Five Cities area, selling special edition Santa Maria Times Day of Hope newspapers and spreading awareness about Mission Hope Arroyo Grande.

The success of this year's event has set a strong foundation, and we are already looking forward to making Day of Hope even bigger and better in the years to come.

Get to know our Day of Hope Ambassador

On April 1, 2020, Day of Hope Ambassador, Meghan Wells, was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time, she went from treating people as an ER Nurse at Marian Regional Medical Center to receiving treatment at Mission Hope Cancer Center in Arroyo Grande.  Because Meghan was diagnosed at a young age, the question of whether she'd be able to have children was always in the back of her mind.  Mission Hope was able to explain possible treatments and their effects on fertility, and gave Meghan and her husband options, so that having a family might still be possible. The excellent care she received as a patient inspired her professionally, and she now works as an Infusion Nurse at Mission Hope Arroyo Grande. This April – nearly four years to the date of her diagnosis - Meghan gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Lana!