Campaign for Wellness grows
Launched last year, the Campaign for Wellness focuses on facility expansion in fitness, wellness and athletics, the cornerstone of which is a new fitness/wellness center.
Projects include the 29,750-square-foot fitness/wellness center with weight lifting, cardio training and group fitness space; centralized locker rooms; a renovation to the Fredricksen Natatorium; expansion to Brubaker Auditorium; renovation to Hitchcock Arena; expansion to the weight room; and a new faculty office suite for the Department of Health and Human Performance.
- As of the winter Board of Trustees meetings, more than $5.6 million has been raised toward our goal of $6 million. “We are deeply grateful for the generous responses of our key constituencies,” said President Kim Phipps, “including all board members as well as alumni, parents, and friends.”
- We are currently working with alumni of the men’s and women’s basketball teams to raise $250,000 for the new state-of-the-art scoreboard in the renovated Hitchcock Arena, which will become the home court for indoor athletics.
- We also are working to raise endowment dollars that will help with the long-term maintenance and upkeep of the fitness/wellness center.
We welcome participation in the campaign by all alumni and friends of Messiah College. Our plan is to break ground this spring.
The overlapping triangles in the Messiah College Campaign for Wellness logo represent the connection of the mind, body and spirit and how these elements nurture and empower one another toward wellness. The dark blue triangle represents a strong body; the green triangle, a sound mind; and the light blue triangle, a vibrant spirit. The triangle shape also points to our triune God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.