The city of Fremont has awarded a grant of $315, 000 to the Dominican Sisters of Mission for an ambitious project - construction of new residence hall for the sisters, a care facility, and a community center.
The latter two developments are to house services targeted to low-income veterans and community members affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia. Construction costs are estimated at $20m to erect the new buildings on the grounds of the Dominican Sisters’ 26-acre campus.
This kind of large-scale health and human service project requires participation from all parts of the Fremont community, including the business sector. While many small local companies may not be able to donate money, support is often shown through donation services such as flyer or brochure printing to assist a charitable venture with community advertising, or offering banner printing services for a special fundraising event.
The new care facility is expected to open in September 2014 and the residence hall and community center are slated to be in operation in the late summer of 2015. This expansion of services is part of the Dominican Sisters’ longtime devotion to caring for the area’s vulnerable residents.
At the project’s recent groundbreaking ceremony, Sister Gloria Marie Jones expressed a hope that the project would bring people together in safety and wisdom, and that it would be completed promptly.
