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The United Methodist Retirement Communities (UMRC) Foundation recently announced that it has received a $2.5 million grant from the Edward N. and Della L. Thome Memorial Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee.
This grant supports expansion and renovations to UMRC’s Kresge Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a focal part of the UMRC Foundation’s Growing to Serve comprehensive campaign.
“This gift from the Thome Foundation enables us to do so much more to care for the low-income older adults we serve,” says Wendy Brightman, UMRC Foundation president in a press release.
“Thanks to this grant, UMRC is expanding and transforming our Kresge Center into a warm and inviting setting that feels like home for our residents. This grant literally takes our construction to the finish line,” she said.
This largest to date capital project in UMRC’s 112-year history will create attractive private rooms and bathrooms and welcoming common living spaces for all long-term residents who require round-the-clock care, as well as guests who receive short-term rehabilitation at Kresge Center.
“With an anticipated 40-year lifespan, this gift of $2.5 million to support the expansion of the Kresge Center will serve more than 24,500 aging Michiganders, many who are low-income, dual eligible, Medicare and Medicaid patients,” Brightman said.
“UMRC and the UMRC Foundation are dedicated to serving the population of older adults, which is growing at an unprecedented rate,” said Brightman.
“At a time when it seems that little attention is being paid to the needs of aging, I am especially proud of the Thome Foundation’s commitment to this rapidly growing segment of our population and thrilled to have them as a partner,” she said.
