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WKCF opens grant season
WKCF release
As of Feb. 1, 2021, the Western Kansas Community Foundation (WKCF) has resumed accepting applications for urgent needs grants in response to the continuing COVID-19 conditions in southwest Kansas. Grants will be made to eligible nonprofits from the Urgent Needs Fund with the Foundation, which was established by local contributors in 2020 to address the increasing needs of nonprofits during the crisis. Urgent Needs grants will be made on a rolling basis and continue while funds last.
“In 2020, through contributions from generous donors, as well as partnerships with the Finnup Foundation and Finney County United Way, over $97,000 in Urgent Needs funding was granted to area nonprofits,” Stacie Hahn, WKCF’s Program & Marketing Director, said. “Through additional funding, we are excited that the Foundation is able to continue providing relief grants in 2021, while the needs surrounding the virus are still evident in our community.”
How will we all remember 2020 in Finney County history?
We don’t know if our predecessors in Finney County looked back on 1918 and 1919 - the years of the Great Influenza - as a time of lost opportunities, but it’s clear that people in our community today will remember 2020 the year of the six-week statewide shutdown, and the year of shortages, hand-sanitizer, face masks and keeping our distance.
Unfortunately, some will also remember it as a year in which friends and family were lost to the pandemic.
Here at the Finney County Historical Museum, we’ve certainly faced some daunting challenges during 2020, as did most other non-profit organizations serving the community. In the year to come, even with vaccination efforts now under way, there will be additional adversity too.