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BUNKER HILL – The Finnup Foundation has awarded Smoky Hills Public Television with a grant for $20,000 to support the station’s educational television and outreach programs.

The grant will provide educational resources to children in southwest Kansas. Through these funds books will be distributed to kids in Finney, Hamilton, Hodgeman, Lane, Gray, Kearny and Scott Counties.

“We want to thank the Finnup Foundation for its generous support of Smoky Hills Public Television’s educational mission,” said Michael Quade, Smoky Hills Public Television General Manager.

The Finnup Foundation Trust was established in 1977 by siblings Frederick Finnup and Isabel Finnup, who carried on the legacy of generosity that was modeled by their father, George Finnup, and their grandfather, Frederick Finnup. The Finnup family’s interest in families, youth, education and conservation is expressed through the gifts to many organizations in the community.

Smoky Hills Public Television serves 71 counties in central and western Kansas.