Letter to the Editor - Are we begging for money or asking for assistance?

The lodge in Beaver Creek Park is in need of updating and it will take funding beyond what is available in normal financial operation of the Park.  There are ongoing efforts to find and secure grants for the needed updates. Grants are not the only way to raise the necessary funds.

Anyone with a mailing address or phone number is regularly solicited for money for any number of purposes. However, many of these are not invested in our local area. I can’t help but believe there are 10’s of thousands of dollars flowing out of this community that do not benefit the local community. A contribution to updating our Beaver Lodge is 100 % invested locally in a facility we use and can take great pride in for current and future generations.

Friends of Beaver Creek Park established a special fund for the sole purpose of the actual work to update the Beaver Lodge.

What better case can we make to a granting organization than to be able to say we have already raised a portion of the funding and continue to work on raising the rest and we would like to apply for a supporting grant that could help us meet our goal?

Let’s not beg for money, but contribute what we can and then ask for assistance.

Contributions specifically for the lodge can be sent to: Friends of Beaver Creek Park, P.O. Box 2604, Havre, MT 59501

Lou Hagener

Havre.