6/8/2011

By the Salina Journal

The Greater Salina Community Foundation on Tuesday announced the awarding of $34,850 worth of grants from two funds.

The foundation received 27 applications totaling more than $100,400 for grants from the Fund for Greater Salina. Grants are capped at $5,000. Significant donors to the endowment include Bob and Marcia Anderson; Clark, Mize & Linville, Chtd.; Don and Opal Dieckhoff; Tex and Betty Fury Fund; Joy D. Peterson Memorial Fund; Joe and Mildred Pankaskie; Chester B. and Laurabelle Smith; Charles E. Stevens Fund and Michael and Alice Sullivan.

Grants awarded are:

n$3,600 to the Saline County Commission on Aging, Sunflower Adult Day Services, to buy an Internet-based information system to enhance patient care and improve program management.

n$5,000 to Saline County Smart Start to help secure state funds that help improve the quality of early care and education for children to age 5 and encourage further education for the staff who provide that care.

n$2,500 to the Salina Art Center to support the summer art program.

n$1,500 to Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure to buy embossers and print passports to continue the "Passport to Discovery" education program.

n$2,000 to Salina Emergency Aid-Food Bank to help recently unemployed Salinans with utilities, rent and deposits.

n$2,000 to the Smoky Hill Museum to increase the entertainment and activities offered at the Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair.

n$1,750 to Kansas Wesleyan University for Holocaust Remembrance Week activities, including appearances by Dr. Edith Eger, a Holocaust survivor.

The following grants were made possible through a partnership with the Salina Regional Health Foundation Community Health Investment Program.

n$5,000 to Martin Luther King Jr. Child Development Center for scholarships for low-income families who do not qualify for government assistance.

n$5,000 to Salina Child Care Association for scholarships for low-income families.

n$2,000 to St. John's Missionary Baptist Church for "Kids to College," a new program that will expose low-income or first-generation college students to college opportunities and the process of qualifying for, selecting and applying to college.

n$1,000 to Youthville to establish a Youthville Saline County Foster Fund to help local foster children and foster families with needs not covered by the state or community resources.

n$1,500 to Christ Cathedral Montessori School to buy preschool learning materials.

n$2,000 to Salina Christian Academy to buy equipment for a physical education program.

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