(07-11-2017 11:27 PM)JoeNovak Wrote:  This is great news that they plan to have it done by the home opener. I recently named my dog after Diesel. They brought him around with other therapy dogs after the school shooting. It meant a lot more than they would ever know. Im excited to see this statue in front of the stadium.

I'm on the Diesel Memorial Project committee. We are VERY excited to see the completed sculpture as well! :-)
The sculpture will be on the west side kind of near the Chessick practice facility. We felt it was a great idea to honor Diesel as well as all live mascots who follow him.
If you have not yet donated to the cause we sure could use all the help we can get. At this point, we will not have all of the funds to pay off the foundry but we will continue to fund raise even after the sculpture is placed.

We can accept donations directly now not just thru Go Fund Me. Donations can be made by mailing a check to the Diesel Memorial Project Fund and sending it to the First National Bank, c/o deposits, at 141 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. The bank itself was kind enough to also make a $500 donation to the project.