"Richard Dick Letts"

THE LATE RICHARD DICK LETTS WAS A STRONG COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OF LANSING.

FOR 27 YEARS LETTS SERVED COUNTLESS NUMBERS OF LANSING CITY RESIDENTS AS LANSING’S HUMAN RELATIONS DIRECTOR, IN ADDITION TO SERVING 60 OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME

LETTS HELD THE STORNG BELIEF THAT “ALL PEOPLE MATTER” AND WITH THIS HE AND HIS WFE OLIVIA USED HIS OWN BUY-OUT BONUS TO ESTABLISH A FIELD OF INTEREST FUND WITH THE CAPITAL REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. SINCE 1993 THE RICHARD D. LETTS FUND HAS AWARDED OVER 28-HUNDRED DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO LANSING AREA YOUTH.