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Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Lighting the Way
Winter 2011
Plains Community Building
It started as a vision. Over ten years
ago a handful of people in Plains,
Kansas had a dream. They wanted
a building that would host various
different events in their community.
A fund was started at the Community Foundation in July of 2000 to
provide donors to the project a way
making their gifts tax deductible.
The building contains a completely modern kitchen with meeting
rooms that can be re-configured to
accommodate almost any organization, group or family’s needs. The
new community building is designed
to handle simultaneous events and
will serve the Plains community for
generations to come.
This project was a public and private venture. Private funds and grants
account for 90% of the project, relying on taxpayers for only 10% of the
funding. The result is a wonderful
asset for the entire community to enjoy and speaks to the quality of life
in Southwest Kansas which is an essential ingredient in economic development. In no time at all, the people
McWhirt Family Scholarship Established
As a longtime resident and retired school administrator Don McWhirt felt
compelled to give back to his community. Don has spent a lifetime giving
to his community. He served as a school administrator and on various volunteer community boards, as well as the Jetmore City Council. Given his
background and passion for education, it is not surprising that his gift would
come as a scholarship. When this scholarship endows it will provide a $1,000
scholarship for a deserving student from Hodgeman County. Endowed scholarships are designed to last forever and the McWhirt Family Scholarship will
be instrumental in touching many lives in the years to come
of Plains will be wondering what they
did before their community building
became reality.
The Community Foundation is
honored to have been part of this
project and looking forward to being part of the next “vision to reality”
project that benefits Plains, Kansas.
Leidigh Family
Fund Endows
The Leidigh Family Fund was established to memorialize the life of
Helen Leidigh and honor the entire
Leidigh family and their contributions to the community of Spearville,
Kansas, throughout the years. The
Leidigh family has been involved in
local banking since 1908. They were
involved in founding the First National Bank of Spearville. The Leidigh Family Fund benefits business
education classes at Spearville High
School.
Community Foundation
of Southwest Kansas
Board of Directors
2010
Margaret Hamilton
Chair
Bradley C. Ralph
Vice Chair
Rolland Werner
Treasurer
Martha Barnhardt
Floris Jean Hampton
Michael Hitz
Mindy Burkhart
Alice Schoonover
David Snapp
Jeff Thorpe
Lu Ann Wetmore
Staff
Pat Hamit
Executive Director
[email protected]
Stephanie Groth
Program Director
[email protected]
208 W. Wyatt Earp
Suite 200
P.O. Box 1313
Dodge City, KS 67801
620-225-0959
620-227-4946 (fax)
www.communityfoundationswks.com
Message from the Chairperson
As another year comes to a close, and we reflect on the past six months, we
realize a number of facts. One that stands out in great encouragement, the
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas continually has new and greater
means by which we provide or participate in numerous projects and events, all
of which enrich the lives of people whose lives we touch.
Throughout this newsletter you have a general scope of the events and programs that involved the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas during
the past six months. Establishing new Fund Accounts continues to broaden our
basis for reaching out to the needs of others; youth enrichment was in the foreground with Phase Two of Rachel’s Challenge where over 4,200 students from
surrounding eight communities participated. The Grant Program was able to
award grants to organizations who are most in need
of financial assistance. Surrounding communities
have taken tremendous leadership in developing
ways and means by which they make a significant
difference in their community. The Foundation is
working closely with these communities to provide
various assistance.
Many of you already recognize various ways you
can directly or indirectly participate in the outstanding contribution you can make by sharing
your time, talent and treasure. Support from the
great people of Southwest Kansas may come from
personal incidental gifts to serious estate and tax
planning. The Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas stands ready to assist in whatever manner serves you best.
As the Foundation outlines the on-going plan into the future, you are the
most important part of those plans. To work together and see the result of those
efforts is beyond measure as we together “Light the Way for Future Generations,” and for that we are forever grateful to all of you.
—Margaret Hamilton,
Chairperson of the Board of Directors
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
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The mission of the Community Foundation of Southwest
Kansas is to improve the quality of life in the Southwest
Kansas area by providing ongoing philanthropic leadership
and maintaining and enhancing the educational, social,
cultural, health and civic resources of the community.
—Mission Statement
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Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Community Foundation
of Southwest Kansas
Founders
photo by Dale Hingle
Hodgeman Community Foundation
Affiliates and Meets the Challenge
Putting their money where their mouth is, board members, donors and
supporters of the Hodgeman Community Foundation have met the matching
challenge.
The Board of Directors of the Hodgeman Community Foundation voted
in April of this year to start an unrestricted endowed fund for the benefit of
Hodgeman County. After the expressing an interest in placing their fund
with the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas, the Board of Directors of this Community Foundation voted to be first funders of this endowment and granted the first $1,000.00 to the fund.
