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Ewald Donates $50K to Veterans Memorial Park

VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK OF OCONOMOWOC
ANNOUNCES MAJOR GIFT

By Gary Rosenburg, Dec. 12, 2014

December 2014 (Oconomowoc,WI) - On Wednesday December 17th at 11:15 am, Ewald Automotive Group Chairman and World War II veteran, Emil Ewald will present a sizable donation to Kurt Schrang, co-chair of the Veterans Memorial Park of Oconomowoc at Ewald Chevrolet Buick at 36833 East Wisconsin Avenue in Oconomowoc.

Oconomowoc Veterans Park, located in downtown Oconomowoc on Lac LaBelle, was dedicated to veterans in 1983. In 2012, discussions took place between community organizers and veterans to improve the park and establish a significant memorial to veterans of all wars, and the name was formally changed to Veterans Memorial Park of Oconomowoc in November of that year. And thats when major fundraising began. Over 700 people attended the first fundraising dinner. And today, commemorative bricks featuring the names and service of veterans are available.

Fundraising continues with the Ewald Automotive Groups donation. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to give back to our community, said Emil Ewald, Chairman of the Ewald Automotive Group. As the effort developed, we pledged to help. We fervently believe in this type of project, because honoring our veterans will have a positive impact on the city of Oconomowoc and the entire Lake Country area.

Groundbreaking took place on November 15th with major construction to begin this spring,and Kurt Schrang, the co-chair of Veterans Memorial Park added. Once its been completed, the park will be maintained by a group of representatives from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Vietnam veterans and the American Legion, in addition to the city of Oconomowoc. We're all about honoring veterans from the area, and even though weve found almost 2,000 veterans through historical documentation, we know that there are hundreds more, that we're missing.

Mr. Ewald and Mr. Schrang concurred, It's all about honor.

The Ewald family has been committed to Oconomowoc and the surrounding Lake Country area for more than 40 years, living here, raising their families here and operating their family business here. Ewald Chevrolet Buick opened in 1981 with Mayfair Rent-A-Car, followed by Ewald Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram and Ewald Kia of Oconomowoc.

For more information about the Ewald Automotive Group or Veterans Memorial Park, contact Brian Ewald at bewald@ewaldauto.com or Kurt Schrang at theoldkraut@yahoo.com.

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