BRC Close To Fundraising Goal Of $3.2M
March 23, 2018
- By VIC BRADSHAW Daily News-Record March 23, 2018
Carrie Budd, vice president for development for the Bridgewater Retirement Community Foundation, said Thursday afternoon that those invited to Bluestone Vineyard for BRC’s annual Evening of Gratitude event would be told that the community is 82 percent of the way to its $3.2 million goal for the assisted-living and memory-care portions of the expansion and renovation project.
A group of individual and business donors — Rodney and Jen Alderfer, BB&T, Daniel and Nancy Brubaker, Houff Corp., John and Linda Neff, Partners Excavating, and Edgar and Catherine Simmons — also has come together to provide $125,000 toward the project and challenged other groups to match it.
Budd said the organization hopes to complete fundraising by the end of July.
The project involves renovating some existing assisted-living units and adding 26 more. The one-bedroom and studio apartments will provide more options for couples or residents seeking more space, Budd said.
Thirteen additional beds for memory care patients also are being added due to demand, increasing the community’s total to 29.
Some of the money will go into a fund to support BRC residents whose funds run out before they die.
“We’re taking a portion of what’s raised and putting it in our Resident Care Fund for those who run out of resources,” Budd said. “We never want to ask anyone to leave.”
The entire project also includes more independent-living residences, a new restaurant, a new park and a complete renovation of the Houff Community Center.