Hoping to provide incentive and motivation, Board of Directors of Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas challenged the Hodgeman group to
raise an additional $2,000 before the end of December of this year to receive
an additional $1,000 grant.
The Hodgeman Community Foundation not only met this challenge they
exceeded it. With a now fully funded endowment the Hodgeman group will
be looking forward to making grants in Hodgeman County in the near future
and for many years to come. As this fund continues to grow so will the size
of the grants made to the benefit of Hanston, Jetmore and all of Hodgeman
County.
Congratulations to the Hodgeman Community Foundation our newest
community affiliate.
TORCH FUND
Mike & Mindy Burkhart
(Call 620-225-0959 for more information
on becoming a member of The Torch Fund.)
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Jay & Sharon Bezdek
Tom & Roberta Harkness
Landmark National Bank
Tom & Donna Shirley
Gary & Charlotte Chaffin
Mrs. Arthur J. Ebener
Sunflower Bank N.A.
Dave & Carol Wagner
Bank of America – Dodge City
Fidelity State Bank & Trust Co.
Bill and Nona Chaffin
Western Beverage, Inc.
Chaffin, Inc.
Dillon Stores
James E. Blakely
Earl & Dora Fry
Ralph & Kenneth Monger
Feist Publications, Inc.
Southwest Distributing, Inc.
Robert & Shirley Beal
Jim & Tonya Lewis
Robert & Melba Swaim
Robert & June Coffin
Don & Shirley Skinner
Marvin & Barbara Odgers
Charles E. & Doris M. Landers
Dwight F. Packard
Dr. Luther & Ardis Fry
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Dodge City Daily Globe /
Shoppers Weekly
W.E. Ripple & E.A. Liebl, Partners
Western Plains Medical Complex
High Plains Publishers, Inc.
Timothy E. and Alice Schoonover
United Wireless Communications, Inc.
Joseph G. & Jacqueline C. Trindle
Credit Union of Dodge City
Vernon R. Zollars
Gertrude Goddard &
James E. Goddard, IV
Duane & Mary Jo Tasset
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Rachel’s Challenge
The Community Foundation
sponsored a return engagement of the
Rachel’s Challenge program last September. Rachel’s Challenge targets
anti-violence and bullying in schools.
This is the premier program of its
kind in the nation and the second
time it has been presented to schools
in Southwest Kansas.
The original Rachel’s Challenge
program was presented to six area
schools representing approximately
1,500 students. The enhanced program, Rachel’s Legacy, was attended
by more than 2,600 students from
three different schools.
A special thanks to our partners
in sponsoring this program: Fidelity State Bank and Trust, The City
of Dodge City, Dodge City Public
Schools-USD 443 and Sunflower
Bank. School violence still rates
among the top three causes of student deaths in America today. The
Community Foundation and our
sponsoring partners remain committed to being part of the solution in
solving this national problem.
Foundation Office Relocated
We’ve moved again. For the second
time in 19 years the Foundation’s office has moved. Our new location is
208 West Wyatt Earp Blvd. The entrance to our building is through the
south entrance of Fidelity State Bank
and then take the elevator to the second floor.
Our previous landlords, Mike and
Mindy Burkhart, provided the office
space at our former location and it was
exactly what was needed at the time. The Board of Directors of the Community Foundation will always be grateful to the Burkhart’s for the helping hand.
The new office should serve the Community Foundation’s needs for many
years to come. The Board of Directors and staff of the Community Foundation sincerely appreciate Ben Zimmerman, III for his help in acquiring this
new office space.
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Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Grants:
The primary goal of the Community Foundation is to make this part of Southwest Kansas a better
place to live and raise children. This goal is accomplished through the management and distribution
of endowed funds. Earnings from the endowed funds are given back to the communities we serve
in the form of scholarships and grants. The Community Foundation was established to help donors
realize their philanthropic dreams and goals. Every grant and scholarship awarded by the Community
Foundation is a direct result of a donor with a vision and a desire to give something back to the communities of Southwest Kansas.
Open competitive grants at the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas are awarded in the
third quarter of every year. This year grants were awarded to agencies and organizations in Ford, Gray,
Hodgeman, and Meade Counties.
