More than a dozen shovels plunged into the dirt Wednesday morning at Community Hospital to officially break ground on the ambitious new expansion to its facility.
Community Hospital was given a big boost to its lofty goals.
James Pulsipher, regional manager for Fidelity Mortgage, donated $1 million for construction of a new cancer center, the Community Hospital Foundation announced in a Wednesday news release. Itâs the largest single donation Community Hospital has ever received.
The money will go toward the foundationâs $5 million capital campaign to support the construction and medical equipment for the facility.
The new oncology center will be located on the main hospital campus.
âWe were cautiously optimistic that we were going to reach that $5 million,â said Chris Thomas, CEO of Community Hospital. âWeâre hoping this is encouraging to other people wanting to help their community.â