Politics & Government
Hamburg Youth Football Assocation Raises $10,000 for Dexter Relief Fund
Members of the football club presented a check to the Dexter Village Council on Monday.
The Dexter Relief Fund got a big boost of support Monday as members of the Hamburg Pirate Youth Football Association donated $10,000 to help with clean-up efforts in the community.
Student athletes Peyton Bennett, Josh Smithpeters and James Pearce presented Matt LaFontaine, general manager of , with a check at the Dexter Village Council meeting.
“This is a great thing you guys did,” LaFontaine said addressing the athletes.
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Volunteers raised the money during the association’s two-day bottle and can drive March 16-17, according to the association’s registrar Tim McDonald.
“Our association wanted to do something to help our friends here in Dexter,” McDonald said.
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He said volunteers collected and returned 28,000 bottles and cans.
“We spent a lot of time in front of the bottle machines," McDonald said.
According to LaFontaine, the Dexter Relief Fund total is now at approximately $125,000, thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors.
In other council news:
- Washtenaw County Commissioner Rob Turner attended the meeting to offer his and the county’s continued support of Dexter. “I am here to say you guys have done a wonderful job,” he said.
- There will be an informational meeting about the Main Street road resurfacing project Thursday at 7 p.m. at the . The project is scheduled to begin in April.
- Dexter Area Fire Department board member Jim Seta said the department is interviewing candidates to fill one full-time firefighter position. Seta also said the department is moving forward with the purchase of a new pumper truck in the amount of $369,000, which will be paid in five annual installments of approximately $78,000.
