Love Your County
February is the most exciting month of the year for the Osborne County Community Foundation, and it is quickly approaching! During February, the ‘Love Your County’ Sustainability Campaign takes place and is a chance for all of Osborne County to raise funds to help our county, both now and for future generations. The Patterson Family Foundation has announced a $70,000match for 2024, and the Dane G. Hansen Foundation will match any funds up to$50,000, along with another $50,000 for administration funds. This means that every dollar received has the potential to be matched at 300%! Donations go into an endowed fund, and grants are given from the interest, ensuring that funds for our county will be there in perpetuity. $5, $50, $500…gifts given now have the amazing potential to help our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so forth! In 2023 donors gave almost $95,000; what can Osborne County do in 2024?
During the month of February, you will see Grant Recipient signs all over Osborne County. Each of these signs represents an organization that has received a grant from OCCF. Since its inception in 2017, over 200 grants have been given in Osborne County to schools, churches, libraries, thrift stores, Scouts, city projects and other non-profit organizations. Our schools have received grants for reading programs, technology, workshop upgrades, and more. Our cities have received upgrades to buildings, and beautification projects have been undertaken. Churches have been able to upgrade and maintain facilities, ensuring they will be able to continue serving our county for decades to come. Children’s programs, such as Scouts, football for younger kids, robotics, library programs, and summer programs, have benefited from grants from OCCF. Does all this sound like bragging? It is…bragging on the people of Osborne County who have so generously given over the past seven years to make all this possible!
Every gift given in February will be a blessing to our county, no matter how big or how small. Donors who give a donation of $500 or more by February 15th will receive a gift from OCCF.
For seven years Osborne County has rallied behind the ‘Love Your County’ Sustainability Campaign. Let’s make this year the best one yet! To donate online, visit Osborneccf.org. Checks can be mailed to Osborne County Community Foundation, P.O. Box 85, Osborne, KS 67473 orby clicking on the link below.