Match Day 2023 has arrived.
The donation period opened online at midnight and will continue until 11:59 pm Monday, with emporiamatchday.com the place to donate and to learn more about the 35 different charitable organizations and the 14 different groups providing $175,000 in matching funds — Antes Charitable Family Fund; the Clint Bowyer 79 Fund; the Emporia Community Foundation Fund for the Future; the Emporia Masonic Lodge No. 12; Joyce French; the Gilpin Family Fund; the WS & EC Jones Testamentary Trust; 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; the Trusler Foundation; and the Patterson Family Foundation.
Residents can also donate in person at the Emporia Community Foundation office, 527 Commercial Suite B, during normal business hours.
This is the 10th annual Match Day. Match Day has generated over $2.3 million for nearly 50 smaller non-profits in Lyon and surrounding counties throughout its history, including over $500,000 last year alone.
Community Foundation CEO Becky Nurnberg is on our 7:20 am Newsmaker segment Monday with details.
