ELRA Leadership Committee meets to discuss fundraising for capital campaign

September 9, 2010

Members of the CSUCL’s ELRA capital campaign leadership committee came together on Friday to discuss its ongoing fundraising strategy. 

The committee is seeking to raise the remaining $2.0 million dollars to complete Phase Two of construction for the new ELRA facility. 

Phase One of construction begins on September 15th and will build a three-story, 12,000 square-foot learning center featuring classrooms, childhood study labs, office space, and an outdoor playground.  Phase One will be completed by September 2011. 

In the mean time the committee is working to fund Phase Two of construction, which will fund an 8,000 square-foot addition and include space for ELRA’s health and wellness center, café learning lab, and four early childhood classrooms. 

Leadership members attending the meeting included:

Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Rutgers CSUCL
Vicky Bixel, Semple Bixel Associates
Peter Burke, Brandywine Senior Living
Dr. Deanna Burney, LEAP Academy
James Carl, Archer & Greiner
Bob Everingham, Everingham & Kerr
Wanda Garcia, Rutgers CSUCL
Hector Nieves, M&N Management Associates
Jennifer Young, Verizon NJ