Representatives from the McKenzie Home Green River Working Board recently met with representatives from Trona Valley Federal Credit Union to receive the $10,000 donation Trona Valley gave to the McKenzie Home project. Pictured from left to right are: Steffany Arellano from Trona Valley, Carrie Fischer from the McKenzie Home project, Deli Ranieri from Trona Valley, Jeremy Gibson from Trona Valley, Stephanie Riddle from Trona Valley, Dianna Morrell from the McKenzie Home project, and Shelley Yoak from Trona Valley.
Bringing the McKenzie Home to the old Washington Square school building is still an ongoing project, but progress is being made, especially with donations like Trona Valley Federal Credit Union's recent $10,000 contribution to the transitional home for single mothers.
Debra Moerke, who came up with the idea for the McKenzie Home, visited Green River at the beginning of December to give presentations on the project. A representative from Trona Valley attended one of those presentations, then later reached out to Carrie Fischer, the chairman of the McKenzie Home's Green River working board, to let her Trona Valley wanted to donate to the project.
"They decided to donate that amount and offered to support anything with the McKenzie Home, from the building clear on to maintaining it once we get started," Fischer explained. "We're pretty excited about our first community partnership."
While several individuals from Green River and Casper, where Moerke is from, have already donated to the project, Trona Valley is the first business in Sweetwater County to show their support for the McKenzie Home.
"I think the more that we get the word out, the more support that we'll gather, because there will be more people who understand the purpose and the vision that Deborah Moerke had for this single moms' transitional home, and it'll find more people who have a passion or a heart for it and want to donate to something right in our community that's going to be really worthwhile for families of single moms," Fischer said.
Local support for the project is important in getting things started, but will be even more important long-term, according to Fischer, because it will help the McKenzie Home reach its goal of being self-sustaining and help refer single moms to get the help they need.
"The community will be invested emotionally and financially in keeping the McKenzie Home running well," Fischer explained.
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