Project History

 

 

2024

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Matthew’s Gift was created
    • Can We Just Talk
    • Reality U with United Way of Ellis County – sponsorship and volunteers
    • Wagons & Wheels

2018

    • Born Learning Trail in Hays created
    • Self-Defense course

2017

    • The first Power of the Purse event was held