Brian Robinson recently moved to Flat Rock and decided to firmly put down roots. Actually, he is digging in and connecting with the community in a tremendous manner:
On Thursday, October 27, Brian decided to make a $500,000 pledge to the Pardee Cancer Center capital campaign. On Friday, October 28, at the annual Women Helping Women luncheon, Brian announced to a crowd of over 460 community leaders that he not only had pledged that amount, but that he would like to issue a challenge to the community to raise an additional $250,000, of which he will match dollar for dollar, in order to reach a total goal of $1 million.
Originally from a small town in east Tennessee, Brian became affiliated with the region as an actor with the Flat Rock Playhouse many years ago. He made Flat Rock his permanent residence when he bought his home in 2015. When asked why this gift and why give to the Cancer Center at Pardee Hospital, Robinson responds with passion and enthusiasm that he’s been blessed with good health his whole life and like so many others, took it for granted. It was on a recent two-week intensive health retreat in California that Robinson says he underwent a transformative experience that at the time wasn’t apparent. It was only upon his return home to Henderson County and a visit to the Cancer Center with his friend and capital campaign committee member Debbie Rouse that the true impact of his retreat surfaced. This behind the scenes tour was instrumental in Brian’s “aha” moment.
“I was so overcome and overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of this place,” said Robinson. “I knew that this Cancer Center was going to be a place of healing – both physically and spiritually – and I wanted to be a part of it in a significant way.” Robinson went on to meet with Foundation executive director Kimerly Hinkelman to discuss his intention to contribute. It was at that meeting that he came up with the idea of challenging the community to join him. The thought at the time was “why not engage more people in this caring community?” Let’s harness the power of giving and see this campaign through to completion.
“I give because it is my duty. I have been blessed with the most precious of gifts: good health. This place of hope will restore that gift to those less fortunate.”
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