BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to the City of Bowling Green Parks and Recreation to assist with the purchase of playground equipment and a new walking trail around the new park.

The City of Bowling Green will be holding a dedication ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. The new park is located next to the Bowling Green Community Center and will be named after former city clerk and administrator Barb Allison who spent 20 years working for the city before retiring in December 2018.

The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. Since it was established in 1998, the MFA Oil Foundation has awarded more than one million dollars in grants.

MFA Oil Director of Employee Relations Tom May described the MFA Oil Foundation as “a program that allows our company to give support back to the rural communities that are the foundation of our business. The grants the Foundation awards help support the many youth programs and organizations active in addressing and solving community problems and improving the quality of life.”

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