Apparently the St. Patrick’s Committee has found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
During Wednesday’s now-annual check presentation at the KVOE studios, over $35,000 was passed out to 24 different organizations, including the committee’s endowed scholarship at Flint Hills Technical College. Spokespeople Trey Sommers and Barb Ternes-Lowery say they are looking forward to raising a lot of money for different community groups — and they thanked this year’s beneficiaries for their work to make the fundraising efforts a success.
All group requests were fully funded. The prior record of $30,000 was set last year.
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Beneficiaries
*All Veterans Memorial: $2,000 for Tablets of Honor Phase II
*Beacon for Hope: $2,000 for training
*Becoming a Mom: $500 for a tent, tables and chairs
*Buffy Animal Welfare Group: $500 for medical attention expenses
*Camp Alexander: $3,400 for camp scholarships
*Cradle to Career Literacy Center: $750 for writers camp teaching materials
*CrossWinds Counseling and Wellness: $1,500 for laptops
*Emporia Public Library: $1,500 for tables and chairs
*Emporia Sertoma Club: $2,000 for miniature train track repairs
*Loving Hands Ministries: $2,000 for foster care
*Lyon County Historical Society: $380 for a multi-drawer organizer and materials
*National Teachers Hall of Fame: $2,000 for writers camp teaching materials
*Neosho Valley Shrine: $2,000 for buses to take second-grade students to circus
*North Lyon County Youth Association: $2,000 for playground equipment
*North Lyon County Veterans Memorial: $2,000 for a memorial stone
*Read to Your Bunny: $60 for books
*Resource Center for Independent Living: $400 for coloring books
*Sacred Heart Child Care Center: $1,500 for playground equipment
*Safe Kids Emporia: $500 for car seat check lane event bags
*USD 252 Early Childhood Center: $660 for mats and mirrors
*USD 252 Honor Flight program: $2,500
*USD 253 Transitions: $500 for upcoming prom
*What’s In Outdoors: $2,500 for outreach programs
**Flint Hills Technical College endowed scholarship: $3,000 ($2,000 from St. Patrick’s Committee, $1,000 from Vektek)
