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Pass-Words <br />Camr for i/w Gn;n Lakes PresU/en,. fornwr <br />MuiiiMan Governor M///,«,„ G. MUUken (rivht) <br />wuh ihek Gray, f reshwater f 'otaufation. <br />Fiscal Year 1982-83: <br />The Year of “Even More So <br />In this informal interview. RUhan! G. <br />Gray. Sr., chairman of the Fre.shwater <br />houndation Board of Directors, reviews <br />toundatton accomplishmetus. Foimtainhead v <br />Jtrst year, and ne.xt years plans. <br />1 o summarize how the year went I would <br />say It was a very dynamic period for the <br />Freshwater Foundation. We went 29 steps <br />forward and no steps backward. A verv <br />positive year,” said Gray. ^ <br />thr«*' happened, many of <br />accomplishmenis saw wore cilher <br />culminations of projects that had been in the <br />wo^s lor a long liinc. or beginnings ol thosc <br />Whose real value hasn’t surfaced vet I’ll tell <br />you more about that later.” ' <br />”1 would say that, unlike most other <br />organizations which have had to retrench <br />and to pull back their staffs and projects we <br />have been able to go ahead. .So this vt^r <br />might be called ‘a year of more s«’. We have <br />nrm!r*”'‘ >«ar wc began the Fountainhead <br />work to keep our waters usable. We kicked <br />' -T <br />- <br />an interview with Dick Gray <br />Pick Gray (eenier) points out the Institute., <br />location to a visitor during the Open Home <br />eelehratimt the Foundations Dth anniversary. <br />off the program July I, 1982. It’s been one <br />year now and all aspects of the program arc <br />on schedule.” <br />In 1982, the Foundation Board of <br />directors was well aware of the risks <br />associated with a major fundraising drive <br />Fo minimize these risks, the board laid down <br />two policies. <br />The first policy was to .structure <br />Fountainhead so that no project would <br />begun unless the commitment was covered bv <br />p edges or receipts. “This was necessary,” <br />said Gray, because for all we knew, we <br />fourth or fifth year of the program.” <br />I he way it s worked out. we arc ahead on <br />a rc-lative schedule. We raised nearly $2 <br />million this first year, more than 24 percent <br />0 the total for the five-year program. We <br />1 tel very good about it.” <br />waler'i ’’hv‘I"* “reluily lest the«Jtcrs b> lumi raising with several major <br />prospeetive donors before launehing a fuH- <br />scale general fund drive, (iray said Ms <br />pob^ was strietly followed with g<^ <br />When asked about how prospective <br />donors received him and other Hoirrf <br />members. Gray said, -| was surprisel!“nd <br />pleased at our reception; our welcome 4 <br />£ 'm <br />"si.