Faulkner Lifestyle Aug/Sept 2020

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Kids Triathlon
Haven — The Susan Salter House
Haven started their capital campaign
in 2017 with director Marti Jones,
Susan Salter and a 15 person steering
committee of Haven supporters and
community leaders. To be “all in” they
needed to raise $2.7 million dollars. “All
in” included construction, land, consulting
and architectural fees, and furnishings.
Between foundation grants, local donors,
and businesses and corporations, the Haven
steering committee were still shy $80,000.
Recently, Eric King with Centennial Bank
and Gene Salter reached out to Marti Jones
to pay off the remaining $80,000. There are
still $95,000 in pledges still coming in from
local donors to be fully debt free. They
surprised Susan Salter in renaming the
house: Haven — The Susan Salter House.
Susan Salter was in the original Junior
Auxiliary class of 1986 when Haven was
started, and has supported Haven all
these years. Susan was the chair of the
fundraising steering committee. Marti
said, “She was my right hand man, partner
in crime. Where I went, she went. I could
not be more proud to get to work in a
home every day named after her.” Marti
told the crowd at the dedication that when
people ask her what she is personally most
proud of in the work that she did these last
3 years, she responds, “the day I got Susan
Salter to say YES!”
50 faulkner lifestyle | august/september 2020