Goal reached in Chinook pool and park matching grant

Press release

A substantial fundraising effort has been achieved in the effort to rehabilitate the Chinook Community Pool and Ensign Sweet Memorial Park.

“This past January, the amazing Schellin Family put out a challenge to donors to match a donation of up to $100,000 for the Chinook Pool and Park project, and donors came out in full force,” the nonprofit Friends of the Pool and Park said in a press release. “The family set a deadline of March 31st, and by late March, the donation total match amount neared $89,000 of the $100,000 match amount. A final donor put the match up over $100,000 when...