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Natural Environment for Families
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Green - for a better tomorrow
Campaign Brochure
THE SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN
FOR FAMILY SERVICES
Family Services will construct a new
headquarters facility in order to better serve clients, optimize
access and space for programs, and offer the larger community a
model project for educating and demonstrating the merits of sustainable,
environmentally
conscientious architecture.
The new 20,000 square foot Family Services Gateway
Center will be built in the Southeast Gateway on a 4-acre site acquired
by Family Services on South Broad Street. This vibrant, mixed use
development consisting of condos,shops, the new YWCA and other businesses,
is adjacent to downtown, yet is in close proximity to Old Salem
& Salem College, the North Carolina School of the Arts and Winston-Salem
State University. It will be a great location from which Family
Services can launch its second century.
Raised
to date:
2,700,000
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A
Natural Environment for Families
Family Services, rooted in a century of lasting legacy, wants to
continue to impact the future by creating a design for tomorrow's
families.
The Southeast Gateway Center will be the first building in Forsyth
County to be certified "green" by the U.S. Green Building
Council. While there are only 3,600 "green buildings"
in the nation today, it is projected that by 2010, 10% of all new
structures will be green.
All over the country, green design is being incorporated by major
cities, corporations, universities and homes. For Winston-Salem,
the future begins today... thanks to the vision of Family Services.
Building green will reduce future operational expense, thereby leaving
more resources available for direct client care (green design offers
typical operating savings of 8-10% annually).
In addition, consistent with the mission of Family Services, building
a facility on an abandoned, post-industrial site, with an emphasis
on conservation, reinforces the themes inherent to the agency's
work with families:
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Families can experience renewal even after experiencing disruption or neglect |
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Everything has intrinsic value which needs to be put to positive use |
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Everyone needs to be more attentive to how one's actions impact others - in the family, the neighborhood, the community and the environment |
How You
Can Help
Campaign pledges may be paid over a period of up to five years and
donors will have opportunities for special recognition. Planned
gifts that benefit Family Services and the donor are welcomed in
support of the endowment fund. Please contact our Resource Development
Department, (336) 722-8173, for more information.
Green - for a
better tomorrow
A "green building" uses high performance and sustainable
design features so that:
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energy, water and materials are used efficiently
during construction and use |
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health and productivity of occupants are supported |
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negative impact of the structure on the local and global
environment is minimized |
For more information about the green building,
including the benefit to Family Services and our community, click
here.
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