(Audubon) The Audubon Rec Center is gaining ground on their $2 million fundraising target.
The facility, which opened in 2018, is expanding to add a gym on the east end of the building. Subcommittee member Jason Hocker says, “Fundraising has been going very well. We just had a Casino Night fundraiser. That was very successful and raised a little over $11,000. We’ve been at it for just a little over a year and are at about $925,000 in funds that have been donated or pledged to the project.”
Hocker says they are in the grant cycle right now. “We’ve recently received a $75,000 grant from the Iowa West Foundation which was tremendous and greatly appreciated. We’ve been awarded around $32,000 from the Southwest Iowa Foundation. That’s been tremendous as well. We have several grants that are still in the hopper right now pending. Hopefully we hear about those this spring and keep moving forward on that front.”
A building package has been ordered an it is expected to arrive later this month. “We are excited to get that down here and have a constant visual reminder to get this thing over the finish line.”
If everything goes according to plan they’ll start building in the fall and work on the interior during the winter months. The next big fundraising event they have planned is a golf tournament this summer.
