SHPTV

BUNKER HILL – The Earl Bane Foundation has awarded Smoky Hills Public Television with a grant for the station’s Literacy Leadership program. The $6,000 grant will provide books to children in Head Start in Saline County and support children’s programming.

“At SHPTV, we encourage a love of reading at a young age through our book distribution and our PBS KIDS programming.  The grant from the Earl Bane Foundation is what helps to ensure our mission of educating the youth in central and western Kansas, and we want to thank them for their continued support.” said Larry Calvery, Smoky Hills Public Television general manager.

The Earl Bane Foundation was established in 1994. Its giving supports primarily higher education, children, youth and social services for the educational, economic, scientific and religious benefit of Salina and Saline County.

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.