Two weeks after a female jogger suffered a severe heart attack while running
a marathon on Mount Hood, she was able to attend her son’s wedding thanks
to the heroic efforts of Rhododendron citizen Lynn Miskowicz.

The Mount Hood Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a festive breakfast on
Dec. 4, 2018 to present an award honoring community member Miskowicz for
her role in saving the life of the woman during the REVEL Mount Hood
marathon and applaud local volunteer organizations for their work in the
community.

The seventh annual breakfast was held at the Mt. Hood Oregon Resort where
the Clackamas County Commissioners attended and served food to the
honored guests.

“We feel volunteers need to be encouraged and recognized,” said chamber
vice president Coni Scott after the event. “It’s important to acknowledge the
contributions these organizations make in the community.”

Hoodland Fire District Fire Chief John Ingrao presented a plaque to Miskowicz
acknowledging her heroic life-saving actions.

Miskowicz was volunteering at the REVEL marathon on July 28, a qualifier for
the Boston Marathon, when a woman suffered a heart attack while running
near the Barlow Trail hydration station. Miskowicz was on the scene when the
woman fell, called 911 and performed CPR for 22 minutes before a Clackamas
County Deputy arrived with a defibrillator and resuscitated the woman.

“This was a special award. She saved a woman’s life,” Scott said.

Miskowicz has worked in health care for 30 years and began her career as a
registered respiratory therapist at Providence Saint Vincent. She first got her
CPR card in high school and has kept it active for 30 years.

“It’s a great honor,” Miskowicz said about the recognition, but credited her
years of training for preparing her. “I hope this makes more people go out
and learn CPR and have the basic knowledge to use if they are in a similar
situation.”

Clackamas County Commissioner Jim Bernard introduced the 30 community
volunteer organizations being recognized by the breakfast. The organizations
then thanked all the community member volunteers who made their work
possible.

“It’s a positive event and everyone enjoys coming,” Scott said.

The annual breakfast was sponsored by Clackamas County Bank and was also
made possible by the support of the Mt. Hood Oregon Resort and 40
donations from 16 local organizations.

The volunteer organizations honored at the breakfast were Antfarm, Boy
Scouts of America, Clackamas Dogs Foundation, Clackamas Women’s
Services, Friends of Hoodland Library, Friends of Timberline, Hoodland
C.E.R.T. Community Emergency Response Team, Hoodland Community
Christmas Basket, Hoodland Community Thanksgiving Dinner, Hoodland Fire
District Volunteer Support, Hoodland Rural Fire Protection District #74,
Hoodland Senior Center, Hoodland Women’s Club, Mount Hood Cultural Center
and Museum, Mt. Hood Golf Club, Mt. Hood Hospice, Mt. Hood Kiwanis Club,
Mt. Hood Learning Center, Mt. Hood Lions Club, Mt. Hood Oregon Resort,
Neighborhood Missions, Oral Hull Foundation for the Blind, Inc.,
Rhododendron Community Planning Organization (RCPO), Sandy Community
Action Center, Sandy Historical Society, Inc. & Museum, Spook Alley, The
Villages of Mt. Hood Community Partnership Program Grant (CPP), Trillium
Trails Garden Club, U.S. Forest Service and the Welches Schools.