Officials with the Oklahoma City National Memorial on Wednesday credited "the overwhelming response" from individuals and private corporate donors with pushing a fund-raising campaign's final tally past its $5 million goal.
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Executive Director Kari Watkins said the memorial's Second Decade campaign raised $7,350,240.
Frank Hill, chairman of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation, said the campaign's success ensures the memorial can continue "to teach the lessons of how terror was transformed to hope."
Watkins said donations were received from about 1,000 donors, "ranging from $1 and $10 gifts to $10,000 and up to $500,000."
Recent gifts from the Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City, PowerSmith Cogeneration Project, C.H. Guernsey & Co., Judge and Mrs. Frederick Daugherty, the Murrah Family Trust, Ann Murrah Shaw, Paul and Florence Murrah, Express Personnel Services, Gardner Tanenbaum Group and Trigen-Oklahoma City Corp. helped the campaign surpass its goal, she said.
Watkins said the campaign funds will be funneled into an endowment and the interest used to pay expenses not covered by museum admissions, store sales and the annual marathon.
Watkins said additional tax-deductible donations are still welcome.
Donations to the Second Decade Campaign can be sent to Oklahoma City National Memorial, P.O. Box 323, Oklahoma City, OK 73101. For more information, call 235-3313, or go to www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org.
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