This story of an amazing young man raised my hopes for the human race.
Today’s good news story comes from Boyd’s Land of 10,000 Stories. Here it is without edit.
A 15-year-old decided his town needed a veterans memorial. He raised $77,000 and built one
Dominique Claseman built Olivia, Minnesota a veterans memorial for his Eagle Scout project. He finished it before his 17th birthday.
Boyd Huppert
OLIVIA, Minn. — When a 15-year-old boy came to the Olivia City Council with plans to build his hometown a veterans memorial, Mayor Jon Hawkinson wondered if the lad had bitten off more than he could chew.
Yet, there was something about Dominique Claseman.
“He had architect drawings, he had the space picked out,” the mayor recalls.
And perhaps most importantly, “He knew there would be people in our community who would want to donate to something like this,” the mayor recalls.
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T. W. Dittmer 
Wow that is fantastic!
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Isn’t it? I just had to share it.
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Thank you for sharing my post, Tim.
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Thank you for posting something so great I wanted to share it.
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This young man stands above many of his peers in this day and age. Thank you for reposting this story.
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He really is a standout, isn’t he?
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