Hog Wild raises $88,000 for Olympic Medical Center Foundation
Published 1:30 am Tuesday, August 18, 2026
A taste of Carnival with a high-energy performance featuring Deise Costa and the Brazilian Swag dancers on the stage at Hog Wild on Friday at Civic Field in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s 13th annual Hog Wild celebration raised $88,000 while 310 people enjoyed music, dance and games
Proceeds from Hog Wild Goes to Carnival in Rio, which was presented by North Olympic Healthcare Network and Kitsap Bank on Friday, will go to the Olympic Medical Center’s Children’s Clinic and the OMC Foundation Scholarship fund, which provides funds for people who want to enter the healthcare profession, especially in Peninsula College’s medical-related programs
George Brown of Sequim, who provided the seed money for the scholarship fund, matched dollar for dollar Fund a Need donations up to $20,000
The unique fundraiser offered carnival games outside the tent at Civic Field as well as authentic Brazilian music and dance
inside it
Members of the audience got up and danced to the music of seven-piece EntreMundos Big Band, led by singer and promoter Adriana Giordano
Several also were brought on stage to learn some samba steps and dance with Deise Costa and members of her company, Brazilian Swag
The Seattle-based entertainment provided the mood for the theme of Carnival in Rio. Another fundraiser is planned in February that will provide an elite tour of Rio de Janeiro and San Salvador during Carnival in Brazil, the biggest party in the world
Bruce Skinner, the executive director of the OMC Foundation, will lead the tour and Costa will be among the guides
“I thank you for the way you are supporting your local hospital,” Steve Oliver, the first president of the OMC Foundation, told the audience
Oliver served beginning in 1985 and presided over the board when it hired Skinner in 1990
“That was the smartest move the board ever made,” Oliver said
Skinner recognized all of the foundation’s past presidents as he noted the upcoming 75th anniversary of Olympic Medical Center. OMC opened on Nov. 1, 1951, as the Olympic Memorial Hospital
Kevin Joyce, auctioneer and cofounder of Enjoy Productions, which organized the program, thanked those who contributed to the hospital
“Rural hospitals are being decimated, and you are doing something about it,” he said
“The government is not fixing healthcare,” Joyce said later in the program. “Communities are.”
For more information, visit omhf.org, call 360-417-7144 or visit the foundation office at 1015 Georgiana St., Port Angeles
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Leah Leach is a former executive editor for Peninsula Daily News
