THANK YOU!
Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters and donors for helping us bring this project to life!
Your contributions have allowed us to celebrate the spirit of our community through this art installation.
Together we raised over $200,000 and built an amazing tribute to our community !
The Fargo Lions Club would like to particularly thank FM Area Foundation for providing a donation portal and fundraising support for this project.
“Floodwall” Level
$10,000 AND ABOVE
Supporters who contributed at this level are
-Recognized on this website
And were
- Recognized on the Fargo Lions Club website during the duration of the project
-Invited To Attend the Ribbon Cutting held in September of 2021
And are
-Recognized on a bronze plaque (largest font) installed on site
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Alex Stern Family Foundation
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Heyer Engineering
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Industrial Builders, Inc.
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Mike & Peggy Bullinger Family
“Sandbag” Level
$5,000 - $9,999
Supporters who contributed at this level are
-Recognized on this website
And were
-Recognized on the Fargo Lions website during the duration of the project
-Invited To Attend the Ribbon Cutting held in September of 2021
And are
-Recognized on a bronze plaque installed on site
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James R. Dawson Fund
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Mayor Bruce & Lorraine Furness
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Gary & Ruth Hanson
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Mayor Dr. Tim & Kathleen Mahoney
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Dick & JoEllen Solberg
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AdShark
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Dakota Monument Company
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Fargo Gateway Lions Club
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Fargo Lions Club
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Fargo Moorhead Area Foundation
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Foss Architecture & Interiors, Inc.
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Gate City Bank
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Greater FM Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Horace Lions Club
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Houston Engineering
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KPH Inc.
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Moore Engineering
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Northern Improvement
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Sanford Health
“Shovel” Level
$1,000 - $4,999
Supporters who contributed at this level are
-Recognized on this website
And were
-Recognized on the Fargo Lions website during the duration of the project
-Invited To Attend the Ribbon Cutting held in September of 2021
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Robert & Bonnie Ames
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Theodore & Marian Appel
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Mary Ann Armbrust
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Mike & Jan Benson
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Dr. Lance & Ruth Bergstrom Family Fund
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John & Anita Dobbs
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J J Gordon
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David & Bonnie Johnson
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Dr. Max R. Johnson
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Neil & Nancy Jordheim
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Neil & Nancy Jordheim Fund**
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Robert & Kathy Littlefield
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Kelly & Todd McComb++
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Nikki & Blake Nelson++
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Jane & Tim Pettinger
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Tim & Jane Pettinger**
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Paul & Mary Jo Richard
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Toni & Joe Sandin++
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Richard Schaefer
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Blake & Kathie Strehlow
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Ann & Pat Zavoral
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AE2S
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Apex Engineering Group, Inc.
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General Equipment & Supplies
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Heartland Trust Company
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Horace Lions Club**
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Luther Family Buick GMC
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Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC
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Master Construction
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Scheels All Sports
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Surgical Associates**
**In Memory of Dennis Walaker
++Bullinger Family Contribution
“Flood Fighter” Level
$1 - $999
Supporters who contributed at this level are
- Recognized on this website
And were
- Recognized on the Fargo Lions Club website during the duration of the project
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Susan & Troy Anderson
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Kelly Binfet**
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Patrick Brown
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Joe & Dana Dobbs
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John Fischer
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Mark & Kay Forkner
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Brian Grave
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Carol & Tom Gustad
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John Hoeven
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Sandy Huseby
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Blake Itterman
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Bonnie O. Johnson
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Kim & Deborah Kaul
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Connie Koehmstedt
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Mark Kolstad
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Ian Patrick Komorowski
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Constance Mital-Herold
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Karna Nelson
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Milton Ota
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Mel Olson
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David and Vickie Piepkorn
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Thomas & Joyce Pettinger
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Mona & Keith Rindy
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David & Beth Rogness
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Joe & Toni Sandin
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Scott Seiler
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Julie Snortland
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John & Sherri Stern
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Leland Swanson, Jr.
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Dick & Pat Tedford
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Diane Syverson
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Katherine Tweed
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Ene & Nicholas Vogel
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Alerus
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First Western Bank & Trust
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Key Contracting, Inc.
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SRF Consulting Group
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The Title Company
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VISION Bank
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Ward Muscatell Automotive Group
**In Memory of Dennis Walaker
GRANTS
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Alex Stern Family Foundation
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North Dakota Lions Foundation
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ND Vibrancy Grant*
Produced in partnership with the North Dakota Department of Commerce.
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Sanford Health
IN-KIND SUPPORT
A special shout out to all of these key players --
Fargo Lions Club members who served as advisors, fundraisers, and decision-makers. The invaluable technical expertise as well as encouragement for the project was so very appreciated!
- Robert Ames
- Mona Rindy
- Sue Anderson
- Neil Jordheim
- Charlotte Rusch
- Brian Shawn
- Blake Strehlow
- Brian Stich
- Carol Gustad
- Kate Lea
- Joe Dobbs
- Pat Brown
- Katherine Tweed
- Bruce Furness (Former Mayor of Fargo and Fargo Lions Club member)
- Jane Pettinger, Project Lead
- And for his amazing vision, Mike Benson!
The City of Fargo employees and experts who shepherded this project forward with finesse -
- Gregg Shildberger
- Nathan Boerboom
- Nancy Morris
- Mayor Tim Mahoney
The first-rate production dream-team of
- Karen Bakke of Bakke Art & Design
- Brock Davis of Davis Designs
- Robert Ames of Foss Architecture & Interiors
- David Goulet of Industrial Builders
- Darren Neff of Heyer Engineering
- Jill Eggl of Eggl Lighting and Design
Special thanks to
- Julie Anderson, Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments for the Fargo Public Schools, who generously and accurately transcribed the braille on the informational plaques
- Jessica Hipp and Darwin Belt of WayAround for providing the technology and the WayTags enabling visitors to have the plaque contents read to them
- Dustin Anderson of Dakota Monument for providing/arranging the pillar engravings and for coordinating the input of Julie and Jessica for the content of the bronze plaques on site
Finally, a bright thank you to the amazing lighting system provided by
- Sun Electric (Fargo)
- Jill Eggl Lighting Design Studio (Fargo)
- Gopher Stage Lighting (Minneapolis, MN)