Members of the Geary County community contributed $16,895 to the C.L. Hoover Opera House during the recent Match Day event. That will be matched by an additional $5,000.

According to officials with the Opera House, funds from the $5,000 contribution will be used toward an upgrade to the Hearing-Assist Program, and the installation of a kitchenette in the Montgomery Rehearsal Hall.

Due to individual donations and the match money work to begin installation of the hearing-assist equipment will begin in July. There will also be funding to begin phase one of the kitchenette project, and get the plumbing roughed in.