The Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation making upwards of $150,000 available for Mercer County communities aimed at enhancing public parks and recreational facilities. The foundation’s Kelly Thompson says the grant strives for collaboration among local governments.
The Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation represents an estate gift left by New Boston sisters Dorothy Looser-Flake and Roberta Looser. The foundation has granted $550,000 to various Mercer County interests in the last three years. You can learn more about the foundation and the resulting Mercer County: Better Together effort at a public education session set for next Monday (July 30) at 5:30 p.m. at the Hamlet-Presbyterian Church Hall.