COOPERSVILLE, Mich. — A business in Coopersville plans on hosting a fundraising event in honor of Hunter Klompstra, who's been missing since the beginning of 2020.
Creative Paint Studio is putting on a canvas painting event for the Klompstra's family. All the proceeds, according to the studio, will go to the young man's family.
Creative Paint Studio has also been selling t-shirts in honor of Klompstra. There will be some shirts available for purchase at the Coopersville VFW Post 5598, located at 511 68th Ave. N, where the fundraising event is taking place, starting at 7:30 p.m.
Several businesses in the Coopersville area, including Creative Paint Studio, have shown their support to the Klompstra family by donating a portion of their sales. Community members have also raised more than $3,000 through a GoFundMe for the family.
Here's a list of the businesses donating to the Klompstra family:
- Color Street
- Fun With Dips
- My Lala Leggings
- Norwex
- Origami Owl
- Scentsy
- Thirty-One
Hunter Klompstra, 18, has not been seen since Jan. 1. He was last seen leaving a friend's house near the Grand River in Coopersville around 2 a.m., according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. Since his disappearance, hundreds of volunteers have taken to the area in search of him.
Saturday, March 7 at 11 a.m., volunteers will meet at Deer Creek County Park at 5998 Leonard St. in Coopersville to search for Klompstra.
"With snow mostly melted and river down, we are setting up a search," according to a Facebook event creating by the Missing Hunter Klompstra page.
Organizers are asking those with horses to help search fields and anyone with experiencing kayaking to go onto the river to search as well. Check the Facebook event for more information.
If you have any information on his disappearance, you’re asked to call the Ottawa County Central Dispatch at 1-800-249-0911 or Silent Observer.
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