News and Events: ICS CAREGIVING SERVICES WING GROUNDBREAKING

ICS Caregiving Wing groundbreaking took place on November 1, 2007. About 125 people bearing everything from gold-colored ceremonial shovels and weathered garden spades to plastic toy shovels turned over the desert soil to mark the start of construction on the 1,800-square-foot addition to ICS offices.

There were some words from Ed Jenkins, President of the ICS Board of Directors; Pima County District 1 Supervisor Ann Day; Father Mike Smith, Rector of Christ the King Episcopal Church; Oro Valley Mayor Paul Loomis; and ICS Executive Director Bonnie Kampa. Interfaith blessings were offered by Rev. Paul Caseman of St. Mark's United Methodist Church; Rabbi Sam Cohon of Temple Emanu-El; Father Liam Leahy of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church; and Rev. Carla Williams of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.

Afterwards, everyone moved to the west side of the ICS offices, where the new building will stand. There, Kristobal Fimbres, a Pasqua Yaqui Indian and Director of the Native Images Foundation, conducted a Sacred Land Blessing ceremony with the smell of smoldering sage in the air.

And then it was time to put the shovels to work. Actual construction is expected to begin in December, and the building should be finished by next summer.

ICS thanks Northwest Medical Center - Oro Valley for providing refreshments and Saguaro Environmental Services for providing a large tent used in the ceremony.

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