6/15/13 - A special donation event on Friday more than exceeded expectations in raising funds to renovate the Livingston County Veterans Monument in downtown Howell.
Community members were encouraged to support the project and pay tribute to those who served by making a donation at the dental offices of Dr. Thomas Kellogg in Howell. He originally announced that all donations up to $10,000 would be matched. However by 2pm, Dr. Kellogg says they had already hit that goal and kept getting more donations, so they decided to match up to $20,000. He tells WHMI it was an amazing day full of joy and tears and people starting showing up well before the noon opening to donate. Kellogg says a number of staff, patients, friends and other volunteers helped to make the day a success and there was a wide range of donors from teachers to members of the downtown business community that came out to donate toward the veterans monument enhancement project. The Howell Chapter of the Warrior Brotherhood Veterans Motorcycle Club, pictured left, is a nonprofit made up of combat and non-combat veterans. Some members stopped by to support efforts for the new memorial and dropped off more than $1,500. All of the funds raised will support the project and the match was made possible through The June & Edward Kellogg Foundation. (JM)
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