The KVOE studios were extra festive Tuesday as the St. Patrick’s Committee held its annual check presentation ceremony live on air.
Thirteen different groups and organizations received funding, and committee member Trey Sommers says the committee “couldn’t be more blessed” with how things turned out this year.
Over $22,000 was handed out Tuesday. Funding came from the annual auction at Bruffs Sports Bar and Grill in late February and was bolstered this year by a new push towards corporate sponsorships instead of the annual raffle. Because fundraising went above goal, Sommers says the committee will try something new later this year — a “Halfway to St. Patty’s Day” event involving a side-by-side poker run into the Flint Hills.
St. Patrick’s Committee beneficiaries
*Buffy Animal Welfare Group: $1,000 for spay/neuter supplies, shots and food
*Camp Hope: $500 for field trips and supplies
*Didde Catholic Campus Center: $1,500 for a computer and printer
*Emporia State Special Track: $1,000 for event items including shirts, medals and boxed lunches
*Furever Home Pet Rescue: $2,000 for cat playroom supplies
*Hartford City Veterans: $1,000 for flag brackets
*Hetlinger Developmental Services: $1,500 for raised garden bed kits
*North Lyon County Veterans Memorial: $3,000 for concrete
*Shiloh Home of Hope: $1,150 for playground equipment
*USD 252 Southern Lyon County Early Childhood: $3,198 for two stacking washer-dryer units
*USD 253 Transitions: $450 for the annual prom
*What’s In Outdoors: $2,500 for outdoor outreach programs
*St. Patrick’s Committee scholarship at Flint Hills Technical College: $3,500
