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News from the Community Foundation

Fall Grants Open – Let’s Build What’s Next!

๐…๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง โ€” ๐‹๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ!! The Smoky Hills Community Foundationis now accepting applications for our Fall Grant Season, open ๐€๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ โ€“ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ. This is

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August 6, 2025

SHCF’s $100,000 Catalyst for Care!

๐—ฆ๐—›๐—–๐—™โ€™๐˜€ $๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ Something remarkable is taking place in Ellsworth County, and it starts with belief. Not just belief in healthcare or infrastructure, but belief in one another.

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July 2, 2025

Exciting News for Future Medical Students in Ellsworth County!!

๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ Many of you have heard about the incredible $15 million gift from Drs. David and Katrina Seitz to the University of

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July 2, 2025
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Colby Richard

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Office: 519 Prairie Lane Mail: PO Box 265 Ellsworth, KS 67439

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