CoxHealth donates old facility to Life360
The former Cox Monett Hospital building has been gifted to the non-profit organization, Life360 Community Services, by CoxHealth. The transaction is expected to be complete in August. Life360 has plans to use the building for office space and service provision by multiple non-profit groups that will provide services in a variety of fields, including child care, mental health, nutrition, education and crisis pregnancy.
,June 30
Sheila Harris
The old Cox Monett hospital building has been gifted to Life 360 Community Services, Cox Monett president Darren Bass announced Thursday morning.
Life 360, a non-profit organization headquarted in Springfield, has plans to use the facility as a type of hub for several non-profit organizations in the area, perhaps as many as 24, says Monett Life360 director, Andrew Foresman. All of the organizations will provide services to residents in need in the community.
Although the transfer of ownership isn’t expected to be complete until sometime in August, and Life360’s plans for it after acquisition are still evolving, Darren Bass is excited that the building, constructed in 1953, will continue to provide services to the community, after having provided medical services for almost 70 years.
Some of the initial service providers anticipated by Life360 are for mental health, foster care, crisis pregnancy, nutrition services, employment services, education, community meeting space and youth and childcare, with an onsite preschool.
Bass is particularly excited about the childcare provided by Kiddie City, an established day care facility in Monett, which will now have space for expansion.
“More childcare availability will affect our workforce in Monett,” Bass said. “We have a labor shortage simply because many parents don’t have anyone to watch their kids. I truly believe that the existence of this non-profit resource center in Monett will have a (positive) ripple effect on the entire community.”
Life360 CEO, Ted Cederblom, and executive vice-president, Jeremy Hahn, were both present for Thursday’s announcement. Hahn credited Purdy resident, Rachel Luebbering, for facilitating Life360s pending acquisition of the building.
Luebbering, along with Kiddie City owner, Robyn Chrysler, has worked tirelessly to organize a coalition of charities in southwest Missouri over the past year.
“I spoke to Darren in March of 2020 about the possibility of donating the old Cox Monett building to serve as a coalition hub,” Luebbering said, “and he told me it wasn’t off the table; I’d just have to find a non-profit organization big enough to sustain it.”
Because she was friends with Monett Life360 director, Andrew Foresman, she approached him with the idea of Life360 taking on the building. He, in turn, took it up the chain of command. In April of this year, Luebbering said, she was able to bring Darren Bass to the table with the Life360 team, which resulted in the win/win move for the community.
According to Andrew Foresman, Life 360 began to serve Monett and surrounding communities in 2019.
“We are excited to partner with the Monett community to see this facility into its next chapter,” said Ted Cederblom, CEO of Life360 Community Services.
Sheila Harris
The old Cox Monett hospital building has been gifted to Life 360 Community Services, Cox Monett president Darren Bass announced Thursday morning.
Life 360, a non-profit organization headquarted in Springfield, has plans to use the facility as a type of hub for several non-profit organizations in the area, perhaps as many as 24, says Monett Life360 director, Andrew Foresman. All of the organizations will provide services to residents in need in the community.
Although the transfer of ownership isn’t expected to be complete until sometime in August, and Life360’s plans for it after acquisition are still evolving, Darren Bass is excited that the building, constructed in 1953, will continue to provide services to the community, after having provided medical services for almost 70 years.
Some of the initial service providers anticipated by Life360 are for mental health, foster care, crisis pregnancy, nutrition services, employment services, education, community meeting space and youth and childcare, with an onsite preschool.
Bass is particularly excited about the childcare provided by Kiddie City, an established day care facility in Monett, which will now have space for expansion.
“More childcare availability will affect our workforce in Monett,” Bass said. “We have a labor shortage simply because many parents don’t have anyone to watch their kids. I truly believe that the existence of this non-profit resource center in Monett will have a (positive) ripple effect on the entire community.”
Life360 CEO, Ted Cederblom, and executive vice-president, Jeremy Hahn, were both present for Thursday’s announcement. Hahn credited Purdy resident, Rachel Luebbering, for facilitating Life360s pending acquisition of the building.
Luebbering, along with Kiddie City owner, Robyn Chrysler, has worked tirelessly to organize a coalition of charities in southwest Missouri over the past year.
“I spoke to Darren in March of 2020 about the possibility of donating the old Cox Monett building to serve as a coalition hub,” Luebbering said, “and he told me it wasn’t off the table; I’d just have to find a non-profit organization big enough to sustain it.”
Because she was friends with Monett Life360 director, Andrew Foresman, she approached him with the idea of Life360 taking on the building. He, in turn, took it up the chain of command. In April of this year, Luebbering said, she was able to bring Darren Bass to the table with the Life360 team, which resulted in the win/win move for the community.
According to Andrew Foresman, Life 360 began to serve Monett and surrounding communities in 2019.
“We are excited to partner with the Monett community to see this facility into its next chapter,” said Ted Cederblom, CEO of Life360 Community Services.
