United Way of Central Kansas Receives Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund $1,000 Grant for Hand Sanitizer

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Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. announced today that its Sharing Success Fund, managed by the Scott Community Foundation, has awarded a $1,000 grant to the United Way of Central Kansas to be used to provide hand sanitizer stations for public gathering areas in Barton County. With the $1,000 grant from Wheatland, United Way of Central Kansas can purchase an additional 16 cases/96 dispensers of Simple Hygiene Foaming Hand Sanitizer that is manufactured locally at Fuller Industries, Inc. in Great Bend. Collectively, the United Way of Central Kansas has over 250 dispensers to distribute in the communities they serve.

The Scott Community Foundation began formally accepting applications for grants from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund from non-profit organizations on December 1, 2012.  Wheatland Electric and CoBank have each contributed $7,500 this year to the fund and $5,000 in years past.  The program will continue to run until the funds are exhausted.  Non-profit groups interested in receiving funding from the Wheatland Electric Sharing Success Fund should contact Alli Conine, Manager of Member Services & Corporate Communications, at 620-874-4563 or aconine@weci.net.

Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc., a member owned distribution cooperative headquartered in Scott City, KS, was established in 1948 as a distribution and power cooperative, in the state of Kansas.  Today, Wheatland Electric serves more than 33,000 electric meters in 19 different counties and maintains over 4,000 miles of distribution power lines across Western and South Central Kansas.  Together, with the help of our members, Wheatland Electric is committed to building a better and stronger rural America.  For more information about Wheatland, visit www.weci.net.