Nonprofit Grant Stories

During the Lyons High School Senior Farewell Assembly, six scholarships that are facilitated by the Rice County Community Foundation were given out to five deserving seniors. The assembly was truly a testament to the LHS Class of 2022 and their accomplishments! ...

Sunflower Diversified has a mission to advocate for, support, and teach clients with developmental delays and/or disabilities to reach their potential and achieve as much independence as they desire. Sunflower Diversified serves Barton, Pawnee, Rice, Stafford, and Rush Counties. With a desire to be more present in the counties outside of their headquarters, Sunflower Diversified had a vision of opening an office in Rice County to offer educational and behavioral services ...

A new initiative was launched in September by Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to get an Imagination Library program in all 105 counties in Kansas. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free, age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five, no matter their family’s income. The Imagination Library partners with a local 501(c)(3) to enroll local children ages 0-5 in the covered zip codes, funds a portion of the cost ...

During the Lyons High School Senior Farewell Assembly, six scholarships that are facilitated by the Rice County Community Foundation, were given out to five deserving seniors. The assembly was truly a testament to the LHS Class of 2021 and their accomplishments during a year that has proved to be extremely challenging. ...