Coming Home – The Campaign for Springbrook
“You can never go home again.” Or so they say. But through Coming Home: The Campaign for Springbrook, we are ready to prove them wrong. The Coming Home expansion project will create space on our main campus for 36 students, 24 of whom are currently placed out-of-state, far away from their families, while continuing to improve services to our current students.
Springbrook launched the $5 million Coming Home Campaign in late 2006 to help fund its $20+ million expansion project. We immediately gained tremendous momentum, thanks to a generous $2.5 million dollar-for-dollar Matching Challenge Grant from Mr. B. Thomas Golisano, Paychex Founder and Buffalo Sabres owner. Mr. Golisano pledged to match every dollar received from donors, effectively doubling all other campaign donations.
Springbrook has pledged to raise $5 million in support of our expansion through Coming Home: The Campaign for Springbrook. We know that the quality of life and care these children need is beyond even New York’s strict residential schooling regulations. With the funds raised through the Coming Home campaign, we will surpass current state standards, providing a safe, nurturing environment for New York’s most fragile children.
Already we have received overwhelming support. Thanks to the encouragement and generosity of our friends and community, we are well on our way to completing the Coming Home campaign. But we are not there yet. With only $150,000 left to raise (as of June 16, 2010), we need your help.
With your assistance, we will bring children home. With your kindness, we will meet the needs of children with autism. With your support, we will ensure that families and children count on finding a home at Springbrook…for a lifetime.
Phase I: Protect the Students' Safety & Health
Developing a Master Site Plan with extensive changes to our infrastructure was critical to the success of the expansion, our campus and our ability to provide a quality residential and educational program to our students. Site & infrastructure upgrades to pedestrtian walkways, roadways and parking, and water and sanitary systems. Click here to view the Master Site Plan.
Phase II: Provide Homes for 24 New Students
New residential complex to accommodate 24 new students. Eacn 5,075 sq. ft. housing unit will have two 4-bedroom wings and students will have single bedrooms. A central core between the bedroom wings will include a kitchen, med room, staff room, and shower room.
Phase III: Create a "School within a School" for Children with Autism
New Gymnasium addition of 10,100 sq. ft. will include a 2-station gym with ancillary space and accessible bathrooms. This new addition will enhance therapeutic and Special Olympic programs for our residential school program. Click here to see floor plan.
New Kitchen/Cafeteria addition of 4,336 sq. ft. will include a main dining room and a quiet dining room and a new kitchen with serving line. This addition will also become the main entry into the school building and will include a bus loop for drop off and pick up. Click here to see floor plan.
New Classroom addition of 6,749 sq. ft. will allow us to accommodate the 24 new students. The classroom addition has ben designed with a floor plan and finishes that are sensitive to the needs of autistic students. Click here to see floor plan.
Coming Home is Good For Everyone
- It is a major economic developmentfor Central New York, creating 130 new jobs and adding over $5 million in revenue annually.
- It will bring many new construction opportunities to the region during the 18-24 month building period.
- It costs New York substantially lessto care for children in state.
- Students will be educated closer to homein a program designed to increase independence.
- It is the right thing to do. At the right time. For the right reasons.
How You Can Help Make The Difference...For a Lifetime
The best way of supporting The Coming Home Campaign for Springbrook is by making a gift or a multiple-year pledge. Pledges may extend up to five (5) years and contain one or more components including cash, stocks and securities, gifts of life insurance, and/or a planned gift option. For more information or to make a gift call Beth Peterson Manager of Development Operations at (607) 286-7171 ext. 283 or Patricia Kennedy, Executive Director at (607) 286-7171 x.220.
Most importantly, please remember that every dollar donated is matched dollar-for-dollar by the Golisano Challenge- doubling your gift to Make Twice the Difference!
