Jeff Rotert, from left, executive director of Worthington Regional Health Care Foundation, and Greg and Cindy DeGroot of Worthington, present a check to Art Frame, president of NCHS, and Executive Director Beth Rickers Friday at the new Nobles County Heritage Center in Worthington.
The DeGroots, through the Legacy Partners program of Worthington Regional Health Care Foundation, offered a matching fund of up to $100,000 for Nobles County Historical Society's Making History at the Armory Capital Campaign to fund the renovation of the historic Worthington Armory building into a new Nobles County Heritage Center.
As of Jan. 27, the matching fund drive collected $110,114 in donations, fully leveraging the DeGroot gift and resulting in the $210,114 donation.