Giving Tuesday nets more than $249,000 in central Kansas
Mackenzie Mitchell/Golden Belt Community Foundation
Special to Gannett
GREAT BEND – Golden Belt Gives 2020 campaigns raise over $249,000 for area non-profits Golden Belt Community Foundation just completed its seventh Giving Tuesday campaign, wrapping up and announcing the results during a Virtual Great Bend Chamber of Commerce Coffee Thursday morning.
During the regular Giving Tuesday Campaign, held November 1 to December 1, over 1,000 gifts were made to support 93 central Kansas charitable organizations and endowment funds raising a total of $183,345.25.
“This year marked GBCF’s 7 th year to be a Giving Tuesday partner,” stated Mackenzie Mitchell, Development and Communications Coordinator, “and again this year we invited all charitable organizations in Barton, Pawnee, Rush, and Stafford counties to participate.”