Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Awarded Kansas Kiwanis Foundation, Inc. Grant
Fort Scott, Kansas – The Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes has been awarded a grant from the Kansas Kiwanis Foundation, Inc.
The project, titled “Bourbon County Social Service Magnets,” will consist of 500 4×6 magnets with up-to-date contact information for social services available in Bourbon County. These magnets can be extremely useful for single mothers and women with children seeking healthcare and mental healthcare, childcare, protection, food, clothing, lodging, and internet access. The Milken Center will distribute the magnets to police, sheriffs, Pete’s gas stations, grocery stores, coffee shops, libraries, beauty salons, and all social service contacts. The magnets will also be available for pickup at the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes at 1 South Main St., Fort Scott, Kansas.
“Working with our local Kiwanis Club for the first time has given us the opportunity to help those in crisis get the help they need quickly. So many of our unsung heroes at the Lowell Milken Center are women and this is a perfect way to honor them!” said Norm Conard, Executive Director of the LMC of Unsung Heroes.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of this summer.
About the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes: The LMC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that works with students and educators within a range of diverse academic disciplines to develop projects focused on unsung heroes. Our mission is to share those projects and the stories of these unsung heroes with our community through our museum at the Center. The LMC is located at 1 South Main St., Fort Scott, KS 66701.
About the Kansas Kiwanis Foundation: The Kansas Kiwanis Foundation was founded in 1963 and is a charitable corporation organized under the laws of the State of Kansas. The foundation supports Kiwanis Club and District activities as well as individual Kansans from all over the state. They sponsor scholarships and community projects – “Only by each of us giving are we able to make a difference.”