HACC, other area non-profits receive grants from Midwest Energy

Midwest Energy

Ten local charities and non-profit groups were recent recipients of $1,000 donations from the Midwest Energy Community Fund and CoBank, supporting a variety of narrowly-defined projects.

In January, Midwest Energy’s Community Fund made a $5,000 investment that was matched by a $5,000 “Sharing Success” grant from CoBank. This $10,000 pool of funds, administered by the Heartland Community Foundation, awarded ten $1,000 donations support specific projects.

To be eligible for one of these grants, an organization must be local, and serve a specific project or need in Midwest Energy’s service area. Organizations also had to have had raised an equal or greater amount towards a specific project or goal.

Receiving $1,000 grants were:
– Grinnell PRIDE Christmas Lighting Fund: to purchase supplies for lighting displays
– Ellinwood Fire Department: To help purchase a thermal imaging camera
– Golden Belt Humane Society, Great Bend: To help purchase a vehicle to transport animals to alternate facilities and rescue groups when facilities are overcrowded.
– Edwards County Hospital Auxiliary, Kinsley: To purchase flu serum for free community vaccination programs
– Hays Area Children’s Center: To purchase a swing set for the facility
– City of Quinter: For construction of a guard shack and restroom for the city pool
– Rooks County Healthcare Foundation, Plainville: To help purchase a new wheelchair-accessible minivan for patient transport
– Russell PRIDE: To purchase materials and signage for a running/walking trail
– Wichita County Community Foundation: To help create a permanently-endowed health fund
– Wilson Chamber of Commerce: For construction of a gazebo to house the world’s largest Czech egg

“Midwest Energy would like to thank CoBank for making these funds available, and the Heartland Community Foundation for their willingness to work with us by establishing this fund,” said Bob Muirhead, Midwest Energy’s Director of Economic and Community Development. “CoBank is one of two lenders used by Midwest Energy, and their generosity helps us support the good work non-profits do in our communities.”

For more information about the Midwest Energy Community Fund, or questions about the grants, contact Muirhead at (785) 650-2502, or e-mail [email protected].