RICHARD J. GARBER ANNOUNCES $3 MILLION CAN COUNCIL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

February 28, 2014       Leave a Comment
By: Josh Sharrow

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During last night's Mardi Gras Auction at Apple Mountain in Freeland, CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region launched the public phase of its $3 million Capital Campaign to renovate and expand its Saginaw campus.

More than 550 community members were in attendance Thursday night to hear the exciting announcement that the CAN Council is set to expand its size and impact. Currently, the council serves more than 6,000 area residents annually.

"We are at maximum capacity," says CAN Council President/CEO Suzanne Greenberg. "Our expansion will allow us to deliver services to 30% more children and families each year."

Capital Campaign Co-Chairs Richard J. Garber of Saginaw, president of Garber Management Group, and Michael J. Stodolak of Standish, senior vice president of Independent Bank - along with 130 business and community leaders who have volunteered to serve on the Fundraising Team - will raise funds to renovate and expand the CAN Council?s existing building at 1311 N. Michigan Ave.

"CAN Council protects the most vulnerable members of our community & our children," Garber said. "The Great Lakes Bay Region will unite to build its new facility ensuring the safety of our children for generations to come."

The campaign will allow the CAN Council to provide:

- Superior privacy and security for abused children and their families during forensic interviews and medical examinations;

- Dedicated space to interview more than one abused child at a time;

- Capacity to offer evidence-based parent support services on-site; and

- Adequate training rooms and private meeting space for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteers and supervisors.

Early-stage grant-writing and fundraising efforts have procured half of the $3 million needed for construction. Led by Garber and Stodolak, the Fundraising Team will raise the remaining funds needed by summer 2014. R.C. Hendrick & Son, Inc. is scheduled to break ground in May 2014 and complete the building before 2015.

For more information on the CAN Council Capital Campaign, call Greenberg at 989-752-7226. To contribute to the campaign, visit cancouncil.org/capital/.

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