George Gaukler
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The George and Audrey Gaukler Family foundation donated $10,000 to the Valley City Barnes County Public Library to support the restoration of the rotunda and dome on the historic 1903 Carnegie Library building.
George Gaukler made the announcement in the Rosebud Visitor’s Center. He highlighted the importance of how this foundation gives to worthy causes in the community like the library roof restoration project.
[audio mp3="https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/1065/2024/12/07121217/george-short.mp3"]Barnes County Commissioner Pete Paulson applauded George Gaukler for how he and his foundation give back to the community.
[audio mp3="https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/1065/2024/12/07121400/pete-paulson.mp3"]Valley City Barnes County Public Library board president Hilde van Gijssel, library director Anita Tulp thanked the George and Audrey Gaukler Family foundation for their generous donation during a celebration in the Rosebud Visitor’s Center in Valley City on Friday, December 6th.
A portion of the presentation with George Gaukler and Hilde van Gijssel is below.
[audio mp3="https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/1065/2024/12/07121728/george-long.mp3"]The George and Audrey Family Foundation has donated $50,000 annually to worthy and charitable causes quietly for more than a decade. The foundation office will be established inside the Rosebud Visitors Center next year.
The $10,000 donation will help close the library’s “Close the Gap Library-a-radio-Thon” on Tuesday, December 10th from 2pm to 4pm on KOVC Radio. Join Steve Urness and a host of library board and foundation members during the radio-thon to help close the funding gap.
