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BUNKER HILL – The Earl Bane Foundation has awarded Smoky Hills PBS with a grant for the station’s Literacy Leadership program. The $6,000 grant will provide books to children in Head Start in Saline County and support children’s programming.
“We are thrilled to once again receive support from the Earl Bane Foundation,” said Haley Gagnon, special events coordinator for Smoky Hills PBS. “With the foundation’s support, we are able to provide books for Head Start programs in Saline County and provide children’s programming, PBS KIDS, to all of the children in central and western Kansas. Providing children with the tools for a successful future is an important part of what we do at Smoky Hills PBS.”
The Earl Bane Foundation was established in 1994. Its giving supports primarily higher education, children, youth and social services for the educational, economic, scientific and religious benefit of Salina and Saline County.
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.