KVOE has begun its annual slate of previews for the Emporia Community Foundation’s Match Day fundraiser.
During an appearance on KVOE’s Talk of Emporia Friday, ECF Financial Officer Loni Heinen says this year’s list of participants will be the largest in the event’s history.
Match Day will take place Monday, November 13 from midnight to 11:59 pm. Donations can be sent virtually via EmporiaMatchDay.com or dropped off at the Emporia Community Foundation Offices at 527 Commercial Street Suite B.
This year will also have $175,000 in matching funds courtesy of the Antes Charitable Family Fund; the Clint Bowyer 79 Fund, the ECF Fund for the Future, the Emporia Masonic Lodge No. 12, A.F. & A.M., Joyce French, the Gilpin Family Fund, the WS & EC Jones Testamentary Trust, Bank of America, N.A. Trustee, the Laurent Charitable Family Fund, the Fred and Paula Neuer Fund, the Preston Family Trust, Merry and Charles Rayl, the Jane and Bernard Reeble Endowed Fund, and the Trusler Foundation.
KVOE will continue its series of Match Day previews through Friday, November 3 on the Talk of Emporia. The full preview schedule is as follows:
Talk of Emporia: Wednesday, September 27
Main Street Mommas
Greenwood Preservation Society
FUMC School Supply Project
Emporia First Friday Artwalk
Emporia Eastside Community Group
Talk of Emporia: Friday, October 6
Pink Gravel
Project Playscape
NLC Youth Association
No Coast Film Fest
Food For Students
Talk of Emporia: Wednesday, October 11
Camp Alexander
Hispanics of Today and Tomorrow
Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards
Friends of the Emporia Public Library
C4 Food Pantry
Talk of Emporia: Friday, October 20
Emporia Municipal Band
Chase County Historical Society Inc.
Red Rocks
Wade Barrett Memorial Fund
Vernon H. Buck VFW Post 7957
Talk of Emporia: Wednesday, October 25
The Baby Closet
Team Schnak
Lyon County Crime Stoppers
Strong City Preservation Alliance
Newman Regional Health Volunteers
Talk of Emporia: Friday, November 3
Flint Hills Animal Advocates
Emporia Childrens Choir
Arvonia Historic Preservation Society
Pioneer Bluffs
KS Big Brothers Big Sisters Serving Lyon County