By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
In an effort to collect funds for charitable organizations, Golden Belt Community Foundation collected more than $183,000 for their annual Giving Tuesday campaign in 2020. Nearly 1,200 separate gifts were received locally during the global effort the Tuesday after Thanksgiving and it all went back to charities in Barton, Pawnee, Rush and Stafford counties.
For the second straight year, the Foundation has awarded the “Most Generous City” award that is determined by totaling the dollars donated and dividing it per capita in each zip code.
Foundation Communications Coordinator Mackenzie Mitchell officially presented
the City of Great Bend with the award at Monday’s meeting.
"Great Bend winning is super exciting," said Mitchell. "We were kind of shocked by that because Great Bend is so big compared to some of the other areas. Just know that you have a generous community."
Great Bend was given a sign to hang up claiming the “Most Generous City”
distinction. The city also received a $1,000 grant from the Foundation that
will be used for the Great Bend Police Department’s youth academy.
Olmitz won the award in 2019.