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Anonymous Donor Offers Up To 25K Match Challenge to Historical Society Board
An anonymous donor has offered up to $25,000 to the Washington County Historical Society toward the purchase of a building for the new Washington County Heritage Center.
An anonymous donor has offered up to $25,000 to the Washington County Historical Society toward the purchase of a building for the new Washington County Heritage Center.
The amount will depend upon the amount the Board of Directors can match before March 1. 2013. If you want to help, contact any board member and forward your gift to the Society through him or her.
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“This is a win-win proposition for the Historical Society,” says Brent Peterson, Executive Director, “the board has been working hard over the past year to secure funds for our new facility and this will just be another goal to meet in the process.”
WCHS board members are:
- Board Chair David Lindsey [Cottage Grove]
- Vice-Chair Scott Foss [Mahtomedi]
- Secretary Joseph Otte [St. Paul]
- Treasurer Tom Simonet [May Township]
- Myron Anderson [Woodbury]
- Mark Balay [Stillwater]
- Holly Fitzenberger [Stillwater]
- John Kaul [Afton]
- Karlene McComb [Stillwater]
- Becky Pung [Stillwater]
- Scott Schell [Stillwater].
For more information, call Executive Director Brent Peterson at 651-439-5956 or email brent.peterson@wchsmn.org.
To donate in the name of one of the board members send a check or money order made out to WCHS to:
WCHS Board Challenge Match
PO Box 167, Stillwater, MN 55082.
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