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Greg Seibel invited three Rotarians who are the head of three foundations in Emporia to speak on philanthropy. There are 22 foundations in Emporia with $300 million in endowed funds.
The Emporia Community Foundation, represented by Shirley Antes, is one of eleven accredited foundations in Kansas. Serving Lyon County and six contiguous counties, ECF has $18 million in funds among 40 funds, half of which are endowed. ECF funds distributed between $1 million to $1.5 million in grants in 2015.
The Flint Hill Technical College Foundation, represented by Mike Crouch, is 25 years old, and is the strongest and most robust among all the technical college foundations in Kansas. It recently largely funded two new facilities, including the new 11,000 square foot welding facility, and three new labs, including the new dental hygiene lab. Their $3 million endowment pays out $70,000 to $80,000 per year to high school juniors and seniors for FHTC scholarships.
The Emporia State University Foundation, represented by Shane Shively, has been breaking records with the Now & Forever Campaign over the past five years. The campaign's goal of $45 million has passed the $50 million mark in funds raised. Almost half of their funds are from estate giving. A recent phenomenon is student-lead philanthropy across the ESU campus. The student foundation raises funds from students to their ESU student peers. Students who run into financial difficulties and who are getting close to dropping out of school are being assisted to help them maintain progress toward their degree. Each student finding themselves in this situation has a story to tell.
Rotarians have been and are currently involved in some of the leading foundations in our region.
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Rotarian Chris Correll, who works at Glendo, arranged for Josh Hamlin and Shane Garriot from Glendo to join us for lunch at our Rotary Club meeting to explain and demonstrate for us what Glendo does. Josh is a 11-year veteran and Shane a 20-year veteran of Glendo. Both get to talk to potential customers and demonstrate how their products work.
Gary Ace was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow + 8 for his contributions to the Rotary Foundation.
Our club had the Dirty Kanza Checkpoint 3 in Madison for the 200-mile race well-covered during the afternoon of the Dirty Kanza 200. Although the first shift started at 1:00, a strong headwind slowed the riders during their northward journey from Eureka. The lead rider, Ted King, arrived in Madison around 3:00 p.m. There was no other rider activity for about another 30 minutes. The picture here shows part of our crew in Madison that afternoon. 
Thanks to all those representing our club at checkpoint 3 in Madison:
Bill Hartman presented a great program of fly fishing for trout in and around the Blackfeet Nation and Glacier National Park in northwest Montana. If you like getting away from people and getting the opportunity to catch lots of trout, this is the area to go. Bill has been traveling there annually for several years.
Two out of three Little Libraries are up and in use. Rotarian Jamie Reever organized 
the building and painting of the Little Libraries by getting Emporia State University volunteers as part of the United Way Day of Caring. Then Rotarian 
