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Board accepts donations including $65,000 from Redbird Touchdown Club for weight room
Summary
The board accepted multiple donations, notably a $65,000 gift from the Redbird Touchdown Club ($55,000 for weight equipment and $10,000 for accessories). Other donors included Collision Specialists HHS LLC, Paulson‑Riley Group, Wiegel Strong Foundation, Wendy Meyers, and DHS Class of 1952.
The Darlington Community School District board voted to accept several donations during the Oct. 23 meeting. Among the gifts, the Redbird Touchdown Club donated $65,000 directed to the district weight room, specified in the minutes as $55,000 toward purchase of weight equipment and $10,000 for accessories. The motions to accept donations were moved by Gratz and seconded by Riechers and were recorded as carried.
Other donations approved included $180 from Collision Specialists HHS LLC; $500 from the Paulson‑Riley Group to support Rosie Bags; $25 from the DHS Class of 1952 in memory of Elizabeth Siegenthaler‑Hanson; $500 from the Wiegel Strong Foundation for the DHS Library Halloween celebration; and a clarinet donated by Wendy Meyers to the DEMS Music Department. The board also approved a donor-recognition sign for the weight-room donors to be displayed in the FEMA structure.
