City of Milton Received Grant for Milton Area Veterans Memorial

Dick Fry and Jarrett Goodman 

accepting the grant award from Milton

Fund Advisory Board Member Bob 

Cullen.

The City of Milton announces that it has received a grant from the Milton Fund, a component of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc. to support the 2016 expansion of the Milton Area Veterans Memorial.

The 2016 expansion of the Milton Area Veterans Memorial includes the addition of two wings.  This grant will specifically be used to fund one of the tablets on the new “Cost of Freedom” side of the memorial.  The tablets will list two or three wars or conflicts and list the number of lives lost and the number of those who were wounded.  For more information about this project please contact Milton City Hall at (608) 868-6900.

This grant is made available from the Milton Fund, an endowment fund created to benefit the community of Milton.  The Milton Fund is a component of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin.

For more information on how you can support your community through the Community Foundation, please call Jane Maldonis at (608) 758-0833 or 1-800-995-2379 or visit their website at www.cfsw.org.  The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin serves nine Wisconsin counties: Crawford, Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk, Vernon, and Walworth.  For good.  For ever.

For additional information contact Al Hulick, City Administrator, at 608-868-6900 or by e-mail at ahulick@milton-wi.gov.