Project History
2024
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- Early Childhood Connections Weekend Food Backpacks
- Feeding Hays Weekly Spaghetti Dinner – Donated $2,500. Sponsor meal quarterly
- First Call for Help Food Pantry – Members Donated Items (Winner of the Battle of the Business Challenge!)
- Meals on Wheels – Bought new “Hot Box” for them and volunteer to deliver quarterly
- Meal Kits for First Call for Help ($5,000)
- Food Delivery to Schools and Non-Profit Agencies
- Stock the Pantry at FHSU
- Additional dispensers for Hays High as part of Aunt Flo project
- Camber Kids Valentine Party
- BINGO prizes for Seniors
- Hays High School Student Council Mentoring
- Delta Zeta at FHSU Women Empowerment and Partnership
- RealityU – Donated and Volunteered
- “What Happens in Vegas” event at Via Christi Village
- Thank You HaysMed – Provided Cookies during Hospital Week
- Planted flowers and vegetables inVia Christie’s and Good Samaritan’s Raised Garden Beds
- Dream Camp – Donated registration fees for 10 children to attend their summer camp ($3,000)
- Ellis Park Shelter Donation
- Back Packs for Kids – Members Donated Items
- Camber Kids Summer Project
- “Splash into Awareness” Sponsor
- Chamber Welcome Basket Sponsor
- FHSU Encore Series Volunteers – Ushering
2023
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- Valentine’s Party for Residents of Homestead & Brookdale Senior Living
- Prom Night at Via Christi
- Patriotic Wreaths at Homestead, Centennial Towers, & Brookdale Senior Living
- Raised Garden Beds and Bird Houses
- Lights, Camera, Action! – Arc Park Security Project
- USD 489 Food and Clothing Pantry Donation – Members Donated Items
- Hays Area Children’s Center Sanitizing System – Donated $500
- Arc Park Clean Up
- Broken Brides Project at Spring Art Walk Sponsorship
- Aunt Flo Project – Donation to Hays High School
- Thank You HaysMed – Provided Cookies during Hospital Week
- Star Summer Project – Teamed up with DSNWK to provide Children 8 Weeks of Summer Fun
- “Med Ready” Medicine Dispensing Machines Donation to DSNWK
- BackPacks for Kids – Members Donated Items
- Born Learning Trail in Ellis
- FHSU Food Pantry – Members Donated Items
- Cyber Security Project Sponsor – Brought in Speaker for Parents and Kids
- Lighting the Dog Park
- Shopping Cart Donation to Community Assistance Center
- Tents for Boy Scouts – Donated 8 New Tents
- Christmas Magic – Donation of $1,000
- Toys for Tots – Members Donated 97 Toys
- Christmas Caroling at Via Christie
- Camber Kids Christmas
- Chamber Welcome Basket Sponsor
- FHSU Encore Series Volunteers – Ushering
2022
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- Self-Defense Course, in partnership with Kenton Russell and Stephan and Amy Gildemeister of Blue Guardian Self-Defense and Fort Hays State University’s Department of Criminal Justice
- Human Trafficing Seminar
- Teacher Appreciation Baskets, in partnership with The Chamber in Hays
- Kansas Mission of Mercy volunteer staff
- Options – Donation to What Were You Wearing traveling exhibit ($3,000)
- Raised garden beds for senior citizens
- ARC Park Security and Lighting Project
- Ushers for Fort Hays State University Encore Series
2021
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- Dignity bibs, busy books, and busy boards donated to senior citizens
- Raised garden beds for senior citizens
- Welcome baskets for new residents partnership with Chambers began
- Donation to DSNWK Community Connections ($2,500)
- First Call for Help – Donation to First Housing ($2,500)
- Options – Donation to What Were You Wearing traveling exhibit ($3,000)
2020
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- Face Mask Project
- Mental Health Grocery Initiative – Donated 35 boxes of food
- Donation to ARC Park initiative ($2,500)
- Self-soothing boxes
- Thanksgiving baskets given to residents of long-term care facilities
- Appreciate baskets given to care gives
- A Brighter Future purse donation
- Project Suitcase was created
2019
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- Matthew’s Gift was created
- Can We Just Talk
- Reality U with United Way of Ellis County – sponsorship and volunteers
- Wagons & Wheels
2018
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- Born Learning Trail in Hays created
- Self-Defense course
2017
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- The first Power of the Purse event was held