The Do Good Plaza
A Community Tribute
We’re excited to introduce the Do Good Plaza— a new community gathering space on the Wassmuth Center’s campus dedicated to young changemakers who carry forward a simple yet powerful message: Do Good.
The Do Good Plaza is inspired by kindness and shaped by community. Like many corners of the Wassmuth Center campus, this new addition began with a local story. One that reminds us how a single life and a simple message can ripple outward in powerful ways.
Braden Caldwell tragically died in a car accident the summer of 2022
in-between his sophomore and junior year at Bishop Kelly High School. In September 2021, Braden’s older sister bought him a Cotopaxi hat that was embroidered with the simple phrase “Do Good.” Braden embraced those words wholeheartedly, bringing light, joy, and kindness wherever he went. In his short life, he lived the Do Good mantra in everything he did. Since his passing, the Bishop Kelly community as well as friends and family of the Caldwells have embraced that message as a reminder of our own humanity and the easiest way to ensure that we show up every day thinking about how we can improve the human experience.
Inspired by the spirit of all young upstanders and the words of Miep Gies, the courageous woman who helped hide Anne Frank and her family, this space will serve as a peaceful and powerful place for reflection, learning, and inspiration. Rooted in local story and shaped by collective action, the plaza invites all who visit to reflect on how they, too, can Do Good in the world.
The new space will begin with a new, meandering path that links 9th Street at the southern tip of the new building to the 9th Street Bridge Greenbelt entrance to the Memorial – overlooking the South Quote Circle. To accommodate the plan, we’ll be reworking the shape and height of the existing waterfall, relocating two of our trees, adding lampposts for security lighting, adding a new featured art piece, fourteen half-circle benches, two large lead donor pavers, and other dedicated bricks to recognize our supporters.
Even an ordinary...teenager can, in their own way, turn on a small light in a dark room.
- MIEP GIES
Support Opportunities available through August 1st
LEAD SPONSOR
$50,000
– Two 24”x24” entrance pavers with personal inscription (up to 35 characters per line, spaces count as characters) and the Miep Gies quote above.
– Lead sponsor recognition in our social media, press, website, and in our annual report
BENCH SPONSORS
$15,000
– One half circle bench with front face inset to accommodate an included 12” x 8” donor plaque with up to three lines of personal inscription (up to 35 characters per line, spaces count as characters).
– Recognition on our website and in our annual report
PAVER SPONSORS
$2,500
– One 12”x 12” paver with an option of both a quote from our selections and /or up to three lines of personal inscription (up to 35 characters per line)
BRICK SPONSORS
$100
– One 4”x 8” brick with single line personal inscription (up to 20 characters, spaces count as characters)
For more information, please contact our Development team at sierra@wassmuthcenter.org or at (208) 345-0304 Interested in making a general donation?