Wheeler Health Exceeds Original Goal, Extends Bristol Fundraising Campaign to Celebrate 55th Anniversary

Annual golf classic tournament pushes campaign over $500,000 toward new health center and administrative headquarters. 

Wheeler Health has exceeded its original four-year fundraising campaign goal for its new Bristol health center and administrative headquarters two years ahead of schedule and is extending its goal to celebrate and honor its 55th anniversary in 2023. 

Thanks to greater-than-normal support for its 38th Annual Wheeler Golf Classic, presented by Mutual of America, in September, the organization stands at an estimated $521,000 as of August 1, 2023, or 94 percent to the new goal of $555,000 in gifts and pledges over four years.  [RELATED LINK: Invest in Impact, Invest in Bristol - Donate Now]

The fundraising campaign, publicly announced in February 2022, was launched through an initial pledge of $100,000 from the Barnes Group Foundation during a silent fundraising phase, as well as a $100,000 goal in gifts and pledges from Wheeler’s Board of Trustees, and $80,000 from Wheeler’s senior and executive leadership.

Since the launch, Wheeler has received donations toward the campaign from approximately 400 individuals and organizations, ranging from under $1 to $50,000, from corporate employee giving campaigns to realized planned gifts. Particularly notable contributions include a gift from the Corsini and Brantner families to create a second named teaching kitchen in the center for Wheeler’s nutrition programming in honor of Raymond Corsini, Wheeler’s longest-serving trustee, and an educational training center supported through a gift from the estate of Hall "Cap" Adams, Jr., a longtime philanthropic investor in Wheeler’s work.   

In addition, a supporting named brick campaign is on track to have at least 100 bricks in place when the facility opens in 2024. Bricks are available for purchase through the summer of 2023, an extension based on construction timelines for the center.  

“The support from the Bristol community is amazing,” said Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, president and CEO of Wheeler. “When One Hope Street opens, the community will have a state-of-the-art health center right in Centre Square, with 200 professionals working and shopping in the heart of the city.” 

Wheeler’s 46,000-square foot community health center and administrative headquarters at One Hope Street will offer integrated primary and behavioral health care for all ages, treatment for substance use disorders, nutrition services, and much more. It is Wheeler’s first newly constructed facility since its original location in 1972, and the occasion of the 55th anniversary in 2023 made the decision to move the new campaign goal to $555,000 an easy one. 

“We are profoundly grateful to every donor who invests in our mission and everyone we serve,” says Francis Vincent, MBA, secretary of Wheeler’s Board of Trustees, and chair of the board’s Development Committee. “We are standing on the shoulders of the leaders who came before us, and the donors who are allowing us to provide hope at One Hope Street. We’re honoring our past and looking to the future of the entire Bristol region.” 

LATEST NEWS ABOUT ONE HOPE STREET, BRISTOL

• August 19, 2024
  Behavioral health and all other services will begin.
   
• August 13, 2024
  Primary (medical) care will begin.
   
• July 30, 2024
  A Ribbon Cutting and Celebration of Hope
  
  
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• July 22, 2024
  Additional Wheeler administrative staff have moved into the building.  
   
• July 15, 2024
  Wheeler administrative staff began their move into One Hope Street, with all administrative staff expected to move by August 1.
   
• June 2024
  Our Bricks for Hope have arrived, and will be installed soon!
  
   
• April 2024
  The new building sign looks great!
  
  
   
• Winter 2024
  Construction continues strong throughout the winter!
  
• Wheeler Health Exceeds Goal for Campaign for Bristol! (January 22, 2024)
• Timelapse construction video (December 2023)
  
• Wheeler Health's 38th Annual Golf Classic, Presented by Mutual of America, Raises Record $78,000 Toward Bristol Campaign (October 20, 2023)
• Wheeler Health Exceeds Original Goal, Extends Bristol Fundraising Campaign to Celebrate 55th Anniversary (July 10, 2023)
• Wheeler Awarded $980,000 in Federal Support for Bristol Health Center, Headquarters (February 10, 2023)
• Wheeler Breaks Ground on One Hope Street, Bristol (September 29, 2022)
• Wheeler Health Chooses Construction Management Firm for Centre Square in Bristol, Reaches 80 Percent of Fundraising Goal (August 15, 2022)
  • Nutrition program will be expanded as well, with our second Corsini Kitchen!
• Gift Supports Plainville Students, Bristol Health Center (April 7, 2022)
• Wheeler Health to Purchase Centre Square Property for Flagship Health Center and Corporate Headquarters; $500,000 Fundraising Campaign Announced (February 9, 2022)
• To Bristol, Thank You (February 9, 2022)
• Centre Square - Questions and Answers (February 7, 2022)
• An Open Letter to the Bristol Community (February 3, 2022)