The Neighborhood Cancer Connection, a Greenville-based non-profit serving the local cancer community, will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of their new cancer support facility on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
The organization’s new 6,900-square-foot facility replaced a 100-year-old building that it had long outgrown and demolished to make room for better parking and accessibility, according to a news release. Added functionalities include a serenity garden, meditation room, a children’s healing room and additional counseling rooms. Particular attention was paid to creating spaces that would encourage community building and connection among volunteers and NCC clients, the release said. The project was funded through a mix of private donors, foundations and corporate donors.
“With the population of Greenville County continuing to rise, it became critical that we replace our beloved but aging building to expand the number of people we serve and improve how we serve them. Our new building embodies our principle ‘Belonging makes life worth living,’” Lisa Colby, executive director of NCC, said in the release.
Creative Builders Inc. was the general contractor and McMillian Pazdan Smith Architecture was the architect for the project. The nonprofit elected to work exclusively with Greenville County vendors on the project, including BlueWater Civil Design, McLeod Landscape Architects, Fuller Group, Peritus Engineers, Burdette Engineering, Holder Electric and Bunnell Lammons Engineering.
In addition to the ribbon cutting, the nonprofit will announce that it met its capital campaign fundraising goal of $4.5 million and will open its doors for tours that morning.
“This community stepped up when we needed it to,” board member Jan McCrary, capital campaign committee chair, said in the release. “Our board of directors, our corporate partners and our donors, all demonstrated what a giving culture Greenville has.”
NCC has served community members across Greenville County’s six cities for 59 years as one of the longest standing cancer support nonprofits in the Upstate, the release stated. Each year, the nonprofit provides thousands of services to more than 1,000 clients, including financial assistance, equipment donations, nutrition, support groups and counseling services at no charge. NCC collaborates with local hospital systems, other nonprofits and hospices.
The ceremony and tour will take place at 8:30 a.m. Sept. 25 at 113 Mills Ave. in Greenville.
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