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What's New at Kansas Blue Hills Foundation? Recent Grants Awarded
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SCOUT CABIN RECEIVES $1,000 MATCHING GRANT Danny Floyd, representing Boy Scout Troop 105 applied for and received a $1,000.00 matching grant from the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation. The money will be used to construct a fence in front of the Boy Scout Cabin. The total cost of the project is $3,600. The fence will consist of twelve engraved stone posts, a six-foot by two-foot center slab, and cedar rails. It will be constructed like the fence on the northeast corner of the baseball complex. The center stone slab will include a brief history of the Scout Cabin and the date the cabin was built. Engraved on the stone posts will be the twelve laws of Scouting, which are; (please list). The fence not only will identify the Cabin to visitors but will also discourage people from driving on the lawn in front of the cabin. This fence, Danny Floyd’s Eagle Project, is designed to continue efforts to improve the grounds around this historic cabin. The cabin was a WPA project completed in the 1930’s and is now being used for family reunions, birthday parties, club meetings, and hunting lodge. The Scout Cabin is owned by the city and is increasingly being recognized as a tourist attraction. The Kansas Blue Hills Foundation is pleased to support community projects such as Danny’s. To continue to offer matching grants, the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation is entering upon a Capital Campaign Drive to raise money for the Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund is perpetual with the principal never to be spent. However, the income earned by this fund can be used to continue offering matching grants to qualified county organizations.
We invite the citizens of Osborne County to give a tax-deductible gift to the Foundation's Endowment Fund. Talk to your tax advisor and see if it would be to your advantage to make a gift to the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation this holiday season. Contact Laura McClure, President, for more information. 785-346-2715 or e-mail ksbluehills@ruraltel.net
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Kansas Blue Hills Foundation
presents check to the Downs Arts Council (Left to right) Gary Ozias, Sherry Knouf, Vice-President of the Downs Arts Council and Laura McClure, President KBHF
The Kansas Blue Hills Foundation awarded the Downs Arts Council a $700.00 Matching Community Grant in support of the Council’s Artists Workshop to be held later this year. Receiving the check for the Arts Council is Vice President, Sherry Knouf. Gary Ozias, artist and owner of the Prairie Wind Art Gallery and Studio located on Downs Main street, will conduct the workshop. His paintings have won numerous awards and hang in collections from coast to coast and in other countries. Gary specializes in landscapes but also paints wildlife and other subjects. See his web site at www.garyozias.com
Classes will be headquartered in the newly restored historical Downs Railroad Depot and will be held outside using pastel and oil paints. Grants like these are made through tax-deductible gifts to the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation from individuals and corporations who are committed to enriching the quality of life in Osborne County. Supporting community efforts to promote appreciation of the arts is one of the Nine Fields of Interest of the Foundation. Individuals, businesses, or organizations that want to preserve the way of life we now enjoy in Osborne County are encouraged to talk with a tax advisor to discuss the benefits of giving to a Community Foundation, like the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation. Talk with Laura McClure, President, 785-346-2715 for more information on how you may help.
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Teen Challenge receives Grant Teen Challenge of the Midwest, located in Alton, Kansas has been awarded a $1,000 Matching Community Project Grant to be used for updating the windows of the old Alton-Osborne Jr. Hi building which Teen Challenge now owns. Seven of the windows on the east side of the first floor have been updated as well as the one pictured and another on the front of the building. The cost of those seven windows was approximately $3,000. The grant is to be used to update windows on another section of the building which will be used as a dormitory, housing another 15-16 residents, effectively doubling the number of young men the Teen Challenge in Alton is able to serve. Changing the windows will help insulate the room, making heating and cooling more economical as well. Another benefit will be the issue of privacy for the young men living in the renovated school building.
Carolyn Williams, Vice-President of Kansas Blue Hills Foundation, presetned the $1,000 check to Dennis Mehlhaff (center) Director of Teen Challenge of the Midwest, and to Exie Barber, Board Member. (photo courtesy of Bonnie Cox)
Laura can be reached at 785-346-2715
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City of Osborne receives Grant
The Kansas Blue Hills Foundation President, Laura McClure, presented a $1,000.00 check to Osborne Mayor, George Eakin (center), and the Economic Development Director, Heather Poore (left), at the Wednesday evening meeting of the City Council. This $1,000.00 check was matched with $1,000.00 from the City funds to help with the purchase of an Aqua Smart System Genini Auto Vac for the swimming pool. This acquisition is phase one of a three-phase project. The second phase is exploring the cost of repairing the existing pool. The third phase will consist of holding a series of community meetings to see what the citizens would like to do – repair the existing pool or build a new one. This grant is one of eight Community Project Matching Grants the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation awarded in the last quarter of 2006. Grants were given for projects in Natoma, Downs, Portis, Osborne, and Alton. The mission of the foundation is to enhance the quality of life here in Osborne County by encouraging local leaders to find ways to make the county a better place to live. We invite the citizens of Osborne County to give a tax-deductible gift to the Foundation’s Endowment Fund. Talk to your tax advisor and see if it would be to your advantage to make a gift to the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation. Gifts may be sent to KBHF at P. O. Box 193, Osborne Kansas. Laura McClure, President, is available at 785-346-2715 to answer any questions you may have.
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Betty Pruter, Board Member, presenting the check to
Mr. Homburg and the 2nd grade class at the
Natoma Elementary School (left to right): Betty Pruter, Mr. Aaron Homburg; Superintendent (Back row): Terran Homburg, Sarah Pelton, Madi Staples, Taitem Zeigler, Kayley Chrisler, Teyvian Frye, & Mrs. Martha Becker; 2nd grade Teacher (Front row): Erika George, Dylan Pruter, Austin Murphy, Tyler Lund and Grady Dickerson The Natoma Elementary School has been awarded a $1,000.00 Matching Community Grant from the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation. The money will be used to purchase playground equipment. This grant reflects the Foundation’s commitment to support efforts in each of the communities to insure that Osborne County continues to be a desirable place to live and work. The Kansas Blue Hills Foundation is a Community Foundation. A Community Foundation, unlike a private foundation, depends on tax-deductible donations from individuals, businesses, and organizations to build its Endowment Fund. Once an Endowment Fund is established, the income it earns will be used to support projects that promote the common good in Osborne County. Because KBHF can only use the income generated by the Endowment Fund, your gift to the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation Endowment Fund will continue to work for the County for many years to come. Individuals, businesses, or organizations that want to preserve the way of life we now enjoy in Osborne County are encouraged to talk with a tax advisor to discuss the benefits of giving to a Community Foundation, like the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation. Talk with Laura McClure, President, 785-346-2715 for more information on how you may help. | Contact the Kansas Blue Hills Foundation at: ksbluehills@ruraltel.net
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Phone: 785-346-2715 KBHF P.O. Box 193 Osborne, KS 67473 |
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