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Chicagoland Spartans Complete $25,000 Pledge for the Sparty Project |
 No one can
imagine an MSU campus without the Spartan Statue. That’s why
in 2003 the MSU Alumni Club of Metro Chicago made a pledge to raise
$25,000 towards the refurbishment of the Spartan Statue. We did
it! As of December 2007, the Club raised just over $25,000.
Thank you to every Chicagoland Spartan who made a donation to the Sparty
Project.
The club raised the donation
through a variety of fundraising efforts including auctions and raffles.
The single biggest effort was manning a concession stand at Soldier
Field for a season. Whether you had one of the early warm weather
concerts or a late December night Bears game (brrr!), it had to be a
memorable and bonding experience. Steve Smith and his wife Millie
were honorary chairs of the Sparty Project and thus the final donations
came at the Membership Mixer in December where Steve was our special
guest.
You can now find the
original Spartan Statue inside the main entryway of the new Spartan
Stadium addition. An identical bronze replica stands in place
of the original statue. The total cost of the Sparty Project was
$500,000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparty
http://newsroom.msu.edu/indexer/238/content.htm
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