John Griffin, Chairman of the Rosecrance Board of Directors, thanked the community for their generous support in a letter to editor in the May 12, 2012, edition of the Rockford Register Star.
Griffin wrote:
On behalf of The Rosecrance Foundation board of directors, I wish to express appreciation to everyone who helped make our annual benefit a huge success. Thanks to many generous benefactors, we raised almost $500,000 to serve clients with substance use and mental health disorders. Specifically, the 830 people who attended our benefit on April 16 supported The Kinley Charity Care Fund, which has provided more than $6 million in care since 1984 to families in need of financial assistance for treatment.
Your generous support translates into treatment, and treatment equals lives changed and saved. It is not easy for individuals or families in need of mental health or substance abuse services to reach out for help. The journey toward recovery is made so much smoother when caring people extend such extraordinary support and understanding.
The board of directors also wishes to congratulate one of our own, Jerry Paris, who received the Castle Award at this year’s banquet. The award honors an individual or family for extraordinary commitment and stellar service to the Rosecrance mission of help, hope and recovery. Jerry exemplifies these ideals.
Thanks again to this community for believing in and supporting the Rosecrance mission.
Read the complete article from the Rockford Register Star here.