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The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation are excited to announce that they recently received notification of a large anonymous grant for the Chinook Pool and Park Project. December 29th, the Foundation received an email from the Park Community Foundation that an anonymous donor gave $90,000 to the support the project. The grant was made at the recommendation of their Anonymous Fund and we are beyond thankful for their contributions to the project. If you are the donor reading this, we are incredibly appreciative of your contributions to the...
The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation would like to recognize CHS Alumni Ron VandeVen for his generous $1000 donation to the Chinook Pool and Park Rehabilitation Project. “We are so grateful for Ron’s donation to the community of Chinook” states Heather DePriest of the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation. “It’s donations like this that have given us the ability to start on Phase A in August, thank you so much for your donation.” Donations can be made on the Pool and Park Website or by mailing them to PO Box 785 – Chinook, MT 5...
Recently, Steve Sargent of Louisville, Kentucky made a very generous $2,000 donation to the Chinook Pool and Park Project. Steve is a former CHS graduate from the Class of 1965 and the committee is extremely grateful for his donation and dedication to the Community of Chinook....
The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation are excited to announce the third annual Drool in the Pool event to be held at the Chinook Swimming Pool and Park on Saturday, September 7th, 2024. This fun-filled event allows your dogs to swim in the Pool from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Even if you do not have a dog, we encourage you to come join in the fun! We have some fun new pet-related events to showcase! We are partnering with PAWS, the Chinook Lion's Club and Brickents to help raise money for 3 separate causes: The Chinook Pool, Chinook Lion's...
Friends of the Pool & Park Photo The Chinook High School Class of 1960 recently donated over $1300 of funds that they had raised over the years to the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation for improvements to the Chinook Pool and Park. The Friends of the Pool would like to extend their sincere thanks to all the members of the Class of 1960 for their contribution to the community of Chinook. Pictured are members of the Class of 1960 that attended the recent All Class Reunion. Back Row L-R...
Early in January of 2024, the Schellin Family approached the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation to see if they could help fundraise for the Chinook Pool and Park Project. Just prior to that, the organization had learned the devastating news that they were not the recipients of a very large grant that they had applied for. The kindness that the Schellin family had shown the organization was a breath of fresh air for the group and they are so grateful for their willingness to put forth a...
Chinook, Montana – The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation are pleased to announce that Independence Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines have rewarded them a $60,000 grant from the FHLB Des Moines Member Impact Fund. This matching grant program, which was introduced in 2023, provides nearly $20 million to eligible organizations in order to strengthen communities in target areas of the FHLB Des Moines district. In 2024, the FHLB Des Moines increased the Member Impact Fund by $10...
Friends of the Pool and Park This past January, the amazing Schellin Family put out a challenge to donors to match a donation of up to $100,000 for the Chinook Pool and Park project, and donors came out in full force! The family set a deadline of March 31st, and by late March, the donation total match amount neared $89,000 of the $100,000 match amount. A final donor put the match up over $100,000 when a local longtime Chinook resident, John Shelstad, made a very generous $100,000 donation to the project. The Schellin Family and the Friends of...
The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation would like to invite people from across the Hi-Line to the upcoming New Year’s Eve Gala event on December 31st. The event will be held at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Commercial Building in Chinook and will feature a professionally catered dinner. Chef Shaina from Bow and Marrow will be serving her delicious Prime Rib, Chicken Thighs in a Cream Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, a Dinner Salad, Seasonal Vegetable, and a Dinner Roll that evening. This fun-filled event will feature live music from the Dan H...
The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation has recently received notification that the Chinook Pool Rehabilitation project was not selected for grant funding from the Montana Land Water Conservation Fund program. The Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation have been in contact with the MLWCF’s Grant Manager who informed the Board that there was “nothing that they could have done any better” when submitting their application. Unfortunately, there were more than $3 million in requests and the MLWCF was not awarded enough funding this year for a...
