THANK YOU! WE DID IT!
The Hudson City Schools Foundation and the Memorial Stadium committee are pleased to announce that the drive to raise $5.5 million for a new stadium complex at Hudson High School has been reached. The goal could not have been met without the incredible rally by the Hudson community during the month of January. Approximately $300,000 was raised bringing the total to $5.3 million. According to Hudson City Schools Superintendent Steve Farnsworth, Dick and Barbara Malson wanted to make sure the goal was reached and donated another $400,000 to the project. Currently, the estimated cost of the new stadium complex is $5.5 million, however the cost may be more or less due to a variety of factors: contingencies, efforts to get “in kind” contributions and discounted pricing from vendors. Any monies that exceed the final costs of the project will be used for a new field house adjacent to the stadium complex. The field house will house training, first aid, changing and showering facilities. We will need to continue to seek private contributions to to complete the Field House. Farnsworth offered his sincere gratitude to the foundations, organizations, companies, students and staff, individuals and the Malson Family who came forward and pushed the project over its goal to meet the January 31 deadline. He also acknowledged the generous contribution of three million dollars from the Murdough Foundation, and the many other significant contributions that made the effort possible. The official groundbreaking for the new Hudson Memorial Stadium is scheduled for March 2012. The goal is to have the stadium ready for the fall season.