Superintendent highlights USD 489 Foundation for Match Madness

By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

Superintendent Dean Katt is encouraging donations to the USD 489 Foundation Fund for Educational Excellence on Tuesday because donations will be matched from the Heartland Community Foundation.

Tuesday is the foundation’s Match Madness, during which the group will match donations made to any of the 16 nonprofits the foundation serves.

At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Dean Katt said the USD 489 Foundation helps students by contributing to the Hays Middle School’s food bank, funding after-school programs and a variety of other needs.

“A few things they have just recently done are paying for the Wilson second graders to attend the Sternberg Museum,” Katt said. “They are also paying some of the fees for woodworking at the high school for students … after-school care scholarships and some of those things.”

For a full list of participating Match Madness nonprofits and donation drop-off sites, click HERE.