Wishing you and yours a very happy and prosperous New Year!
Happy New Year!
Author: ckcfashley
Holiday Week Open Hours
From our family to yours, we wish you a happy and prosperous New Year in 2019. We are grateful for your commitment to CKCF through the year as a donor, volunteer and trusted partner, and we look forward to a successful year making a charitable difference in the communities we serve.
HOLIDAY HOURS
The office will be OPEN the following days. Please feel free to visit us or bring your end-of-year donations by during this time.
December 26
December 27
December 28 (9 AM – 4PM)
December 31 (9AM – 12PM)
Mail donations, postmarked by December 31 to:
CKCF
301 N Main, Suite 200
Newton, KS 67114
Merry Christmas, Friends.
From our family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year in 2019. We are grateful for your commitment to CKCF through the year as a donor and a volunteer and look forward to a successful year making a charitable difference in the communities we serve.
To help us increase our impact, there are a few ways to give back this Christmas and into the New Year.
Benevolence & Beyond Campaign
Learn More
Donate Online
Amazon Smile
Select Central Kansas Community Foundation to receive the benefit from your Amazon purchases.
https://smile.amazon.com/
Dillon’s Community Rewards
Log into your online shopper account and select CKCF to receive a benefit each time you use your Dillons card.
https://www.dillons.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow/
Holiday Hours
CKCF offices will be CLOSED the following dates.
December 24
December 25
January 1
The office will be OPEN December 26, 27 and 28 (until 4PM) and December 31 from 9AM-12PM. Please feel free to visit us or bring your end-of-year donations by during this time.
Mail donations, postmarked by December 31 to:
CKCF
301 N Main, Suite 200
Newton, KS 67114
IRS Announces 2019 Tax Rates
IRS has announced the 2109 tax rates, standard deduction amounts and more. Forbes magazine has posted the information in a very easy-to-read format.
FORBES MAGAZINE: IRS Announces 2019 Tax Rates, Standard Deduction Amounts And More
We encourage you to discuss charitable giving with your tax professional. If you are interested in giving a donation to the Foundation, please contact Angie Tatro at 316-283-5474.
Benevolence & Beyond
The end of the year is an excellent time to give charitably. Donate to the CKCF Community Impact Operating Fund as part of our $100,000 giving campaign, Benevolence & Beyond.
Latest CKCF News
CKCF Celebrates Bill Hake’s Retirement!
CKCF staff recently celebrated Bill Hake’s years of service as the affiliate staff program officer. He has been a servant leader in numerous capacities at CKCF – he served 9 years as board member and held the chair position; he has worked as our affiliate liaison as staff for over 4 years and has been a dedicated donor with his daughters, sharing his story as an example for familial philanthropic giving!
Valley Center Community Foundation raises $12,000 with Pie Auction
Two pies sold for more than $1,000 each. A third went for $3,000.
The second annual Community Pie Auction Nov. 20 saw 20 homemade pies raise $12,641 for the Valley Center Community Foundation.
“We continue to be impressed by our community members. It’s amazing how much Valley Center folks support each other year after year,” said Spike Anderson, president of the foundation. “We appreciate the hard work and effort that the pie bakers put into creating these masterpieces that attracted the pie buyers. The decorations were incredible and we even had one superhero show up for the event.”
Read More of the Ark Valley News Article Here
CKCF Attends PPREP Conference in Oklahoma
November brought the community foundations from the PPREP cohort sponsored by the Funders’ Network together in Oklahoma City for two days, which included a tour of the National Weather Service on the OU campus in Norman. While the group received behind the scenes opportunities, public tours of the facility are available. Key presentations during the sessions centered around public policy and its role in disaster response. As communities respond to a variety of disasters, the implications of policy are important considerations.
As the CKCF affiliates continue to navigate next steps in disaster preparedness, it is worth noting that a majority of our affiliates have response funds in place and are holding conversations at the board level to determine how best to make communities aware of this important work.
Dick and Dorothy Miller housing fund established through El Dorado Community Foundation
Friends and family of Dick and Dorothy Miller gathered recently to celebrate Dorothy’s decision to establish a fund thru the El Dorado Community Foundation, with the primary purpose to help children avoid being homeless.
Read More about the event in the Butler County Times-Gazette
#givingtuesday: Thank You!
