Match Day didn’t just break the previous fundraising record.
The eighth annual fundraiser shattered the prior mark set just last year by gathering over $455,000 — well above the $322,000, which was last year’s record.
Emporia Community Foundation Director Becky Nurnberg has called Match Day the foundation’s gift to the area, and she says it’s one the Community Foundation is proud to organize.
The top fundraising group this year: Team Schnak Strong, which gathered almost $66,000 — an individual group record — and nearly $21,000 more than last year’s prior individual group record.
Pioneer Bluffs generated over $35,000 last year and went over $50,000 this year, causing a double-take from Director Lynn Smith.
North Lyon County Youth Association, which raised over $20,000. Board Vice President Kiley DeDonder says Match Day and its impact is “powerful.”
12:30 pm Tuesday: Emporia Community Foundation’s Match Day raises over $455,000
The Emporia Community Foundation’s annual Match Day reset the fundraising record book in a big way.
As a whole, Match Day produced $455,703.46, more than $133,000 above last year’s prior record.
Individually, most of the 21 returning groups raised amounts significantly higher than they did last year, and the four first-time groups generated between $4,500-over $17,000. The top fundraising group this year: Team Schnak Strong, which gathered almost $66,000 — an individual group record — and nearly $21,000 more than last year’s prior individual group record.
Totals were announced at Flinthills Mall and aired live on KVOE and KVOE.com on Tuesday.
Over the course of Match Day’s eight-year history, the event has generated almost $1.9 million to benefit 39 nonprofits in Lyon and surrounding counties.
Participating groups 2020/2021 totals
*Arvonia Historic Preservation Society. 2021 total: $17,137.75
*Camp Alexander. 2021 total: $19,202.10
*C4 Food Pantry. 2021 total: $18,474.98
*Chase County Historical Society and Museum. 2021 total: $18,968.31. 2020 total: $17,502.28
*Emporia Area Habitat for Humanity. 2021 total: $30,349.60. 2020 total: $10,999.56
*Emporia Celebrates the Flint Hills. 2021 total: $4,475.37
*Emporia Granada Theatre Alliance. 2021 total: $12,496.28
*Emporia Municipal Band. 2021 total: $6,162.98. 2020 total: $3,204.26
*Emporia Sertoma Club Miniature Train. 2021 total: $4,967.96. 2020 total: $4,798.57
*FEAS. 2021 total: $29,745.75. 2020 total: $20,696.88
*Food for Students. 2021 total: $27,755.18. 2020 total: $20,278.85
*Friends of the Emporia Public Library. 2021 total: $9,252.71. 2020 total: $6,969.00
*Hispanics of Today and Tomorrow. 2021 total: $6,673.16. 2020 total: $2,378.56
*Humane Society of the Flint Hills. 2021 total: $17,211.09
*Keep It a Safe Summer Taskforce. 2021 total: $2,418.48. 2020 total: $1.678.93
*Lyon County Crime Stoppers. 2021 total: $7,391.00. 2020 total: $4,322.85
*Main Street Mommas. 2021 total: $16,689.31
*Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards. 2021 total: $29,353.14. 2020 total: $24,409.87
*North Lyon County Youth Association. 2021 total: $20,807.44. 2020 total: $19,658.07
*Pioneer Bluffs. 2021 total: $50,863.39. 2020 total: $35,795.70
*Project Playscape. 2021 total: $10,378.12
*Team Schnak Strong. 2021 total: $65,572.21. 2020 total: $44,819.51
*Vernon H Buck VFW Post 7957. 2021 total: $4,487.22
*Wade Barrett Memorial Fund. 2021 total: $16,651.64. 2020 total: $5,365.27
*William Allen White Community Partnership. 2021 total: $8,218.29. 2020 total: $6,061.91
