Past Presidents' Social

By Laurel Teel, Development Director

Past presidents of Child Protect’s Board of Directors gathered at our agency on January 26 for a social hosted by fellow past president, Guy Davis, in hopes of garnering support for our building campaign. Some of the attendees included current board president, Les Massey, along with Jo Anne Rousso, Judy Keating, Keith Karst, Lewis Gayden, Jon Killough, and Sandra Lewis. All of these individuals  have had a hand in laying the foundation for Child Protect’s building addition that will allow for an expansion of counseling services.

Guests enjoyed refreshments provided by BB&T, went on tours of the current facility with Child Protect staff, and viewed renderings of the building addition generously donated by Warren Marshall of Marshall Design-Build & Ed Brummal of PWBA Architects. To close the night, everyone watched the building campaign video and received a charge from Guy Davis to commit to securing the remaining donations needed. Guy is confident that the individuals present could and would help Child Protect raise the remainder of the building campaign funds. He encouraged all past presidents to give a minimum of $1,989 in honor of the year the agency was incorporated. “1989 was a great year. I got married, had my first child, and Child Protect was formed!”  Guy exclaimed.

It was a neat experience to see all these influential people gathered together in support of Child Protect's mission. You can see that they all still have a great passion for our organization, and I found myself feeling a renewed commitment to my role at CP.
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To date, Child Protect along with the building campaign committee, led by co-chairs Anita Carter and Kate Vance, has raised almost 70 percent of the total $598,000 goal.