SAMC Capital Fund Drive gets hearty helping of support

Circle Restaurant and Bar in Crown Point will donate half its Jan. 27 proceeds

CROWN POINT Besides fine food and drink, a healthy portion of generosity will be served at Circle Restaurant and Bar on Jan. 27.

Owners John and Ronda Dessauer, who have a philosophy of giving back to the community, will do so again by donating 50 percent of Circle’s proceeds from that day to the Saint Anthony Medical Center Capital Fund Drive.

The drive, which has raised $822,500 since it began in February, has a goal of $4.5 million “to support the latest in health care for Crown Point and to help grow philanthropy in our community,” says Warren Johnson, regional development director of the Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Northern Indiana Region.

“A generous community resident is matching these and all gifts raised up to $2,250,000,” Johnson adds. It is the first capital fund drive since the Medical Center opened in 1974.
Enhanced services for newly opened Franciscan Point Saint Anthony health complex and a new location for St. Clare Health Clinic, which provides care for uninsured residents in a six-county area, are among those planned. The new clinic is expected to open this year.

The Dessauers, who opened Circle in 2005, also conduct an annual golf outing, proceeds of which benefit the Crown Point Community Foundation, among others.

John Dessauer has traveled to Haiti and donated to The Caring House Project Foundation, to help better the lives of Haitians.

Johnson is grateful to the Dessauers and other community members for the outpouring of support the capital drive has received.

“We are now turning to community businesses and residents for support and are delighted to have the support of the Dessauers’ and Circle Restaurant and Bar in this fund-raiser. It’s a great way for everyone to benefit and have fun in a wonderful local partnership,” Johnson says.

Circle, located at 110 S. Court St., is open 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

For more information, call (219) 661-0101.