Nicole Amor's Family Launches Nonprofit, Raises $105,000 for White Bear Lake Greenhouse
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Updated · Press Pubs · May 22
Nicole Amor's Family Launches Nonprofit, Raises $105,000 for White Bear Lake Greenhouse
1 articles · Updated · Press Pubs · May 22
$105,000 in donations has poured into a GoFundMe started after Army Reserve Master Sgt. Nicole Amor was killed, prompting her family to launch the nonprofit Operation Nikki’s Embrace.
The project grew from Amor’s own post-deployment plan to build a greenhouse; her family is now seeking land in White Bear Lake and says corporate sponsors are already helping with architectural plans.
Joey Amor said the long-term goal is a multi-greenhouse community space that can give back to the same town that rallied around the family after Nicole, 39, was killed while supporting Operation Epic Fury.
The effort comes as the family prepares for its first Memorial Day without Amor, one of six Army Reserve officers killed, with plans to place flags at Fort Snelling and honor her in White Bear Lake.
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