HOLDREGE, Neb. (AP) — A Holdredge man has given $1 million to the local YMCA — a gift he says is intended to both help local children and to honor his own late parents.

83-year-old Don Sjogren was on hand Saturday at the Holdrege YMCA for a gathering to rename the center the Don Sjogren Community YMCA.

Sjogren, who is not married and has no children, now lives at Holdrege Memorial Homes and described the joy he experienced participating in the YMCA’s Adopt-A-Grandparent program.

Sjogren said he also wanted his parents, Ernest and Helen, to be honored as part of his gift. Sjogren said his father was involved in the Rural Electrification Act and was instrumental in bringing electricity to parts of Phelps County.