Volunteers are the lifeblood of many non-profits across the country, those who are willing to commit their time to accomplishing good for their community. In Kansas and McPherson County volunteering is as common as windy days. According to AmeriCorps Kansas ranks 8th in the country...
[gallery ids="5578,5579,5580,5581,5582,5583,5584,5585,5586,5587,5588,5577,5576,5575,5574,5573,5572,5571,5570,5569,5568,5567,5566,5565,5564,5563,5562"] McPherson, KS - The McPherson County Community Foundation has announced the recipients for their 2023-24 scholarship cycle. Over 40 scholarships were released to high school seniors across the county from 24 funds totaling $31,150 in financial aid. 2024 Recipients: Bob Hooper Basketball Scholarship – $1000 Reanna Eilrich Byers...
[gallery ids="5549,5550,5551,5552,5553,5554,5555,5556,5557,5558,5559,5560,5548"] Last week the Lincoln Elementary Chess program held their end of school year celebration. The program has long been supported by the McPherson Scholastic Chess Club fund here at the Foundation. Grants from the fund have often gone towards the procurement of supplies, including...
Over the last week we’ve had plenty of chances to present our ‘Big Check’ to a few of our April Grant recipients. We also took the opportunity to talk them about the importance of their upcoming projects. If you missed it: We've already posted this on our...
Dec. 2000, Manhattan, KS - A young Carrie Brock walked into Kedzie hall apprehensive at the conversation she needed to have. Brock, a native of Topeka, KS came to Kansas State University fully set on the idea of becoming a broadcast journalist, but after one semester...
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve briefly discussed the priorities that were found in our Mastermind McPherson County Survey. First through how we categorize the priorities and then with how our granting has addressed them. Now we can break down some of the interesting...
The McPherson County Community Foundation (MCCF) has announced their grant recipients for Apr. This cycle the Foundation released over $418,000 to organizations across the county. These distributions came from four different community funds, including the yearly grants over $10,000 from the David J. Nutt Fund...
In our last article, we saw how our Mastermind McPherson County categories and priorities can be applied to our regular grants cycle. While we’d like to fund every request that could have a community impact, we are still limited by funding. During our fiscal year...
Last week we discussed how we categorized the priorities our communities presented through the Mastermind McPherson County survey last year. An interesting look at how we’ve continued the mastermind process into our daily work through the grants from both our Community ‘Dream’ Fund and the...
From the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum: The Board of Directors of the Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum voted on Thursday, March 14 to close the museum’s 1904 World’s Fair Swedish Pavilion to the public until structural stabilization repairs can be completed. A...