Rural Champions program helping ‘move the needle’ in Kansas communities

Office of Rural Prosperity program connecting champions with resources, support to strengthen communities.
Kansas Trails, Inc., ready to be a champion for state’s trail community

KTI launches as first statewide nonprofit dedicated to connecting, supporting and empowering state’s trail community.
Nava named KFA assistant director; Gering joins staff as grants & data analyst

Alyssa Nava has been named Kansas Fights Addiction assistant director, and Sunflower welcomes DJ Gering as its new grants and data analyst.
Seiler, Simmons join Sunflower Foundation Board of Trustees

Lea Ann Seiler of Hanston and Stephanie Simmons of Beloit have joined the nine-member Sunflower Board of Trustees.
Sunflower Foundation board welcomes new trustees, elects officers

The Sunflower Board of Trustees welcomed its newest members and elected a new slate of officers at its meeting June 12.
Sunflower joins Commerce, foundations to provide Towns Grant funding

Sunflower joined the Kansas Department of Commerce and the Dane G. Hansen and Kansas Health foundations to award $298,825 in Towns Grant funding.
Boys and Girls Clubs using 2Gen approach to help children and their familes

While the primary mission of Boys & Girls Clubs is to help youths reach their full potential, the organization recognizes that a child’s development and success is greatly influenced by the well-being of the whole family. Using the 2Gen Youth Development approach, which works to build family well-being by intentionally and simultaneously supporting both children […]
KPQC spring conference focuses on severe maternal hypertension

The Kansas Perinatal Quality Collaborative (KPQC) held its annual spring conference on April 23 at the Sunflower Nonprofit Center, where staff from hospitals and clinics across the state joined public health leaders to begin work on the KPQC’s latest initiative: to address the critical issue of severe maternal hypertension in Kansas The KPQC, in partnership […]