A campaign started Wednesday to raise money for the Carl Sandburg Historic Site in Galesburg. The goal is to raise enough for an endowment to supplement the money now spent by the state.
The chairman of the endowment campaign is Bill Morris, a member of the board of directors of the Sandburg Historic Site Association.
Morris says the Galesburg Community Foundation has offered to give 10-thousand dollars if the association can raise that much by June 30th. Already the group has raised 76-hundred dollars.
The association's overall goal is one million dollars.
The Sandburg State Historic Site includes the Birthplace Cottage, a visitor's cottage and museum, and a barn for meetings and concerts.
Morris says last year more than two thousand people visited the site and he worries that if it ever has to close, no one will buy anything from the gift shop to help support the site and there will be fewer tourists coming to Galesburg.
