At a recent CHARACTER COUNTS! Task Force meeting, members received an update on the pocket park/rest stop project. The CHARACTER COUNTS! Task Force is developing six rest stops (one for each of the six pillars) on the recreational trail that winds through the Industrial Park on the west edge of New Hampton. Construction of the rest stops began last summer and they will be completed in the spring of 2007…

The pocket park will serve as a living memorial to the Six Pillars of CHARACTER COUNTS! the guiding principles of the youth in this community…

Task force members are seeking grants and other donations to fund this $50,000 project…

Over 300 hours of volunteer work have been donated and several thousand dollars of in-kind donations have been offered. Task Force members will continue to receive donations through the completion of this project…

The above excerpts are from an article that ran in NorthEast Iowa Focus. Read the full article here.