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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Hutchinson Community Foundation announced the 2018 Fund for Hutchinson grant awards on Nov. 15 at the Cosmosphere. Established in 1990 by the foundation’s founding board of directors as a permanent resource for the changing needs of Reno...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Wendy Skellenger | Hutchinson Community Foundation   It started with a dream. The dream became a simple idea. And the simple idea opened a gateway to collaboration to meet a community need. If you drive past them from 5 to 7 p.m....

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Brady Scott can't say for sure how many hours he's spent painting the murals inside the Reno County Health Department. But in his free time over the past month, his paint brushes have been coaxing forth images of...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]By Wendy Skellenger | Hutchinson Community Foundation In this western Reno County town of approximately 100 people, nestled along the quiet blacktops south of U.S. 50 where one is just as likely to see a steer wandering loose...

Hutchinson Community Foundation announces the receipt of gifts totaling $2 million. Through a $1.1 million endowed gift from the Arthur R. and Margery A. Eveland Fund, the Evelands will perpetually help support The Salvation Army of Hutchinson, the Reno County Food Bank, the Christian Soup Ministry...

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Amy Crockett has joined the staff of Hutchinson Community Foundation as Accounting & Operations Manager. She replaces Anne Smith, who will leave in early August to teach economics full time at McPherson College. Crockett comes to the foundation after 13 years in various business roles at...

By Wendy Skellenger | Hutchinson Community Foundation   Roughly translated, Ubuntu means “I am because we are” in Nguni, a South African language. Ultimately, it means community. Ubuntu in Pretty Prairie, now located inside the newly renovated Graber Mercantile & Event Emporium on the town’s Main Street,...

After five years and 300 kids, grant-funded program continues to give families opportunities By Wendy Skellenger | Hutchinson Community Foundation   Welcome to what teacher Bonnie Samuelson calls “preschool prep.” Here the little ones – around 2 ½ to 3 years old – get their first taste of the...

Sample language available for organizations to use in their communications Will I still be able to claim my donations? Yes, for 2018 you will still be able to deduct your charitable donations. That said, next year some taxpayers will find greater advantage in choosing the...