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remain anonymous. One said, “we give in the name of Jesus.”
Foundations waived their criteria in order to help us. One in
particular believed in us so much that they committed over
$100,000 before we had plans, a budget, or even a formal
proposal. A young woman toured our center with her tiny
baby in tow and three weeks later named the infant room in
honor of her mother, a woman who had taken in strangers,
rescued animals, and given selflessly to those in need. The gift
that pushed us over the $4 million mark came from a man
whose gift honors his brother who died tragically as a young
man but who had lived his live as a lover of science and innovation. He kept a notebook and was always drawing his ideas
and his inventions. The technology center will bear his name.