Cass Regional Medical Center | Wellness Matters | Summer 2020

2800 E. Rock Haven Road Harrisonville, MO 64701 816-380-3474 DATE: 9/30/2014 Standard CLIENT: Cass Regional Medical Center U.S. Postage PAID CCI JOB NO.: CMM30770 Cass Regional Medical Center COPY IN: 9/25/2014 INDICIA The Floyd and Franceline Parris Community Trail, located behind the Cass Regional campus in Harrisonville, is now open and available for use by the public. The trail, which is a project of Cass Regional Medical Center Foundation, features two paved, quarter-mile loops that wind through a natural setting. Benches are placed along the path for convenient resting places, and a gazebo provides visual interest, as well as additional seating and protection from the elements. A small parking area is located at the trailhead, which can be accessed from where Healing Way ends on the northwest side of the Cass Regional campus. Paving the way The trail was built and will be maintained with donated funds. Franceline Parris, who was a member of the Cass Regional Auxiliary for many years before her death in October 2017, named the foundation as a beneficiary of her trust. In January 2019, the foundation board voted to allot $150,000 of her gift to the trail project and to name it in honor of Franceline and her husband, Floyd, who passed away in 1993. The eight acres on which the trail is located were donated to the foundation by the Cass Medical Center Improvement Corporation. Other major donors to the project include Cass Regional Medical Center ($100,000) and The Sunderland Foundation ($50,000). More than $385,000 was donated for the trail, which was built by Howco Utilities, LLC, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri. The five benches along the path were donated by the family and friends of Becky Beeman, Country Club Bank, Fred V. Kidd Jr., the family and friends of Jamie Schlotzhauer, and Drs. Viseslav and Marija Tonkovic-Capin. Several individuals and businesses also contributed through fundraising events in 2019, as well as through the purchase of engraved pavers for the commemorative brick plaza that is located at the trailhead. Stay in the know Please check our website, cassregional.org , or Facebook page, facebook.com/ cassregional , for up-to -date information on events. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the foundation’s board of directors decided to move the trail’s grand opening celebration to spring 2021. Please visit cassregional.org , or the foundation’s or hospital’s Facebook pages, for celebration updates as they become available. Walk this way  Community trail is now open