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Friends Of The Sunshine Club Raising Funds For New Building

A new non-profit organization put together to support Providence Hood River’s Sunshine Club is fund raising to get the dementia respite care facility a new building at the site of a former parsonage and office structure on the Spirit of Grace Church property on Tucker Road.  Debby Chenoweth of Friends of the Sunshine Club says they are looking to raise $700,000 for a fully accessible permanent structure.  Chenoweth says the need for dementia care options will be growing in Hood River County.  The Sunshine Club is currently is operating in a portable classroom located behind Alliance Church on Rand Road.  Chenoweth says they have raised $140,000 in the opening weeks of their campaign.  To donate, write a check to Friends of the Sunshine Club at 1140 Tucker Road in Hood River.