We think we can raise that from a community that's already been so generous -- we think we can raise that and more,

Our main goal is to try and ease new members into the community as best we can. If we show that Meridian is willing to accept new members at every level, then they can start lives off as they normally would. We want to give them the option to choose Meridian as their new home instead of them being forced to,

The community has been really supportive of the whole project, so we want to give back to the community that way.

The donations are just fabulous. We're so fortunate to have all these things re-gifted to the community.

The community is very, very fortunate to have this type of care here. It's a great asset for a community of this size to have these services.

The point was to do outreach to the Durham community to residents, asking them to bring photographs to collection spots.