7/8/2008
Lake Havasu City, Ariz. – The Freedom Bridge Foundation received a boost Monday from a local retailer.
Super Wal-Mart, which just recently opened its doors at the new Shops at Havasu mall, presented the group with a check for $850. “It’s a great project for Havasu,” said Super Wal-Mart general manager Mark Dutton. “It is definitely needed, and it’s a great idea how the bridge will be funded without using tax dollars. I definitely think this is something Wal-Mart should be a part of,” he said.
Super-Wal-Mart purchased ten bricks as part of that donation. Ten names were then drawn out of a list of people who purchased bricks over the weekend, and they will now receive their brick for free.
Freedom Bridge Foundation Chair Gary Meyers, along with Executive Director Larry Robinson, accepted the check on behalf of the group. “Wal-Mart is one of the many great examples of corporate leadership in Lake Havasu City,” Meyers said. “They understand the importance and the long term value of the Freedom Bridge project.”
The donation came on the heels of a major effort to sell memorial bricks, the main fundraising method of the foundation, at the Super Wal-Mart over the Independence Day weekend. “Brick sales are accelerating as awareness increases,” Meyers said. “We are approaching the 500 brick level, which will be of special importance because it will allow us to begin laying bricks at the foot of the famous London Bridge,” he said.
The plan is to pave the walkway from the London Bridge to the future site of the Freedom Bridge with the memorial bricks. Purchasers can choose a message to be engraved to honor friends, family members or anyone else.
Sale of the bricks will not only go to the Freedom Bridge effort, but buyers can choose a local charity that a portion of the sale goes to as well. Bricks can be purchased on the group’s website at www.havasufreedombridge.com
The group’s goal is to create a lasting memorial to freedom and those who currently serve and have served to protect it, promote public safety and access to the island and enhance the economic vitality of the area all without creating an additional burden on the tax payer.
Super Wal-Mart general manager Mark Dutton (center) presents Freedom Bridge Foundation chairman Gary Meyers (left) and executive director Larry Robinson (right) with a check for $850.
-END-
Posts
