First Call for Help receives $10,000 grant from Union Pacific
Posted Sep 05, 2021 10:58 AM
Union Pacific officials present First Call for Help of Hays a $10,000 check to assist local residents with utilities, food and housing. Pictured from left to Right are Hays City Commissioner Shaun Musil; Terri Braun, First Call for Help board member; Samuel Allen, First Call for Help volunteer; Sandy Jacobs, Hays mayor; Scott Moore, Union Pacific; Linda Mills, First Call for Help executive director; Ed Dickens, Union Pacific manager of heritage equipment; Ben Jones, Union Pacific public affairs; Laura Shoaff, First Call for Help office assistant/program coordinator; and Laura Allen, First Call for Help client services specialist.
By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post
First Call for Help of Hays received a $10,000 donation from the Union Pacific Foundation on Friday.
Union Pacific officials were on hand for the arrival of the Big Boy steam locomotive into Hays Friday.
Linda Mills, executive director of First Call for Help, said the funds will be used toward general operating purposes.
The nonprofit provides rent and utility assistance, food, diapers, Meals on Wheels and housing for Ellis County residents facing homelessness through its new First Step Housing Project.
