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Funds received to help mount Huey helicopter
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Receiving a grant, from left are Green County Veterans Memorial Park members Karen Ayres, Donna Douglas and William Hustad, Monroe High School Investment Club instructor Sherri Hendrickson and club member Sam Nicholson. (Photo supplied)
MONROE - Green County Veterans Memorial Park Inc. announced that it has received a grant from the Robert B. Olson Endowment for Monroe High School Fund and from the Monroe Fund, both components of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin Inc. Grants from both funds support the arts, education, environment, health and human services and historic preservation.

Both grants are to support the mounting of the Huey helicopter at the Green County Veterans Memorial Park. The Huey has been painted and restored and is stored at a facility until the mounting is completed with a goal of Nov. 11, Veterans Day.

For more information, contact Green County Veterans Park president Larry Ayres at 608-558-9198.

For information on supporting the community through the Community Foundation, contact Linda Gebhardt at 608-328-4060 or the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, 1-800-995-2379 or visit the website at www.cfsw.org. The Foundation serves nine Wisconsin counties: Craw-ford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk, Vernon and Walworth.