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BUNKER HILL – The Western Kansas Community Foundation has awarded Smoky Hills Public Television with a grant for the station’s Literacy Leadership program.

The $1,500 grant will provide books to children in several western Kansas communities. The counties served through this funding include Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Scott, Seward, Stanton, Stevens, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton, Lane, Meade and Morton.

“We are grateful to the Western Kansas Community Foundation for their generosity,” said Dawn Gabel, Smoky Hills Public Television General Manager. “With these funds, the Foundation helps support the education mission of Smoky Hills Public Television by providing needed resources to children in western Kansas.”

Smoky Hills Public Television serves 71 counties in central and western Kansas and has been named the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Non-Metro Station of the Year.

WKCF began in 1996 when a group of community leaders saw the potential of a local community foundation to enrich western Kansas life. Since that time, WKCF has expanded to cover 15 counties in southwest Kansas and experienced significant growth to now include assets of over $26 million and more than 200 funds.