Community challenged to donate to Jasper County Conservation project

From now until the end of the year, Jeff and Jodi King will match all donations made to Jasper County Conservation dollar for dollar, up to $100,000, for the environmental education center project, which is nearing construction after almost $2.6 million was raised through grants and generous community donors.

In order to participate, donors are asked to make donations directly to the Jasper Community Foundation earmarked for the environmental education center.   

So if the challenge is met by the end of the year, Jasper County Conservation could raise $200,000 towards the project, doubling the community’s impact. Jeff and Jodi, who owned Keystone Laboratories, Inc., for 32 years, announced the challenge in a letter to community members sent last week.

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