Thank you for your show of support during the 2018 #givingtuesday event – we love our donors and volunteers!
There is still time to donate to Central Kansas Community Foundation. A gift to the CKCF Community Impact Operations Fund as part of our Benevolence & Beyond campaign will ensure the Foundation’s continued growth for greater community impact!!
CKCF Leader Series: Joel Gaeddert
JOEL GAEDDERT
CHAIRMAN, 2018-2019
ABOUT JOEL
Joel did not grow up in Newton, but had a lot of family from this area. He attended Bethel College where he met his wife, Crystal Enz, and decided to start a family in Newton. They have two boys, Collin and Brett. Joel spends most of his free time building his business, Flint Hills Design.
CAREER
Joel started Flint Hills Design a little over ten years ago, mainly designing websites for local organizations, one of the first being the website for CKCF. While he remains loyal to his roots in website design, he has shifted the primary focus of the business to museum exhibit design and fabrication. He finds the work fun and rewarding, certainly a gift.
JOEL IS PASSIONATE ABOUT CKCF!
He got involved with CKCF at the request of another board member. While he was familiar with the work the Foundation had been doing in the Newton area, he didn’t realize the extent of the impact until considering joining the board. He was surprised to learn about the amount of money given back to the community every year, and it encouraged him to get involved in hopes of further promoting the organization and the good work CKCF is doing.
During his tenure as chair, Joel would like to see increased awareness of the work done by the Foundation, not only in the Newton area but in each of the areas covered by the 21 affiliate foundations. CKCF has a compelling mission and story – he hopes to build that story in a way that engages an even broader segment of the population. It will be good for the foundation, the organizations it supports, and ultimately the people and communities it impacts.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
In addition to serving as board chair for CKCF, Joel is involved with a few other organizations in the area, most notably as a board member on the Harvey County Economic Development Council and as a co-owner of Prairie Harvest in downtown Newton. The thread that connects his work with each of these organizations is quite simple: He is passionate about making this place we call home the best that it can be. He wants to do work, here, that has a real impact, now.
CKCF Hosts Annual Meeting, Elects New Officers
Monday, October 22 brought about change for the Foundation. CKCF hosted their annual meeting and performed a changing of the guards, electing new officers and welcomed new members to the board. Welcome to CKCF, friends. We look forward to a spectacular year under your leadership.
2018-19 Slate of Officers and Members at Large
Officers
- Immediate Past Chair, Carrie Herman (Halstead)
- Chair, Joel Gaeddert (North Newton)
- Vice Chair, Jennifer Vogts (North Newton)
- Treasurer, Todd Kasitz (Newton)
- Secretary, Amy Budde (Newton)
- Finance Chair, Rod Kreie (Newton)
Members At Large
- James Regier (Whitewater)
- Jason High (Newton)
- Tim Hodge (North Newton)
- Colin Bailey (Halstead)
- Brad Bartel (Hillsboro)
- NM Patton (Peabody)
- Marge Warta (Newton)
- Ron Lang (Newton)
- Linda Ogden (Marion)
- Jon Zerger (Newton)
- Rachel Swartzendruber Miller (Hesston)
- Becky Wolfe (new) (Andover)
- Amy Mitchell (new) (Newton)
- Myron Schmidt (new) (Goessel)
- Mary Martha Good (new) (El Dorado)
Staff
- Angie Tatro, Executive Director
CKCF attends the KACF National Conference for Growing Community Foundations
Central Kansas CF staff and affiliates attended the Kansas Association of Community Foundations 2018 National Conference for Growing Community Foundations. Among many topics, staff attended sessions regarding legal and compliance, management, board development, grants and marketing and communications. We are very excited to implement the ideas garnered from the sessions to create a stronger community foundation serving your community. In addition, we recognize Angie Tatro, CKCF Executive Director, for her leadership as conference committee chair. Many long hours went into planning for a successful conference with cutting edge information and ideas.
CKCF Mission Moment
Mission Moment with Angie Tatro, Executive Director
Customized Giving that leads to your legacy. Consider establishing your own fund. You may wish to start a new endowment fund to benefit the charity or charities important to you, support a particular field of interest, or provide scholarship monies. The fund may be named in memory or honor of a loved one or influential person in your life. Individuals, families and businesses can establish personal charitable funds.
