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BUNKER HILL – The Western Kansas Community Foundation has awarded Smoky Hills PBS with a grant for $2,500.
This grant will provide books for preschoolers and Head Start students within several western Kansas counties including: Finney, Grant, Gray, Scott, Seward, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Meade, Morton, and Stevens counties.
“The Western Kansas Community Foundation’s support is so important to the educational mission at Smoky Hills PBS,” said Larry Calvery, Smoky Hills PBS general manager.
“Their support goes beyond just helping a few children. We are able to provide educational books to many children throughout western Kansas. We want to thank them for their continued support each year.”
The Smoky Hills PBS Book Distribution program provides books each year to Head Start and other early education programs across central and western Kansas through the funding of many foundation partners throughout Kansas.
"Encouraging a love of reading at a young age is an important aspect of educational development and that serves as the basis of why Smoky Hills PBS provides its Book Distribution Program each year," Calvery added.