Nonprofit raising funds through replicas of sculpture honoring beet field workers
Mujeres de Colores hopes to unveil the sculpture at Sugar Beet Park in October, before the end of Hispanic Heritage month.
Author: Victoria De Leon
Updated: 6:41 PM MDT May 23, 2021
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A $300,000 project to honor Hispanic and Mexican sugar beet field workers has been in the works for nearly a year. Project leader, and founder of Mujeres de Colores, Betty Aragon-Mitotes hopes a sculpture will bring a sense of pride to those who worked in the beet fields of Northern Colorado, as well as their families.
To help raise money for to pay for the completion of the sculpture, the nonprofit is giving miniature replicas of the sculpture for donations of at least $500.