Let's Buy Our Building!!

1051 Cayuga St., Santa Cruz, CA, 95062


MHCAN

Mental Health Client Action Network

Building Toward Wellness

CREATING A PERMANENT HOME
MHCAN has an opportunity to establish a permanent home in Santa Cruz County. The United Methodist Church is offering to sell the 8,000 square foot, two-story building in Santa Cruz which MHCAN has been renting for the past ten years. It features a large meeting room, numerous smaller meeting rooms, a sizeable kitchen and a computer lab. Located at 1051 Cayuga, on the corner of Soquel Avenue, the property is just one mile east of downtown Santa Cruz, close to medical facilities, businesses, recreational outlets, educational extension programs and major bus lines.


A SOUND INVESTMENT
Appraised at $1.1 million, and selling for $900,000, the property represents considerable value. In addition, an extra 2,700 square feet of rentable, currently occupied office space will provide an income stream to MHCAN of about $3,000 a month.


The goal of the Building Toward Wellness Campaign is to raise $400,000 with an initial $150,000 needed by January 2006 to cover the down payment and deferred maintenance. The United Methodist Church has agreed to extend a low-interest loan to MHCAN until 2011 at which time balance will be due. At that time, MHCAN will refinance the remaining principal with a commercial loan. A successful capital campaign provides MHCAN with long-term financial stability so it can invest future funds directly into programs that empower clients, rather than administrative overhead. Being open longer hours, increasing job opportunities, and offering more peer counseling are top priorities.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Generous support of MHCAN’s Building Toward Wellness Campaign ensures that individuals struggling with a psychiatric disability will always find a safe refuge here in Santa Cruz. Thanks to your investment, MHCAN’s doors can continue to be open to a shared and hopeful recovery.