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Verdigre
Why would a man born in Lincoln and raised in Chicago want to come to Verdigre, Nebraska, a place he had never heard of before he saw it?
Pat McCarron tells the story of checking out different ZCBJ* lodges—Czech fraternal organizations—in communities west of the Missouri River. When coming over the hill from Center, Nebraska, he can still see the little village “all laid out there.” He said he and Donna Zimmerman, a good friend who also resides in Verdigre now, stopped at Frank’s Food Mart, located next to the ZCBJ Bila Hora Hall at the time. They wanted to find out the meaning of “Bila Hora.”
Since 2003, Consolidated Companies has partnered with the Nebraska Community Foundation to strengthen rural communities. As of June 2011 it has contributed more than $280,000 to the Nebraska Community Foundation for staff support and development services to our affiliated funds in the central and western areas of our state. Of that total amount, more than $180,000 has been given during our Ford Foundation Challenge campaign.
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