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Society Awarded $10,000 Grant

March 2008 - The Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society recently received a $10,000 grant from the Mary Chilton DAR Foundation to use for improvements to the Sigurd Anderson School/Discovery Hands-On Center.

 The DAR Foundation awarded grants in the amount of $26,780 to five different organizations for the purpose of restoring or repairing historic sites in South Dakota.

 The foundation was created by the Mary Chilton Chapter in Sioux Falls of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.  Its purpose is to support historic preservation, education and patriotism in the Sioux Falls community and the state of South Dakota.  Grants are awarded three times a year.

 Cheryl Palmlund, director of the society, said the money will be used to re-shingle the roof of the school house and help make the building handicapped accessible.

 Construction has already begun on the building, which should be open for tours within the next few weeks.