Kiwanis go to the mat for Fulton wrestlers

By Shaw Local News Network

January 06, 2025 at 5:00 am CST

Chris Meyers, president of the Fulton Kiwanis Club. (left) presented the final $1,000 needed for the Fulton High School wrestling program to purchase a new wrestling mat. The mat costs $11,000 and the wrestlers and the Fulton Boosters raised $10,000 themselves and were short $1,000. Pictured with Meyers are Coach Aaron Kuebel, and wrestler Brady Feller. — Chris Meyers, president of the Fulton Kiwanis Club, (left) presented the final $1,000 needed for the Fulton High School wrestling program to purchase a new wrestling mat. The mat costs $11,000 and the wrestlers and the Fulton Boosters raised $10,000 themselves and were short $1,000. Pictured with Meyers are Coach Aaron Kuebel and wrestler Brady Feller. (Photo provided by Barbara Frantz)

FULTON – The Fulton Kiwanis Club went to the mat, literally, for the Fulton High School wrestling program.

The Kiwanis Club donated $1,000 to the program after $10,000 was raised to buy a new wrestling mat.

Chris Meyers, president of the Kiwanis Club, recently presented the final $1,000 needed to buy the mat, which cost $11,000. Fulton wrestlers and Fulton Boosters raised $10,000 but were short $1,000.

Meyers presented Coach Aaron Kuebel and wrestler Brady Feller with the $1,000 check.

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