HOHS gets $2,000 grant

Northwest Farm Credit Services is proud to award the Harrington Opera House Society in Harrington a $2,000 Northwest FCS Rural Community Grant to install plumbing to make the facility ADA compliant.

"Since 1992, the Society has worked to restore and rehabilitate the historic 1904 Opera House in Harrington with the mission to provide and promote cultural, art and educational opportunities to Lincoln County and surrounding areas," said Billie Herron. "Currently volunteers must haul water upstairs for the refreshment area and the only restrooms are on the main floor. Access to running water on the second floor will be such a benefit."

Northwest FCS is committed to helping rural communities succeed. In 2015, Northwest FCS awarded 62 rural grants totaling more than $134,000. Since the program's inception in 2007, the company has presented 464 rural grants totaling more than $948,000.

The next rural grant deadline is February 1, 2016. If you think your rural project may be eligible for a grant, visit northwestfcs.com/Stewarship/Rural-Communities for more information and an application.

Northwest FCS is a financial cooperative providing financing and related services to farmers, ranchers, agribusinesses, commercial fishermen, timber producers, rural homeowners and crop insurance customers in Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Northwest FCS provides approximately $13 billion in loans and is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of borrower-owned lending institutions that provide approximately $221 billion in loans to rural America. For more information, go to northwestfcs.com.