Final beam placement marked in new cancer center

Representatives from Franciscan Health, the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation and Tonn and Blank Construction joined community leaders and coworkers Aug. 5 for a topping off ceremony at the future Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center in Crown Point, according to a release.

The Cancer Center was made possible in part by a $30 million donation from The Dean and Barbara White Foundation, the largest gift ever received by the Franciscan Health Foundation, the release said.

Franciscan Health Crown Point staff, Franciscan Alliance leaders, board members and others added their signatures and well wishes to the final beam before it was blessed with holy water then raised and secured into place atop the Cancer Center building.

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