Caldwell, KS – Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. announced today that its Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community Foundation, has awarded a $1,000 grant to the Caldwell Art Brigade.

The Caldwell Art Brigade (CAB), is a downtown non-profit arts group created to cultivate an ongoing vibe in downtown Caldwell with paint, live music scene, lecture series, theater performances, traveling shows, and exhibits. CAB efforts also include a community-wide, volunteer-based effort to paint downtown murals and beautify the community.

Sharing Success grant funds will be used toward funding the “Firehouse Community Wall” project, which is generating a lot of excitement. Community members get to participate by creating a 2x2 quilt block design for the Firehouse west wall which was exposed when an adjoining building collapsed. This community project includes two murals in one, beautifying the well-traveled route from the school and city park/pool to downtown.

The Scott Community Foundation began formally accepting applications for grants from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund from community-based organizations on December 1, 2012.  Wheatland Electric and CoBank have each contributed $10,000 this again year to the fund. The program will continue to run until the funds are exhausted. Since 2012, the Sharing Success Fund has made $125,000 available to community-based organizations and projects across Wheatland’s service territory.

Community based organizations interested in receiving funding from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund can apply online at https://www.weci.net/sharing-success-program. Questions should be referred to Alli Conine, Director of Member Services & Corporate Communications, at 620-874-4563 or aconine@weci.net.

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Our Mission: Delivering Energy for Life – Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member owned distribution cooperative headquartered in Scott City, Kans., was established in 1948 as a distribution and power cooperative, in the state of Kansas. Today, Wheatland Electric serves more than 33,000 electric meters in 14 Kansas counties and 3 Colorado counties and maintains over 4,000 miles of distribution power lines across southwest and central Kansas and eastern Colorado. Together, with the help of our members, we are committed to building a better and stronger rural America. Visit www.weci.net for more information.

Wheatland Electric member services and key accounts manager Mary Hoisington (center in blue) presents a $1,000 Sharing Success grant to the Caldwell Art Brigade represented by (left to right) Karen Shellhammer, Emily Weber, Mary Hetherington, Jill Kuehny, Trish Wessman, Kathy Risley, Allie Futhey and Brooke Kuehny. Grant funds will be used toward a community mural on the Firehouse west wall.