Cancer Center

Thanks to each person who gave, two major gifts have completed fund-raising for the cancer center!

Two major gifts have completed the capital campaign to build a Cancer Center in Central Montana.

The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust awarded Central Montana Medical Center a $500,000 grant for construction purposes, and Norm Asbjornson, who had already gifted $1.5 million, gave an additional $1.85 million.

These two large gifts put the campaign to bring comprehensive cancer care to Central Montana over the finish line.  And they were made possible, in part, by the strong support for the campaign from you and other Central Montanans.  Both of these major donors were impressed by the broad and strong support of Central Montana for this project.  Thank you to the more than 800 households who donated to make this project a reality!

“The generosity of those in our community is always so heartwarming,” said one CMMC nurse when told the campaign had crossed the finish line.   “Bless all these folks!”

The cancer center campaign raised $8,423,783 from 807 households.  Gift amounts ranged from one dollar to $1.85 million.  These local funds, combined with the $9 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust and $2 million in interest-free debt financing by CMMC, have made possible the new CMMC cancer center and CMMC patient reception lobby and entrance.

The Asbjornson gift, in particular, allowed significant enhancements to the project, which had been removed due to construction costs, to be put back into the project.

“The positive impact the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust grant and Norm Asbjornson’s major gifts will have on local access to comprehensive healthcare is profound, both in construction jobs and local purchasing and in providing medical and radiation oncology services,” said CMMC CEO Cody Langbehn.

“This new medical facility is vital to the economic development of our community, and this new Cancer Center will provide a level of specialty care that currently is not available locally.”

Donations continue to be made to support the Cancer Center, said Medical Center Foundation director Abby Franks.  “These will held at the Foundation and will be used for ongoing needs such as future equipment replacement costs, cancer treatment advancements and growth of the facility.

“Every gift to this campaign has been vital. Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who has chosen to be involved!  Together is how this was achieved.  Again, thank you to everyone involved and thank you to these two special donors who, due to their generosity, helped us quickly cross the finish line.”

 The cancer center and new CMMC lobby and reception area should be completed in the spring of 2025 with an open house planned for the entire community afterward.