We are so happy to receive notice today that Walmart Foundation is awarding a grant of $500.00 for our efforts to renovate the building on Main St. that will eventually be an arts center for our community and visitors to our area.
It is very encouraging to see a business that doesn't have a presence in our town still be willing to promote and help with a project that benefits our community and its residents. I realize a lot of people were disappointed when Walmart shut down their store in Watonga, and probably just as many were not. I am glad that the charitable foundation doesn't base its philanthropy on where it has stores but on where there is need.
/Linda
PS: This grant money will pay for the brickwork on the front of the building at 111 E. Main St. in Watonga. Masonry is probably one of the few things Andy doesn't feel confident in doing himself so we hired a guy who did a really good job. Drive by and look at it sometime!!.
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