Kanopolis Beautification

Impact Impact Stories Kanopolis Beautification

Town of Kanopolis

The Kansas Strategic Group’s goal is to help beautify and clean up the town of Kanopolis. Since 2017, they have participated in community cleanup programs including painting and picking up trash and old tires. This year, the group wanted to repair and paint an old Quonset that is owned and used by many community organizations.

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. "Without the Smoky Hills Charitable Foundation grant, this project would not have been possible," said grantee Jan Bontrager. Now the community has a building that not only is more appealing, but is able to be used for years to come.

Ellsworth Fire Department

The Ellsworth Fire Department is a group of approximately 40 volunteer firefighters, with lockers that are insufficient in storage and old equipment. Grant funding from the community foundation was used to purchase supplies and labor for the construction of new lockers for the firefighters.

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City of Holyrood

The Holyrood Park Committee was able to purchase new picnic tables for the park and splash pad area to replace the old, worn out picnic tables, thanks to a grant from the community foundation.

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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.

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