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Grant 2010 Year-to-Date
The Following Grants were awarded from the Kansas Health Foundation Children’s Fund:
Organization
Amount
Boy Scout Troop #162
$ 600.00
CASA-Children Worth Saving 500.00
Catholic Social Services 2,000.00
Cimarron USD-102 3rd Grade 600.00
Coats for Kids 750.00
Crisis Center 1,500.00
Dodge City High School 1,000.00
Dodge City Arts Council 1,000.00
Dodge City Special Olympics 1,000.00
Dodge City Lyons Club- 500.00
Dodge City Public Library 700.00
Dodge City Rotary 1,000.00
Depot Theater Company 1,000.00
Fowler Arts Council, Inc. 1,000.00
Hodgeman County Health Dept 500.00
Hospice of the Prairie, Inc. 1,500.00
Latinos Outreach & Leadership 500.00
Montezuma Grade School 750.00
Meade State Park 450.00
Plain/Kismet Ministerial Alliance 500.00
Rachel’s Challenge 3,480.00
South Central Elementary School 750.00
USD – 476 Copeland Schools 200.00
USD – 476 Copeland Schools 200.00
USD – 476 Copeland Schools 200.00
Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas 1,000.00
South Gray Schools 762.00
Rachel’s Challenge 2,320.00
Spearville Pride Committee 2,300.00
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Project
For scouting equipment
To Recruit and train volunteers
Non-denominational “Teen Moms” program
Classroom equipment ELMO Projector
To purchase coats
For shelter improvements
Support for the Science Olympiad team
Children summer art classes
To attend Basketball & Cheerleading Tournament
Eyeglass program for kids
For the Story Time project
Oral health program for children
Youth Division projects and programs
Printmaking workshop for young students
Toddler’s Safety Seat program
Kid’s Grief project
2011 Hispanic Health Awareness program
For a media center
OK Kids Day Project
Angel Tree project
Program support
Classroom equipment ELMO Projector
For audio visual equipment
For audio visual equipment
For audio visual equipment
For the program at Dodge City High School
For audio visual equipment
Program support
For the Catch Key program (KHF Spearville Fund)
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
The Following Grants were awarded from the Irene Thompson Fund:
Organization
Amount
Project
First United Methodist Church of Dodge City
533.00
Support for ongoing programs and projects
First United Methodist Church of Kismet
533.00
Support for ongoing programs and projects
Manor of the Plains
533.00
To assist with the indigent fund
Salvation Army
213.00
Support for ongoing programs and projects
Arrowhead West, Inc.
213.00
Support for ongoing programs and projects
New Chance, Inc.
213.00
Support for ongoing programs and projects
First United Methodist Church of Dodge City
426.00
For youth education
The Following grants were awarded from specifically designated funds:
Organization
Amount
Fund/Project
Spearville High School
627.00
Leidigh Family Fund Benefit the Business Ed Dept.
Dodge City Community College
239.00
Vernon R. Zollars Fund, DC-3 Music Dept
Newman University 11,087.50
St. Mary Memorial Trust, Care of Hennessey Hall
City of Dodge City 11,087.50
St. Mary Memorial Trust, Care of Hennessey Hall
USD-443 Dodge City Public Schools
115.00
USD-443 Marylin Shipley Children’s Literacy
Fund, Title -1 Reading Program
Plains Public Library
289.00
Plains Community Foundation Fund,
Support for on-going programs and projects
First United Methodist Church of Dodge City
175.00
Carol Wagner Memorial Fund, To feed the hungry
United Methodist Youthville 5,864.00
R.D. Croll Fund,
Support for on-going programs and projects
Boot Hill Museum 40,000.00
Boot hill Museum Endowment,
Support for on-going programs and projects
Meade State Park
1,070.24
Meade State Park & Lake Fund,
Restaurant equipment
City of Plains
48,359.00
Plains Community Building Fund,
Plains Community Building
Sedalia Community Church
322.00
William &Imogene Henton Fund,
Support for on-going programs and projects
The Crisis Center
326.00
The Crisis Center Endowment, for on-going programs Meade State Park 1,000.00
Meade State Park & Lake Fund,
Support for on-going programs and projects
City of Plains 70,175.48
Plains Community Building Fund,
Plains Community Building
Four Clover 4-H Camp
163.00
Blake Stanley Memorial 4-H Fund,
Scholarships to attend 4-H Camp
City of Plains 22,045.67
Plains Community Building Fund,
Equipment for Plains Community Building
The Crisis Center 1,000.00
Anonymous Support for programs
55th Anniversary of Gunsmoke Production 3,500.00
Dodge City Trail of Fame Fund, To produce the
55th Anniversary of Gunsmoke Convention
The Following grants were awarded from donor advised funds:
Organization
Amount
Fund/Project
American Cancer Society 500.00
Bill and Nona Chaffin Fund, Relay for Life
The Vineyard Church 300.00
Bill and Nona Chaffin Fund, Support for mission work
Cimarron Gun & Archery Club1,004.00
Bill and Nona Chaffin Fund, Update facilities
The Depot Theater Co. 500.00
