Royal dog park fundraising complete
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Pictured, from left, are Kristi’s mother Heather Jenks, Georgine Ricker and Cathy Potter of Strengthening the Heart of our Community, and Gretchen Uebelacker and Kriston Weyns of Northwest Farm Credit Services.
COURTESY PHOTO/HEATHER JENKS
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ROYAL CITY - Kristi Jenks, 10, of Royal City, accepts a check for $3,000 toward the Royal City dog park project from Northwest Farm Credit Services at a special assembly at Royal Intermediate School on Sept. 26.
The donation brought the total Kristi had raised to $7,900, Heather said. On Monday, the Jenks family received a phone call from the Grant County Humane Society pledging another $15,000, which put the project over the top. Any money left over will be used for improvements to the park such as extra benches and trees, Heather said.
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