Mr. Charles Becker, Board Chair, Mr. Will Carne, Board Member and Mrs. Cheryl Andzejewski, Executive Director of the Community Foundation presents the Dr. Mary L. Cretens annual distribution check in the amount of $159,776.15 to the Gladstone City Clerk Kim Berry.

Mr. Becker stated, “Dr. Mary Cretens was a lifelong resident of the City of Gladstone and she loved her community. She exemplified the Community Foundation’s motto “For good. For ever.” such that, upon her passing she had her trust and philanthropic giving turned over to the Community Foundation for Delta County to make her gifts to a number of organizations that she cared deeply about.

“Dr. Cretens was a longtime member of our foundation board and served on our executive committee. She cared a great deal about people and she knew the Community Foundation would be in existence well into the future and therefore the perfect vehicle to undertake her gifting after her passing,” stated Mr. Carne.

Ms. Berry expressed her sincere thanks to Dr. Cretens and the Community Foundation on behalf of the citizens of the community. “We are well aware of the tremendous amount of money we have received from Dr. Mary Cretens fund held in the Community Foundation for Delta County and the funds we will continue to receive in the future”. She continued, “The impact Dr. Cretens generosity has made throughout the years, and will continue to make well into the future, to the City of Gladstone and its citizens is astronomical. Our gratitude to her thoughtful philanthropy and the foundations commit and respect for Dr. Cretens is astounding.”

Dr. Cretens insight for the future of community, people and animals is amazing, stated Mrs. Andzejewski. “This year the community foundation will be distributing annual gifts totaling just over $365,000.00 from the Dr. Mary L. Cretens Endowed Fund. Her fund has had and will continue to have an enormous impact on so many,” stated Ms. Andzejewski.

For good. For ever.