TRIBUNE, KS–Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. (WEC) announced today that its Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community Foundation, awarded a $1,000 grant to Melven O. Kuder Senior Center to purchase additional patio seating next to their community garden.
Melven O. Kuder Senior Center is open six days and two evenings a week to help improve the lives of mature adults through education, exercise, and social interaction. The patio seating will be placed outdoors on the back patio near the community garden and will be available to the public at any time. Melven O. Kuder Senior Center welcomes the community to come by and utilize this space!
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. WEC 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 $145,000 available to community-based organizations and projects across WEC’s service territory.
Community based organizations interested in receiving funding from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund can apply online. Questions should be referred to Alli Conine, Director of Member Services & Corporate Communications, at 620-874-4563 or aconine@weci.net.
