Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Lis, Colbert, Beloungy
----Source: Thorp Courier (Thorp, Clark Co., WI) 1/28/2015
Thorp Friends of the Public Library ($3,000 Grant – 20 January 2015)
Friends of the Thorp Public Library Receives $3,000 Grant
Pictured are (l-R):Ray Colbert of Hartland Fuel Products, Thorp Public Library Director Julie Beloungy, and Mary and Stas’ Lis of Ace Oil Express in Thorp. Submitted photo.
On Tuesday, January 20, Stanley “Stas” and Mary Lis, owners of Ace Oil Express in Thorp, along with Sales Manager of Heartland Fuel Products, Ray Colbert, presented a check for $3,000 to the Friends of the Thorp Public Library on behalf of the BP Fueling Communities Program.
The BP Fueling Communities Program provides gifts to local organizations that are nominated by BP Marketers to support communities where they do business. Mary Lis nominated the Friends of the Thorp Public Library for this program.
“The Friends group was so grateful to be chosen for this generous donation from Hartland Fuels,” commented Julie Beloungy, Director of the Thorp Public Library and representative of the Friends group. “We are thankful for these funds, which will be used to purchase additional reading materials for our library and also to improve out Summer Library Program. Budgets have been tight, and this money will go a long way in supporting our efforts to improve literacy in our community.”
“Stas’ and I would like to thank the BP Fueling Communities Program and Hartland Fuels for recognizing the hard work and dedication it takes to run our business and for allowing jus to choose a recipient within our community to whom we have donated this very generous gift,” said Mary Lis. “Once again, thank you BP Marketers for nominating Ace Oil Express. “We appreciate it!”
