Mike Schend Stage at Jackson Park received a new, durable and decorative concrete surface this summer; Lions will pay for a stage roof and other improvements in 2020.
Kirby Neumann-ReaMore than $35,000 in grants from endowment investments managed by the Hood River Lions Foundation and Hood River Lions Club will be apportioned among five local groups, plus 20 students selected for scholarships.
Ralph Kupersmith, a member of the foundation board, said a roughly equal amount will be allocated this year toward completion of extensive upgrades to the Mike Schend stage and band shell at Jackson Park.
Grants approved by the club this year include:
Kupersmith said another $30,000 will go toward completion of a new roof over the Jackson Park stage, to shelter performers from the elements. It will be installed in 2020, and will complete a project that includes resurfacing of the walls that create a semicircle behind the performing area.
Lions funded replacement of the stage backdrop in 2019.
The Foundation board and club adopted the signature project in commemoration of its 80th anniversary, and agreed to set aside a share of investment proceeds for up to five years to cover that cost.
To fund grants, the foundation draws six percent per year from an endowment funded more than 20 years ago through an anonymous bequest.
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