Mission Salem has topped its $100,000 fund raising goal to pay for its new building in the Westside Industrial Park where ramps are built to allow people to stay in their homes.
President Angie Courtright is thankful for a generous community.
“We set out to raise $100,000, and we have raised just over $120,000 right now,” she said. “That will take care of the building.”
Vice President Randy Donoho says the building is nearly complete.
“The building is really close to being done,” Donoho said. “The HVAC is almost completed. The plumbing is pretty much completed. Americana is getting ready to put the lean-to on it. When we get all that done and get that closed in, we’ll probably be ready for an open house.”
Donoho says the building is 40 by 80 feet with a 20 by 80 foot lean-to on the north side of the building. Even though the building isn’t complete, they have been doing all the construction on the ramps in the new location since before the end of the year.
Courtright says the needs for the ramps seem to be never ending.
“We have already completed ten projects for this year. We finished last year at just under 40, which was about where we were the year before. We’re averaging between 35 and 40 wheelchair ramps a year.”
Courtright just recently approved five new applications. She notes as part of the agreement with the homeowner, the ramps go back to Mission Salem once they sell the property or no longer need the ramp.
More than 400 attended a fund-raising chicken dinner for Mission Salem over the weekend.
