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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.

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