DUPAGE CARE CENTER FOUNDATION

The goal of the foundation is to fulfill our mission of "turning possibilities into realities" for the residents of the DuPage Care Center. The DPCC Foundation fundraising initatives raise money to enhance and expand the quality of life programs and services offered to over 300 Care Center residents. Most residents have cognitive, physical and medically complex challenges with little to no financial resources.

We rely on generous donations throughout the year from the local community, businesses, organizations and family members of current and past residents of the Care Center. Our strategy involves maintaining and growing the donor base, building our fundraising portfolio, partnering with community and service organizations in DuPage county. We also established an investment base with our endowment and have created a policy to continually fund the endowment on a quarterly basis to insure a sound financial footing. We encourage donors to look to our different donation options, including our Membership Program, Planned Gift donations, and our recent social media donation options (i.e. "Amazon Smiles").

A strong volunteer program at the Care Center provides a core of people power for our fundraising events. Members on the Foundations Board of Directors are essential to the financial goals and serve in leadership capacities in committees that are tasked to ensure operational success. The foundation directors maintain strong ties with community organizations within DuPage county that help with grants and periodic donations. All the directors recognize the need to maintain and develop donor relations and participate in different capacities to help grow the donor base. They also serve as ambassadors to the staff, administration, residents (and family/friends of the residents) of the Care Center.

Physical improvements to the Center including day rooms, resident garden. family dining room and resident dining room. Support for staff positions and new therapy services like Music Therapy. Grants for nursing and therapy equipment; Lifeshare communication system for residents, staff, families and volunteers. We have funded two Palliative Care rooms for families during a critical time in their loved ones life. Our goal is to add two more rooms within this program in the next few years.

The foundation hopes to find new areas to help directly improve residents lives, possibly through different therapy techniques and nursing services. We would like to increase our footprint in the DuPage community through increased marketing to make significant growth in our donor base.