The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes in Fort Scott, Kansas Awarded $25,000 Grant from Sunderland Foundation
The Sunderland Foundation of Overland Park, Kansas has awarded the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes $25,000 for construction on the new Unsung Heroes Park. Ronda Hassig serves as the Funding Development Person for the Center. Norm Conard, Executive Director of the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes, explains “We are excited to partner with the Sunderland Foundation on the new Unsung Hero park adjacent to the center. Their generous donation will help strengthen our community by providing a green space for leisure and for learning!
About the Sunderland Foundation
Since 1945, The Sunderland Foundation has invested in the places and spaces where nonprofits do their work. Grants from the Foundation help build the places where families in distress find help and healing, where young minds grow and thrive, and where communities come together for celebration and inspiration. Our focus on funding brick and mortar projects – including planning, design, construction, renovation, repairs and restoration – reflects our unique heritage and provides a necessary source of funding for established nonprofits that need new or improved facilities.
About the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes
The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes works to transform classrooms and communities through student-driven projects that discover unsung heroes from history and teach the power of one to create positive change. Everyone, especially our young people deserve role models who demonstrate courage, compassion and respect. The Sunderland Foundation is supporting this goal in a very profound way!