CROWN POINT - Ponderosa Steakhouse, 1498 N. Main St., is serving a pleasant surprise to the Saint Anthony Medical Center Capital Campaign, following a fund-raiser the restaurant conducted on the campaign’s behalf July 29.
Owners Jimmie Sue and Gerald Farmer will donate $2,520.06 to the campaign, which is more than 70 percent of the $3,533.66 in receipts the restaurant realized that day. The campaign was expecting 50 percent of the proceeds, the agreed amount.
“We planned on donating $2,500 all along,” Jimmie Sue said. “We love Saint Anthony and its people. So many people that day talked about the hospital. I’ve never heard a bad word about it.” Asked why they decided to far exceed the 50 percent proceed amount, she replied, “God gives back.”
The campaign, which is receiving matching funds from a private donor, seeks to raise $4.5 million by the end of 2010 to fund construction of a new complex to house the hospital’s St. Clare Health Clinic and the Pre-Natal Assistance program, both of which provide free services to underprivileged Northwest Indiana residents. So far, about $2 million, including the match, has been raised.
The Farmers followed the lead of Circle Restaurant and Bar, 110 S. Court St., and Conservative Café, 201 N. Main St., which earlier this year donated half, or more, of a day’s proceeds to the campaign.
Warren Johnson, director of development for Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Northern Indiana Region, Saint Anthony Medical Center’s parent, praised the Farmers’ generosity.
“We are so appreciative and surprised that in stressful economic times for many businesses, the Farmers chose to donate well beyond our expectations to show their faith in us and to do all they can to help build a new St. Clare Health Clinic to expand its life-saving work and help teach local families how to live longer, healthier lives.”
The Capital Campaign has not been the only recipient of the Farmers’ generosity in the last year.
They also have distributed some 40,400 free meal passes (worth about $10 each) to help Lake and Porter county residents cope with the economic downturn.
“The community has been so good to us; we just want to give back,” Jimmie Sue said. The Farmers have owned the restaurant since 2002.
Owners Jimmie Sue and Gerald Farmer will donate $2,520.06 to the campaign, which is more than 70 percent of the $3,533.66 in receipts the restaurant realized that day. The campaign was expecting 50 percent of the proceeds, the agreed amount.
“We planned on donating $2,500 all along,” Jimmie Sue said. “We love Saint Anthony and its people. So many people that day talked about the hospital. I’ve never heard a bad word about it.” Asked why they decided to far exceed the 50 percent proceed amount, she replied, “God gives back.”
The campaign, which is receiving matching funds from a private donor, seeks to raise $4.5 million by the end of 2010 to fund construction of a new complex to house the hospital’s St. Clare Health Clinic and the Pre-Natal Assistance program, both of which provide free services to underprivileged Northwest Indiana residents. So far, about $2 million, including the match, has been raised.
The Farmers followed the lead of Circle Restaurant and Bar, 110 S. Court St., and Conservative Café, 201 N. Main St., which earlier this year donated half, or more, of a day’s proceeds to the campaign.
Warren Johnson, director of development for Sisters of St. Francis Health Services Northern Indiana Region, Saint Anthony Medical Center’s parent, praised the Farmers’ generosity.
“We are so appreciative and surprised that in stressful economic times for many businesses, the Farmers chose to donate well beyond our expectations to show their faith in us and to do all they can to help build a new St. Clare Health Clinic to expand its life-saving work and help teach local families how to live longer, healthier lives.”
The Capital Campaign has not been the only recipient of the Farmers’ generosity in the last year.
They also have distributed some 40,400 free meal passes (worth about $10 each) to help Lake and Porter county residents cope with the economic downturn.
“The community has been so good to us; we just want to give back,” Jimmie Sue said. The Farmers have owned the restaurant since 2002.
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