Pavillon Treatment Center in Mill Spring announced July 25 that it has been awarded a $50,000 grant from The Cannon Foundation in support of a new Patient Admissions Welcome Center.
“Being able to dedicate more space to the needs of our patients is ultimately what this is all about,” said Anne Vance, CEO of Pavillon. “For those supporting this effort, it truly is an opportunity to enhance the quality of treatment given to those suffering from the disease of addiction, which is quite often a person’s friends, family members and co-workers.”
The new center will house patient admissions and intake counseling, family intervention and administrative support services while alleviating serious overcrowding in the existing facility.
The new 6,700-square-foot facility is currently under construction on Pavillon’s existing 141-acre campus. Along with other funding sources, including corporate and individual donors, campaign fundraising activities and other foundation contributions, the grant will help complete the project.
Scheduled for completion in September, the executive, administrative and admissions functions will then relocate to the new facility. This will free approximately 4,000 square feet of space for renovations to accommodate a new medical detoxification unit, updated clinical treatment areas and address patient treatment needs.
Since opening in 1996 as a non-profit residential center for the treatment and recovery of addiction, Pavillon has housed all patient and administrative services under one roof.
An ever-increasing patient census, along with corresponding growth in staff, has resulted in serious overcrowding and a growing concern for patient and family privacy.
Thus the new Patient Admissions Welcome Center is part of the broader Giving Back, Going Forward Capital Campaign. While operating revenues supply a portion of the funds for construction of the center, philanthropy such as represented by the grant from The Cannon Foundation, plays a major role, said Director of Development Lynn Neill.
– article submitted by Valerie Hoffman