By Ken White
George Allen Rogers was born January 24, 1948. As the first baby born in the Centennial anniversary of the founding of gold in California, he was honored as Stanislaus County’s Gold Nugget Baby. “Jorge Rodriguez,” as we affectionately nicknamed him, would have been 78 years old.
In honor of his birthday month, The Friends of George A. Rogers Park Committee is raising funds to support our ongoing projects at the park and at Orville Wright Elementary School, where George taught for 30 years.
Since the founding and renaming of the park, the committee has worked with local leaders, the Airport Neighborhood community, and the school to organize park cleanups, sponsor local baseball teams, provide essential classroom supplies, and ensure students, staff, and faculty have what they need to succeed. In recent years, one of our primary goals has been to award scholarships to Orville Wright students, now graduating high school, who plan to attend college.
The committee is trying to raise $2500 to help sustain this effort.
Here’s the link and QR Code to make a donation.
www.gofundme.com/f/honor-a-special-life-help-the-friends-of-george-rogers-park
If you would prefer to write a check, please make it out to Drum Love, our fiscal sponsor, and mail it to 2500 Edgebrook Drive, Modesto, CA 95354.
