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Wheatland Electric awards $1,000 grant to CAPE
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COURTESY PHOTO Several board members from Child Abuse Prevention Education gathered to accept their $1,000 Sharing Success Grant from Wheatland Electric on June 19. Pictured from left to right are: Happy Bear (Mary Johnson); Regan Reif, Member Services and Key Accounts Manager for Wheatland Electric; Judy Johnson, CAPE director; Shala Ehrlich, CAPE treasurer; and Sheryl Neeland, CAPE board president.

Wheatland Electric Inc. announced of Friday that its Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community Foundation, has awarded a $1,000 grant to Child Abuse Prevention Education (CAPE). 

CAPE’s mission is to aid in the reduction of child abuse through education, increased public awareness, advocacy, program development and collaboration, and to serve as a resource to all communities served by the organization. The group was founded in 1984 to address the needs of children in Great Bend.

During the 2019-2020 school year, 3,399 preschool through sixth grade students in 22 attendance centers and 458 adults that work with those students heard CAPE’s message and learned about physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, as well as neglect, CAPE reported. This was an increase of 400 students and 100 adults from the previous year. 

CAPE plans to use the Sharing Success Fund grant money to continue expanding their programming into other attendance centers in this area, while continuing to serve all Great Bend public and private schools. CAPE’s program is offered to schools and preschools at no cost. 

The Scott Community Foundation began formally accepting applications for grants from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund from non-profit organizations on Dec. 1, 2012. Wheatland Electric and CoBank have each increased their contribution amounts to the fund over time.

Beginning in 2020, each organization will donate $10,000 annually. The program will continue to run until the funds are exhausted.  

Non-profit groups interested in receiving funding from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund should contact Alli Conine, manager of Member Services and Corporate Communications, at 620-874-4563 or aconine@weci.net.