Playground Committee

The Playground Committee for USD #294 did an amazing job of seeing the need, putting together a plan of what they want to purchase to fulfill the need, got the school board’s approval, started raising money and applying for grants.  They applied for a grant from the GROW Decatur County Foundation and we saw the amazing need, the amount of lives we could touch and wanted to help.  

$5,000 GROW Decatur County Foundation Grant

$10,000 Decatur County Hansen Community Foundation Grant

$10,000 GROW Decatur County Foundation Initiative Fund Grant

$25,000 Total from the GROW Decatur County Foundation toward the purchase of the playground equipment at Oberlin Elementary School.

This group is far from done raising money and applying for grants for this project but this is a nice start.  This is another great example of Growing Rural Opportunities Within one donation, one project, one grant at a time!!  If you would like to help this group with additional donations or help with fundraising efforts, they have set up a fund through GROW Decatur County Foundation for the donations and we are sure they would be glad to have you, your group or your business help them make this happen.   

Pictured are the Oberlin Elementary Students, Staff and Principal, Krickit Ketterl, Playground Committee Molly & Tripp Olson and Rachel Roe along with GROW Board Members Mirla Coleman, Gary Walter, Laurie Wasson and GROW Director Bryan Richards.

GROW Decatur County Foundation is an affiliate of Greater Northwest Kansas Community Foundation