Community Compass: Fuller’s gifts will last generations
By Dave Rollins and Bill Bridgeo
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We write to publicly acknowledge the generosity of longtime local philanthropist Robert J. Fuller Jr. and to thank him on behalf of the City Council and our community for his kind-heartedness in general and for his most recent $1.64 million gift in particular.
As many are aware, Bob Fuller had a distinguished career as a local attorney, a partner in one of Maine’s premier law firms. He also served our nation as a longtime senior officer in the Naval Reserve. For many years, he has supported a wide array of worthy local causes, ranging from our community hospital, to the preservation of our deep and rich local history, to the renovation and expansion of our library, to our first-class YMCA complex and to local scholarship funds.
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Philanthropist Robert G. Fuller Jr., who has a long history of supporting Augusta-area causes, has committed $1,640,000 to complete Cony High School s athletic field upgrades, a city of Augusta project that had stalled for lack of funds.
Fuller, a former Augusta-area attorney with area roots that go back centuries, said that the donation is an investment in Augusta s future.
“I believe that when a high school has a continuing history of athletic success, it fosters a sense of community pride, Fuller said in a news release from the city. It rubs off. When this pride is evident it becomes easier to attract people who’ll add value doctors, teachers, artists, entrepreneurs and who’ll choose to stay around. Not only because Augusta has the superior facilities and services they demand but it’s also where a visitor can detect that its citizens are upbeat and enjoy living where they are.
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