The college accepted a pledge of $750,000 from the Sunderland Foundation, Overland Park, to support construction of the Regnier Center. The Sunderland Foundation was founded in 1945 by Lester T. Sunderland, who served as president of Ash Grove Cement for three decades. James Sunderland, Lester's grandson, was named by the Foundation as the Johnson Countian of the Year in 1992. Charles Sunderland, a great-grandson, has been a member of the JCCC Foundation board of directors since 1989.

Project: Holland Performing Arts Center
Grant Amount: $350,000 over three years
Total Project Cost: $100 million

In 2003, The Sunderland Foundation pledged $350,000 to support construction of the Holland Performing Arts Center, which opened its doors in 2005. The Holland Center is a premier performing arts venue serving Omaha and the Midwest that reflects the collaboration of a world-class team of architects, designers and acousticians.

Capable of hosting various forms of entertainment, the Holland Center specializes in musical events that take full advantage of its outstanding acoustics, including performances by the Omaha Symphony. Performance spaces include the 2,000-seat Peter Kiewit Concert Hall, flexible 400-seat Suzanne and Walter Scott Recital Hall, and a semi-enclosed outdoor performance and event garden that can accommodate 1,000 people.

Project: Angel One Transport Communications Center
Grant Amount: $40,000 over two years
Total Project Cost: $200,000

Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation

The Angel One Transport Service at Arkansas Children's Hospital is one of the busiest in the nation, transferring more than 2,100 patients each year by ground and air. The Transport Communications Center coordinates all patient transports, handling more than 8,000 calls and 175 transports each month.

In 2004, The Sunderland Foundation awarded a two-year grant totaling $40,000 to the Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation (Little Rock, Arkansas) to support construction of a new state-of-the-art Transport Communications Center. The new center will give Angel One dispatchers a working environment that supports their commitment to excellent patient care, on the ground and in the air.

Project: Heathwood Community Center
Grant Amount: $100,000 over two years
Total Project Cost: $8.3 million

The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kansas City fills a critical need for out-of-school programming for school-age children across the Kansas City metropolitan area. At its site in Wyandotte County, Kansas, average daily attendance has been limited to 120 children due to space and licensing restrictions - falling far short of the Club's membership of more than 500 youth.

In 2005, The Sunderland Foundation pledged $100,000 to the "Forming Our Future” campaign to support construction of the Heathwood Community Center, a 45,000 square-foot facility that will serve 350 Club members every day and allow the Boys & Girls Clubs to more effectively respond to the county's growing need for youth activities and family support services. Heathwood also will house a licensed Child Development Center, operated by the Mt. Carmel Redevelopment Association, which will provide year-round early childhood care to 100 children.