Tim & Alice Schoonover Endowed Fund, Update facilities
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Juvenile Diabetes Association 500.00
The Crisis Center15,000.00
Liberal, Ks 750.00
The Spearville Pride Committee
17,400.00
The Spearville Pride Committee 5,000.00
Don & Shirley Skinner Donor Advised Fund, For research
Earl & Luther Fry Family Fund, Support for operations
Cottonwood Intermediate School
Bank of America Pass-through Fund, To attend Odyssey of
the Mind Competition
Kathy Feist Family Foundation Fund, Enhance the
Spearville park & playground area
Kathy Feist Family Foundation Fund, 5 local scholarships
The Following grants were awarded from health related funds:
Organization
Amount
Fund/Project
Western Plains Medical Complex 689.08
The Circle of Hope Fund, Mammography Program
Western Plains Medical Complex 500.00
The Circle of Hope Fund, Mammography Program
Western Plains Medical Complex 1,000.00
The Circle of Hope Fund, Mammography Program
Relay for Life 1,000.00
The Circle of Hope Fund, Program Support
Ford County Oral Health Coalition 393.55
Ford County Oral Health Coalition Fund, Operating and
Organizational Expenses
Amy Wilkerson Fund 1,000.00
The Circle of Hope Fund, Helping families with cancer
Megan Kramer Fund 2,000.00
The Circle of Hope Fund, Helping families with cancer
Circle of Hope 1,000.00
The Circle of Hope Fund, Gift cards, transportation and
blankets for cancer patients
Circle of Hope 2,000.00
The Circle of Hope Fund, Mammography Program
Soroptimist International of DCK 500.00
The Circle of Hope Fund, 13th Annual Women’s Cancer
Awareness Program
United Methodist Mexican
American Ministries 12,500.00
Ford County Oral Health Coalition Fund,
Operating expenses for dental clinic
The Following grants were awarded from the unrestricted funds:
Organization
Amount
Fund/Project
Bucklin Better Life Foundation1,712.00
Bucklin Better Life Foundation Fund, Swimming pool project
The Fuse Foundation
1,251.00
Gertrude Goddard Fund, Summer Camp for
The Fuse Foundation
1,251.00
James Goddard, IV Fund, physically impaired children
Ford County Kids Count 400.00
The Fund for Dodge City, Families in Action program
South Gray Schools 638.00
The Margaret Robb Fund, Audio Visual Equipment
The Depot Theater Company 617.00
The Margaret Robb Fund, Youth Division projects
The Depot Theater Company 33.00
The Fund for Dodge City, Youth Division projects
The Depot Theater Company136.00
Gail & Ora Mae Schraeder Fund, Youth Division projects
Fowler Public Library 69.15
Fowler Community Foundation Fund, Library supplies
Fowler Arts Council130.85
Fowler Community Foundation Fund, Ongoing youth projects
Hodgeman Community Foundation Fund1,000.00
CFSK Operating Fund, Hodgeman Community
Foundation Fund
Hodgeman Community Foundation Fund 1,000.00
CFSK Operating FundHFC matching funds challenge
CFSK’s Scholarship Fund
5,000.00
The Margaret Robb Fund, Funding scholarships
TOTAL GRANTS YTD
$ 325,946.02
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Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Founder’s Passing
vote of confidence for the concept of
a local community foundation. Bob
passed away on August 10, 2010, and
is survived by his wife, Shirley.
Vernon R. Zollars was never a
stranger to giving. He gave service to
his country as a Marine and a POW in
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the Pacific Theater of operations during World War II. As a music instructor he gave over 40 years of service
to both Dodge City High School and
Dodge City Community College.
As a Founder with the Community
Foundation, Vernon established the
fund that bears his name. His fund
was established to benefit the music
department at Dodge City Community College. Vernon passed away on
November 10, 2010.
The Community Foundations is
about to celebrate 20 years of operations. Without people like Vernon
Zollars, Robert Beals, and Tom and
Roberta Harkness, this anniversary
would not be possible. As Founders, their names will be memorialized
into perpetuity at this organization.
–Thank you!
114 Gunsmoke Avenue
P.O. Box 1313
Dodge City, KS 67801-1313
Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas
Roberta Harkness passed away on
July 31, 2010. Roberta was preceded
in death by Tom, her husband of 59
years. Both Tom and Roberta were
involved in the Community Foundation from its inception. As contributors to the Founders Fund and the
Thomas H. and Roberta B. Harkness
Endowed Fund, Tom and Roberta
were active in philanthropy in our
community. Roberta served on the
Community Foundation’s Board of
Directors from 1998 to 2004.
Robert “Bob” C. Beals was an international businessman, engineer and
inventor. Mr. Beale strongly believed
in giving back to the community that
was good to him. In the beginning
days of the Community Foundation,
Bob was among the first contributors
to the Founders Fund which was a
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