Eco Devo One of the Golden Belt Community Foundation’s Spring Grant Recipients

GREAT BEND, Kan. – Golden Belt Community Foundation recently completed the March competitive grant cycle and awarded a total of $21,163. The foundation supports programs or projects that are innovative, collaborative, proactive, measurable and sustainable.

Competitive Grant Awards for March, 2016 include:
 
Grants Funded Through the Kansas Health Foundation Youth Endowment Fund
$1,000 – GPS Kids Club After School & Summer Care Program – Play Equipment
$960 – Lasting Life Ministries – CPR training for school
$800 – Otis Community Library – Books, movies, and video games for youth
$500 – Great Bend USD 428 – Summer Food Program signage
$400 – Fort Larned USD 495 – Youth Entrepreneurship Summer Camp for middle school students
$272 – Pawnee Heights USD 496 – Weights for weight room in Rozel
$200 – Fort Larned 495 – Math games

Grants Funded Through the Kansas Health Foundation Fund
$2,000 – Rush County Memorial Hospital – Door key card entry system for community Wellness Center
$655 – Barton County Extension Council – Community garden fencing, soil, fertilizer, seeds & compost bin
$334 – ElderCare, Inc. – Medication lock boxes for seniors
$300 – City of Larned – Sunscreen and dispenser for Larned City Pool

Grants Funded Through the Amos Bayer Endowment Fund
$8,075 – Stafford County Economic Development – Launch Pad Business Incubator

Grants Funded Through the Golden Belt Community Improvement Fund
$1,358 – Stafford County Economic Development – Launch Pad Business Incubator
 
Grants Funded Through the Jim and Kathi Armatys Donor Advised Fund
$1,603 – Great Bend Children’s Learning Center – Classroom rugs
$1,139 – Central Kansas Dream Center – Fire Escape
 
Grants Funded Through the Stafford County Endowment Fund
$567 – Stafford County Economic Development – Launch Pad Business Incubator

For questions, please call Golden Belt Community Foundation at 620-792-3000 or email [email protected].