The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
North Coast Building Industry Association - Members in Action
As you probably know St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children’s catastrophic diseases. The hospital cost about two million dollars a day to run and no family ever pays for their child to go to St. Jude. Since St. Jude was established, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (the most common type of childhood cancer) has increased from 4% to 94% today and the overall survival rate for childhood cancers has risen from 20% to 80%. St. Jude’s International Outreach Program transfers knowledge, technology and organizational skills to doctors across the world.
Essentially, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital gives peace of mind to children with cancer by removing, completely, the financial burden from their family so that all a family must focus on is helping their child live.
The North Coast BIA is very proud of one of our builder members, Cleveland Custom Homes who has stepped up yet again for a second year to build the St. Jude Dream Home. Many of our associate members have also contributed to this worthy cause: MPW, Cambria, 84 Lumber, Caruso’s Cabinets, Mason Structural Steel, Pella Windows, Sherwin Williams and Wm. Dauch Concrete.
Jeff Crawford, President, Cleveland Custom Homes states “they are committed to giving St. Jude Research Hospital at no cost. Every year St. Jude provides funds to build the home, however, we are dedicated to using all our resources and relationships to help eliminate the cost to build so that money can go directly to the cause. We went as far as creating an Advisory Board with people that have reach and influence and identified our goal - “Net Zero.”
This year’s home is a two-story home with a more modern meets classic look. The theme... modern farmhouse style. The floor plan is a wide-open concept with vaulted ceilings in the family room. The stone fireplace extends all the way up to the family room ceiling. There is a nice mix of modern clean lines, wood and metal elements to stay true to our modern farmhouse style. The first-floor master bedroom is spectacular! There are three additional bedrooms and 4.5 baths, bonus room on the second floor and a finished basement.
To keep the exterior in-line with their blend of contemporary clean lines and classic farmhouse style there is a nice blend of vertical board, batten siding and stone mixed in for variety. The American Craftsman style entry door and garage doors will accent the home beautifully.
There are many other companies that have donated to this worthy cause beside those mentioned above. A good portion of the costs have been covered through these very generous partners, but they still need help. There is a website that St. Jude created specifically for the Cleveland Dream Home. The goal is to raise $100,000 which will fill-in some of the voids as there are still uncovered cost. To date they are at 13% of their goal.
Multiple teams have signed up on the website and they are rallying their contacts and relationships to register under their respective team and donate. They have found that making teams has worked great, however people can make individual donations as well.) It has created healthy competition.
This is how you can help with the mission of “Finding Cures. Saving Children.”
Go to http:// fundraising.stjude.org/ clevelanddh
1. Click Register
2. Select Register and Join an Existing Team, start a team, or you can make a personal donation.
3. Create an account
4. Hit next step
5. Add info and make gift
6. Finalize with credit card
Any donation is appreciated. Thank you for helping us make a difference for these children and their families!!
Our association is dedicated to promoting, protecting, strengthening and informing our local home building markets and those who work within them to ensure we are, independently and collectively are a viable economic engine of growth now and in the future. Please feel free to use the NCBIA as a resource for any need that you may have, chances are we have a member that can assist you (from Accountants to Window Cleaning). We have the only list you will ever need!
Visit our website – ncbia.com for a list of our members, as well as our new For Consumer section and job posting (under the About Us tab), Be sure to visit our Virtual Home Tour. New homes will be added so stop in often! Some of these builders are green builders. Open 24/7. Or, give us a call Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 440934-1090.
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