Youth center staff launches new fundraising effort

Rich Sykes present a $75 check to representatives from the local Parents and Youth United group Monday morning. The presentation from the local insurance company marked the start of a new fundraising effort aimed at keeping the Mountain Home Youth Center running following recent budget cuts. Photo by Brian S. Orban

A $75 donation presented to the Mountain Home Youth Center staff Monday morning launched a new effort aimed at keeping the facility open in the coming year.

The presentation by the local Farm Bureau Insurance company became the first of what organizers hope will become a long-standing initiative to save the youth center.

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