Where to go on Tuesday
On Dec. 1, donations may be delivered in person to:
• Golden Belt Community Foundation office, 1307 Williams St., Great Bend
• Hoisington Chamber of Commerce office, 123 Main St., Hoisington
• Stafford County Courthouse Annex, 210 E. 3rd St., St. John
• Larned Chamber of Commerce Jordaan Room, 502 Broadway St., Larned
• Sixty-Plus Center, 704 Main St., La Crosse.
Gifts may be mailed to Golden Belt Community Foundation, P.O. Box 1911, Great Bend, KS 67530. They must be postmarked on or before Dec. 1 to be eligible for the matching grant.
A gift to your favorite charity with be worth even more during the next few days. More than 60 area nonprofit organizations are participating in the Golden Belt Community Foundation’s second Giving Day on Tuesday, Dec. 1.
This is an important one-day event to grow non-profit endowments exponentially, sponsors said. Any gifts to organizational endowment funds may be eligible for matching funds. The Golden Belt Community Foundation has secured matching funds of $50,000 and will disperse them in proportion to the donations made.
Golden Belt Community Foundation will accept gifts at its Great Bend office, 1307 Williams St., and will have other locations in Hoisington, La Crosse, Larned and St. John for that day only to receive gifts. Additionally, donations may be mailed directly to the Great Bend office.
Here is the list of eligible funds:
Almost Home Inc.
Arts & Culture
Barton County 4-H Council
Barton County Arts Council
Barton Community College Foundation
Barton Community College Athletics
Barton County Endowment
Barton County Fair Association
Barton County Historical Society
Barton County Pool Endowment
Catholic Social Service
Central Kansas CASA Inc.
Central States Scouts Museum
City of Larned EMS
City of Larned Youth Programs
Clara Barton Foundation
Dominican Sisters of Peace
ElderCare Inc.
First Christian Church of Great Bend
First Presbyterian Church (Great Bend)
Fort Larned Foundation for Education
Golden Belt Community Concert Assoc.
Golden Belt Home Health & Hospice
Golden Belt Humane Society
Golden Belt Comm. Improvement
Great Bend Beautification
Great Bend Community Theatre
Great Bend Youth Leadership
Great Bend Zoological Society
Health and Human Services Endowment
Heart of Kansas Family Healthcare
Heartland Cancer Patient Care/Support
Helping Hands Preschool (Great Bend)
Holy Family School
Housing Opportunities Inc.
Hudson Community Improvement Fund
Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer Fdn.
Kansas Barbed Wire Collectors Assoc.
Kansas Health Fdn. Fund for Public Health
Kansas Oil and Gas Museum
Larned Community Center
Larned State Hospital Endowment Assoc.
Lasting Life Ministries
Leadership Golden Belt
Locust Grove Village
Meals on Wheels of Barton County
Pawnee County Endowment
Pawnee County Humane Society
Prairie Godmother Endowment
Prince of Peace Parish
Rush County Endowment
Rush County Historical Society
Rush Co. Memorial Hospital Foundation
Santa Fe Trail Center Museum
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
St. John Hospital Endowment Fdn.
St. Rose Health Center
Stafford County Endowment
Stafford County 4-H
Stafford Community Improvement Fund
Sunflower Diversified Services Fdn.
Sunflower Diversified - Incredible Years Preschool
Trinity Lutheran Church (Great Bend)
United Way of Central Kansas
University of Kansas Honors Program
USD 428 Education Foundatio
