Boyceville Lions Club receives $25,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation to fund the Pakfo Park Playground Equipment Project
BOYCEVILLE — The Boyce-ville Lions Club today announced that its Pafko Park Playground Equipment Project received a $25,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation.
This grant allows the Boyceville Lions Club to expand the playground equipment at Pafko Park in Boyceville by adding an additional 2500 sq. ft. of play area. The new equipment will include 4 slides and 2 climbing walls. Installation is scheduled for July 11 & 12 with dedication scheduled for August 2nd.
According to Playground Chairman Murphy Breland “Members of the Club saw a need to upgrade the local playground to be equal to playgrounds in the surrounding communities and the Club decided to take action”.
The cost of this project was originally estimated to be $55,000 but, is realistically closer to $75,000. Without this grant and the support from the local residents and businesses this project would not have been possible. This is the largest project ever undertaken by the local club and is in keeping with the parent organization’s motto “WE SERVE”.
About the Boyceville Lions Club
Charted in 1992, the Boyceville Lions Club belongs to Lions Clubs International and currently has 18 active members. Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization and has 46,000 clubs, with 1.35 million members in 207 countries and geographic areas. To learn more about this project please see our website at www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/boyceville.
About the Otto Bremer Foundation
Created in 1944, the Otto Bremer Foundation assists people in achieving full economic, civic and social participation in and for the betterment of their communities. The Foundation strives to help build healthy, vibrant communities in the places that are homes and neighbors to Bremer banks—communities where basic needs are met, mutual regard is prized and opportunities for economic, civic and social participation are within everyone’s reach.
The Otto Bremer Foundation owns 92 percent of Bremer Bank and receives an equivalent share of the bank profits that are paid out as dividends. This means that a large portion of bank profit is invested back in local communities through grants and program-related investments. In 2013, the Foundation provided approximately $38 million in grants and program-related investments.
