By Michael Motes

A contribution from the Ford Motor Company has enriched the building fund of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cancer Home in Atlanta in the amount of $10,000.

Glenn Shockley, chairman of the Community Relations Committee of Ford Motor Company, presented the check to Dominican Sister Marie Cordis, Sister Superior and administrator of the cancer home.

According to Mrs. Dee Casey, treasurer of the home and chairman of the auxiliary building fund, the motor company felt that taking care of incurable cancer patients without any charge is “such a worthwhile work that the national officers in Detroit voted to give us this $10,000 for our small operation.”

Mrs. Casey, who has been associated with the home since 1952 and has held various offices, including president, of the auxiliary, expressed her delight at the motor company’s generosity.

“The $10,000 came at a very good time, as the new building is well on its way as well as the money raised is well on its way to being spent,” she said.

She commented that during the presentation of the check, Shockley apologized for it being late and said, “I hope you haven’t overdrawn.”

Plans call for moving into the new building, which is being constructed behind the present site at 760 Washington Street, in July.

“There is much furnishing yet to be done,” Mrs. Casey said. “Plus the old building has to be torn down to make room for off-street parking and landscaping.

“When we move we will be able to take care of more patients and be able to give them even more comfort, love and care. The way the building has been planned, they will be able to see all the beautiful grounds and trees and will be given many comforts that we cannot give now.”

Mrs. Casey agrees with the way the home’s new Reverend Mother Angela described the operation of the institution: “I always like to think of our home as a triangle – patients, benefactors, sisters – each part dependent on the other.”