Banner benefactor will soon see his dream come true
By Angelique Soenarie
The Arizona Republic
MESA, Ariz. (Oct. 26, 2009) --Wilford Cardon's dream will come true in less than two weeks.
On Nov. 2, he will see Banner Desert Medical Center open the Southeast Valley's first children's hospital.
The $356-million Cardon Children's Medical Center, formerly Banner Children's Hospital, will move into a seven-tower attached to two-level building that will provide 248 pediatric beds and six operating rooms.
It will bear a Mesa household name that not too many residents in the city know.
That's because Cardon has kept a low profile when it comes to his family business and philanthropy.
"Well there are two things: it's a great honor and I appreciate the honor. Second thing is I'm a very private person," Cardon said. "I have always tried to do things to serve the community, but not put my name out in the community . . . They say you should give in private. So we do lots of things and it was really difficult to put my name on it."
