A SIOUX CITY BUSINESSMAN IS CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS FAMILY’S COMPANY BY MAKING A MAJOR ENDOWMENT TO THE UNITED WAY OF SIOUXLAND.
JOHN GLEESON MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT A LUNCHEON FOR THE W.A. KLINGER COMPANIES AT THE DELTA HOTEL:
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GLEESON’S GRANDFATHER AND FATHER EACH PREVIOUSLY CHAIRED A UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN AND JOHN AND HIS WIFE KAREN HEADED THE 2013 FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN.
HE WANTS THE ENDOWMENT TO GROW AND SUPPORT THE AGENCIES AND THEIR PROGRAMS THAT SERVE SIOUXLAND:
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SIOUXLAND UNITED WAY DIRECTOR HEATHER HENNINGS SAYS THE ENDOWMENT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DONATION THE LOCAL AGENCY HAS EVER RECEIVED:
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UNITED WAY AGENCY DIRECTORS ART SILVA OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS HOME AND FITZ GRANT OF THE SANFORD CENTER CALLED GLEESON’S GIFT INSPIRING:
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GLEESON’S GREAT GRANDFATHER, W.A. KLINGER, STARTED A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN 1919 AND BUILT WHAT IS NOW THE BENSON BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY AS HIS FIRST PROJECT.
