Pine Castle celebrates 70 years — and capital campaign milestone
Pine Castle had more than one reason to celebrate at its 70th Anniversary Celebration BBQ on Saturday, Nov. 5.
Held at its campus on Spring Park Road, the BBQ was attended by more than 750 guests. During the festivities, Pine Castle announced it had not only met but exceeded its $2.25 million capital campaign, Pathway to Possibilities.
The campaign “…involved renovating nearly every space on campus, including the 40-year-old kitchen and cafeteria, all classrooms, the Production warehouse, walking track and fields, basketball court, outdoor restrooms, administrative kitchen, and other necessary projects.”
The capital campaign was comprised of fewer than 100 “major donors” and nearly 400 donors “that contributed less than $5,000, including nearly 300 first-time donors to Pine Castle.”
Pine Castle expressed its gratitude to all the donors who helped it achieve this milestone success, adding that contributions from “two family foundations” enabled it to invest “$50,000 with a curriculum consultant to create custom curricula for our two-Pathways, which are the Pathway to Life Enrichment (non-working participants) and the Pathway to Community Employment” as well as “pay off a debt that resulted from the financial crash of 2008, now making Pine Castle a debt-free mortgage agency.”
Founded in 1952, Pine Castle is an organization dedicated to serving adults with “intellectual and development differences (IDDs) and providing support to their families across Northeast Florida.”
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