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Almost There: Crazy Horse Building Fund Drive $200K Short of Goal
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Polish-American Journal
02-28-2002
A fund drive for Crazy Horse Memorial's large new Orientation Center
complex is $200,000 short of going over the top. So far the campaign has
raised $1,650,000 or about 90% of the $1,850,000 goal.
The new facility includes the recently completed Education and Conference
Center. It is located in the 18,000-square-foot lower level of the complex.
"The $200,000 still needed will help furnish and equip these m...
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