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$56,000 awarded in 13 community grants
The Salina Journal
The Greater Salina Community Foundation recently awarded $56,378.90 to 13 charitable projects and organizations in Saline County. This round of grants was made possible by four funds at the community foundation: the Dane G. Hansen Community Grant Fund, which supports projects and programs that improve the community’s quality of life; the Fund for Early Childhood Care, Education and Development, established by Mark and Jane Berkley to better prepare children in Ottawa and Saline Counties for kindergarten; the Kansas Health Foundation Fund, which supports the public health of Saline County; and the L.P. “Pat” Mullen Fund, which supports hands-on learning opportunities for youth in the areas of arts and humanities and science, technology and invention.
Dillons donates $15,000 for Souper Bowl of Hope campaign
Jayden Smith
Dillons executives presented a $15,000 check to members of Project Salina’s Souper Bowl of Hope initiative at the Dillons on Crawford Street Monday morning.
This is the first donation of an earmarked $100,000 Dillons plans to distribute to Kansas communities in celebration of the company’s 100th anniversary.
The Souper Bowl initiative began around the 2006 Super Bowl, with the goal of receiving 40,000 soup cans to distribute to those in need in Salina. The first event totaled 27,000.
Board member Dean Atteberry has worked with the Souper Bowl since its inception, and said the check will provide a huge boost to their efforts. It is the largest single donation the Souper Bowl has received.
Dennis Kuhlman (courtesy photo)
News from K-State Communications and Marketing
Former longtime CEO and dean of Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus, Dennis Kuhlman, died Monday due to complications of COVID-19.
Kuhlman served as CEO and dean of the Salina campus from 1997 until his retirement in 2012, leading the campus’s enrollment growth and its establishment as an aviation industry leader. He also grew campus facilities, including the addition of the Student Life Center, which opened in 2009.
K-State President Richard Myers says Kuhlman’s leadership “helped establish our Polytechnic campus in Salina as one the preeminent aviation and applied technology institutions in the country. The university is in a better place as a result of his vision and dedication.”