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Published by Greater Salina Community Foundation, 2019-12-27 15:36:14

Community Grants Report

December 2019

Community Grants Report
December 2019

City of Clyde - Clyde Ball Association, Clyde Ball Association Facility Improvement

Dane G. Hansen Community Fund, $5,000, Awarded 03/19/2018

Project Summary: Our organization is requesting funding for shade structures and handicapped accessible
bleachers for the facilty.

Use of Funds: The grant funds were used toward the purchase of handicapped accessible bleachers.

Impact & Results: A small group of volunteers showed up weekend after weekend to construct all of the
improvements that have been made to the ballfield. It created new friendships, allowed for young and old to
work alongside each other, and helped families that showed up to spend quality time together and gain pride
in something in their community.

Cloud County 4-H Council,
Making the K’NEX-tion for Youth

Youth Acitvity Fund, $1,000, Awarded 12/19/2017

Project Summary: To purchase K’Nex (building sets) to
provide STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math)
programming and opportunities for all youth to encourage
consideration of STEM careers and opportunities.

Use of Funds: The grant funds were used to purchase
the K’Nex rods, connectors, wheels, and other parts. I also
purchased totes to store and transport the K’Nex.

Impact & Results: I wish that I could share all of my photos as we have photos of youth engaged in theimagine,
plan, and test phases of the engineering design process! Being in the classrooms has been a great opportunity for
these youth to learn teamwork skills and the possibilities of being an engineer! Sometimes, I’m not sure who had
more fun - the youth or our 4-H Staff as we could see the youth working together to solve problems! It was also so
exciting to see something click as the classes designed and modified their projects. In Concordia, we visited all five
4th grade classes over a span of two days. On the second day, as we were setting up our ramp to test the vehicles
in the hallway, other kids were asking if we were visiting their rooms again! The children had so much fun that they
wanted to do it again!

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4-H is all about hands-on learning and this is a great
example. The youth had the opportunity to learn hands-on
about friction. If they had connectors too tight and rubbing
on their wheels, they learned that friction was causing
their vehicle to slow down. They realized that their vehicle
traveled straighter if the vehicle was more symmetrical. It
was just such an awesome experience to see these kids
figuring out what was wrong with their vehicle and how to
modify it for the better.

Another huge aspect in 4-H is learning life skills. One thing
that youth found out through this Engineering Design
Process was that modifications may not always help your
design. One group tested a vehicle for their first time and it went very straight, very fast, and very far! Success! But
we encourage our youth to go straighter, faster, farther. Every modification they may did not work better. While
they were getting frustrated, we applied this to a real life situation and the youth understood as this can happen in
a multitude of situations.

Overall, these STEM activities have just been a great opportunity to teach youth to think outside of the box,
work together, and consider STEM careers as our society continues to seek technological advances. Thank
you so much for your support in this endeavor!

Brown Grand Opera House INC, Veterans’ Day Celebration

Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Fund, $3,600, Awarded 9/11/2019

Project Summary: Veterans’ Day Celebration will include 2 performances by concert pianist Thomas Pandolfi,
one in the afternoon for Concordia Middle School students and one in the evening for the community. Both
performances at the Brown Grand Theatre.

Use of Funds: The funds were used to pay the artist fees, hotel, piano tuning and advertising.

Impact & Results: Those who attended were well pleased with the performance and were thankful for it being
free thanks to the Community Foundation grant. Thomas was very entertaining and very interactive with the
crowd. Everyone enjoyed the music and were highly impressed with his skills.

City of Concordia, City of Concordia National Night Out

Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Fund, $365.49, Awarded 06/24/2019

Project Summary: National Night Out is a yearly event that promotes community member interactions through
neighborhood gatherings and strengthens the general public’s relationship with law enforcement.

Use of Funds: The Blade Newspaper ads, KNCK National Night Out radio ad, 60 LED glow rings, and National
Night Out temporary washable tattoos.

Impact & Results: National Night Out is an annual event that is held the first Tuesday in August in Concordia.
This year’s event was held on August 6th and consisted of five neighborhood block parties, attended by
approximately 250 community members. National Night Out is organized through the efforts of the Concordia

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Police Department and the Year of Peace Committee. It is a unique opportunity for neighbors to get to know each
other better, share information and develop relationships with the goal of making their neighborhoods safer. Law
enforcement officers visit each block party so they can interact with community members, listen to concerns
and suggestions, and give advice to keep people safe. The main block party was held at the Broadway Plaza in
downtown Concordia. A number of local organizations hosted activities and gave out information showing all that
is available in the community to keep people safe and help them in time of need.

