 The Central Lakes College Raider Athletic Program is hoping to raise over $200,000 for some much-needed projects. Sarah Winkelman has the details on the current campaign. The Central Lakes College Raiders are hoping to raise $220,000 for updates and additions in the athletic program. The upgrades are due, yes, and so, you know, college athletics serves a wonderful function for our student athletes, for our campus, for our community. Starting with the football facilities, the school hopes to renovate the press box to benefit the fans, athletes, and most importantly, the students. I have a third level, which will really be able to accommodate our video-offing program, really improve our seating structure, our views and our sight lines, and really serve our fan base and our student-athletes in a better capacity. For football facilities that haven't seen changes in quite some time. The structure itself is in the same state as it was when I played here 20 years ago, so I know it goes back beyond that. In addition, the capital campaign hopes to upgrade the baseball and softball dugouts to increase the capacity size and get them up to current standards. This is really a team effort here between our campus and our community and our alumni. We're really excited to bring those three partners together. Leading the way in the campaign is the Fendorf family, who has donated funds in the past for the Fendorf Athletic Complex. Once again, they have stepped forward and will match each gift, dollar for dollar, up to $40,000. It's hard to fundraise and it's hard to get things built that you like to get built and for somebody to step up to do these things, it's just pretty amazing what they see and what we're accomplishing here. As of today, the athletic program has raised $140,000 with the Fendorf family continuing to match donations until the end of the year. We really want to close this campaign out so we can get to some groundbreaking and finish this project, hopefully by next calendar year. With a focus to upgrade the facilities for football, softball and baseball. This is fun for us to all come together and try to do something that's special. The inside trophy cases will also get some updates if the campaign is successful. Reporting in Brainerd, Sarah Winkleman, Lakeland News. CLC announced a corporate sponsor is joining the campaign and will be announced soon. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.