$100K Goal, $129K Raised
Susquehanna SPCA Exceeds
Grant-Matching Challenge
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COOPERSTOWN – The Susquehanna SPCA fundraisers didn't just meet the $100,000 challenge proposed by the C.J. Heilig Foundation.
They exceeded it.
On Sept. 16, the C.J. Heilig Foundation announced a dollar-for-dollar matching challenge grant of $100,000 to assist the SQSPCA in its Shelter Us capital campaign to help build a new animal shelter.
By the Friday, Nov. 1 deadline, donations and pledges generated by the Heilig match had topped $129,000, exceeding the goal and – with the match – bringing the SQSPCA $229,000 closer to its campaign target.
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