Community Support

Alliance Police Chief John Kiss accepts a $20,000 donation to purchase police cruiser cameras. Funds were made possible by the Land O' Lakes Member Coop Matching Grant. Presenting are WESTCO GM (right) David Briggs and Petroleum Div. Mgr Jess Wimmer. (Courtesy of Panhandle Post)

WESTCO General Manager David Briggs and Agronomy Division Manager David Shields present the City of Gering with $20,000 to benefit the Gering Civic Plaza project. Funds were made possible by the Land O’ Lakes Member Coop Match Program. Accepting the donation on behalf of the City of Gering were (l-r) Tourism Director Karla Nieden-Streeks, Director of Parks Amy Seiler and City Engineer Annie Folck. (Courtesy Photo)

The cities of Alliance and Gering were recent recipients of $20,000 grants for respective projects. Funds were made possible by the Land O’ Lakes Foundation Member Coop Match program. The Coop Match program matches dollar-for-dollar the cash donations of member cooperatives to local nonprofit organizations, schools and cities, thus doubling the funds available for hometown projects.

Funds will be used to help the Alliance Police Department purchase new cameras for their police cruisers and to help complete the Gering Civic Plaza.

WESTCO General Manager David Briggs said, “We are thankful to the Land O’Lakes Foundation for the opportunity to participate in their Member Co-op Match Program. Through this program we are able to support worthy projects within our communities.”