BAY CITY, MI – A Bay City pastor descended from the roof of the Great Lakes Dream Center on Sunday afternoon after spending seven days and six nights exposed to the elements, surpassing her fundraising goals to support people experiencing homelessness.
Pastor Mary Johnson’s “Rooftop Survivor 2026” campaign raised $35,745 for the shelter’s general fund and recruited 17 new monthly donors, exceeding her targets of $35,000 and 10 monthly contributors. The new partners will donate between $5 and $200 each month to help the center maintain its budget for the upcoming year.
Johnson told MLive that everything she had was wet from the rain that fell throughout her stay on the rooftop…