The grant was used primarily for advertising to make the community aware of the National Night Out event and
supplies for events for the main block party at the Broadway Plaza. Advertising was done in the Blade Empire/
Advertiser and on KNCK in the format of news articles, display ads and a weekly radio show.

City of Glasco, Glasco Community Recreation

Dane G. Hansen Community Fund, $7,500,
Awarded 06/25/2018

Project Summary: To develop a recreation service for our
community. We will employ a program coordinator to engage
volunteers to provide workshop series for all ages and a Youth and
Family Center to meet the special needs of teens and families.

Use of Funds: The grant was used specifically for the grant
coordinator, materials for youth and family programs and
improvements made to the youth center. After beginning our
project, community members saw the benefits and began to
donate. We received $3,477 in additional monetary donations. We
wanted to continue to close the gap in funds received from this
grant to what we requested so we could complete all of our project, and we expanded our vision with the success
of projects and community excitement. We applied for other grants for a total of $13,621. The largest contributor
was for a trap shoot unit and facility as our local students have begun this sport and even competed in state and
national competitions. Now, the students can stay in our community to practice, and we can hold events in Glasco.
Receiving this grant opened opportunities to additional grants.

Impact & Results: We were able to provide 15 recreational and/or educational events for the community since
receiving the grant through the support of the Senior Center, Corner Store, the Park and other community
organizations that allowed us to use their facility as we were working on the Youth Center. The events were geared
toward a variety of audiences. The following is a breakdown: five grade school, one high school, one adult/high
school, one adult, three family and three for all the community. We had 29 different volunteers participate in
putting on the events with our coordinator organizing each event and advertising. We had seven collaborators and
278 attendees throughout the events. We have learned that it takes more time to set up the events when working
with multiple volunteer schedules. We need to look farther in the future and have events set up far in advance to
allow for the volunteer schedule to be met. We also learned that the community is responding positively to our
efforts. Multiple community members donated financially and with their talents as they have said they wished they
had something like this when they were younger. We have completed the Youth Center and will begin a regular
schedule of events in this facility. We learned that the weather and major traumatic family events are something
we cannot control and it interfered with how quick we wanted to get the Youth Center completed. However,
perseverance prevails and it is now complete and ready for activity.

Receiving this grant has set many wheels in motion. Once the press release hit of our goal to enhance the quality
of life and increase the social health of the residents of Glasco through safe, fun and educational activities as a

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way to support retention of families
staying in Glasco, many community
members current and past began to get
involved. Some got involved by financially
supporting our efforts and others through
volunteering and/or participating in
activities. We offered a variety of activities
to all ages in our community and
emphasized family engagement!

A huge piece of the impact is the
participation of some our disadvantaged
families. We offered all of our events at
no cost this year. Therefore, no one was
left out because of finances. Since many
of these families do not come to other activities (swimming pool or swimming lessons, Vacation Bible School,
etc) we know from their feedback that the opportunities we have provided through the Recreation Board have
made these families feel a welcomed part of the community. Mothers, fathers and young children enthusiastically
participated in the Family Charlie Brown Pumpkin, Thanksgiving, and Christmas activities. It was nice to see
parents and children bonding together and completing activities together.

A local WWII veteran gave harmonica lessons to the children with the harmonica that he carried during the war.
Another impactful event was the military history class because it reached the age range from 16 years old to 93
years old. The movie nights free to the community brought many people together. Attendee’s shared that the
evenings are awe inspiring to see the range of ages and people who don’t know each other enjoying a movie
together and getting to know one another. In fact, one of the attendee’s gave a donation to support what we
are doing. There have been numerous people in the community that have stopped the coordinators or board
members on the street or at an event and expressed gratitude and thankfulness for what we are doing. These folks
have shared their thankfulness in their words and financial support of our efforts. Some said that they wished that
there were things like this available to them and their friends when they were growing up. Our coordinator jumped
on board with us when she learned of our goals even though she had never felt the desire to be involved in the
community prior to the recreation board contacting her. She writes a weekly column in the newspaper and people
frequently tell her that they look for the What’s on the Horizon article to keep up with what all is going on in this
tiny, little town.

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