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For the second time this year, Heartland Community Foundation is announcing grant awards in all three counties it serves, Ellis, Trego and Rooks, resulting from grant applications received through October 15, 2016. This cycle produced a total of 42 grant applications totaling over $386,000.
“We continue to recognize and realize the needs of all our communities. We are so fortunate to have the Dane G. Hansen’s commitment to rural community betterment,” said Sandy Jacobs, Heartland Community Foundation executive director. “Our efforts for the future will be focused on growing our Unrestricted Grant Funds to offer even more opportunity to Ellis, Trego and Rooks County organizations.”
The current grant cycle brings the total awarded in 2016 to over $450,000.
Through the generosity of the Dane G. Hansen Foundation Heartland Community Foundation is able to continue its efforts to meet charitable community needs through leadership, grants and donor services.
“The Heartland Community Foundation is happy to award over $200,000.00 in grant funds to Ellis, Rooks and Trego Counties this Fall. In addition to our Healthy Living and Area Action grants, we feel honored to award an additional $200,000.00 from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation through our Heartland Community Foundation. Our grant program is one means by which we can fulfill our mission of improving life by investing in the vision, passion and expertise of local nonprofit organizations.”, said Susan Bowles, Heartland Community Foundation Board President.
Ellis County applications totaled 18 for $155,343.84. The 12 grants awarded are:
$954 – USD 489 Early Childhood Connections – Chair Cubes for Special Needs Preschoolers
$2,410 – Thomas More Prep-Marian High, Inc – Interactive Science Technology for Students
$4,025 – Ellis County Dolly Parton Imagination Library – Ellis County Early Literacy
$ 2,500 – Hays Arts Council, Inc – Historic Icons in Hays’ Past – A public art mural project for our community
$ 4,990 – Lincoln Elemetary School – Outdoor Learning Pavillion
$5,000 – First Presbyterian Church – Healing Kids’ Hearts Retreat
$3,299 – Developomental Services of NW Kansas – ADA Tub Time Project
$4,650 – Hays Area Children’s Center – Evidence-Based Technology Use with Young Children with Disabilities and their families
$8,000 – Hays Lions Club – Vision Screening for Children and Adults
$2,000 – Ellis County Historical Society – Ellis County Court House Preservation Project
$750 – United Way of Ellis County – Ellis County Community Resource Guide
$3,672 – Hays Community Theatre – Dinner and a Show
13 applications were received from Trego County organizations totaling $155,343.84. The following grants were awarded:
$8,083 – City of Wakeeney – Wayfinding signs
$14,500 – Boy Scout Troup 165 – Scout Food Stand
$3,000 – Trego County-Lempke Memorial Hospital – Trego County Health Fair
$2,000 – USD 208 – P & G Design (School based business)
$30,000 – USD 208 – Grade School Playground Equipment
$1,543 – Prairie Faith Shared Ministry – Community Wellness Education
$7,800 – Wakeeney Housing Authority – Community Beautification
$7,075 – Trego County Historical Society – Operation: Collection Exhibit Displays
$1,800 – The Salvation Army – Emergency Assistance
$10,610 – Trego Hospital Endowment Foundation – Balance System for Health
Rooks County organizations submitted a total of 11 applications totaling $83,148.00. 10 grants were awarded as follows:
$3,150 Rooks County Healthcare Foundation – Infant Jaundice Screening Project
$1,300 – Rooks County Healthcare Foundation – Neonatal Resuscitation Training
$5,000 – City of Stockton – Come Squish With Us at the Stockton City Park
$3,000 – Rooks County Free Fair – Entertainment Under the Pavillion
$5,000 – City of Plainville – Welcome to Plainville Entrance Signs
$4,800 – Plainville Community Foundation – Andreson Memorial Park Enhancement & Maintenance
$3,500 – Reeder/Dinkel/Westhusin Post 8871 Veterans of Foreign Wars – New Tables and Chairs
$15,000 – USD 271 Stockton Schools – Campus Safety Initiative
$7,500 – USD 270 – New Press Box at Cardinal Field
$3,645 – Sacred Heart Grade School – Basketball Court Re-surfacing