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Almost 100 Years of Ellsworth School History

Ellsworth Jr./Sr. High School has one of the most complete collections of printed history of the school in the area. The community foundation granted USD 327 funding to purchase a fireproof cabinet to keep these archives in.

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Charitable foundation awards scholarships
May 16, 2022
ELLSWORTH, Kan.— The Smoky Hills Charitable Foundation awarded a scholarship to an area student for the upcoming academic year.
Community Foundation welcomes new coordinator
May 10, 2022
The Smoky Hills Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce Deneen Urbanek as the new Coordinator of the Foundation.

Town of Kanopolis

The Kansas Strategic Group’s goal is to help beautify and clean up the town of Kanopolis. With a grant from the community foundation, the group was able to repair, paint and install a new door to the building so it can continue to be utilized by community organizations.

Feeding the Children

Feeding the Children of Central Kansas was so lucky to be able to help a college student. Not only did she learn with her work experience in her planned career but our program benefited by having another staff person able to supervise volunteers of all ages.

Immanuel Lutheran Church

Immanuel Lutheran church has been actively doing outreach into the community. We were limited somewhat by Covid 19 but alot of our activities happened before March. It was decided that the money set-aside for quilt making and bierock bake-off would go directly to the Wilson/Dorrance Food Bank where there was great need with the pandemic.