Police, library detail match-month fundraising priorities
Donations are accepted through Nov. 10; the police and library funds are among countywide organizations sharing a $200,000 matching pool
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Sign up freeThe McPherson Police Department and McPherson Public Library are highlighting specific fundraising priorities during the McPherson County Community Foundation’s Match Month, which opened Saturday and runs through Tuesday, Nov. 10. The monthlong campaign follows the foundation’s shift from its former Match Week format and combines countywide, Inman and Moundridge matching events while retaining community-specific funding opportunities.
The foundation lists Friends of the McPherson PD and the McPherson Public Library among 91 participating organizations. For organizations in the countywide pool, matching money is distributed according to each organization’s share of eligible donations to that pool. For example, an organization receiving 10% of eligible countywide donations would receive 10% of the $200,000 countywide match. The foundation’s published Match Month page does not list a per-organization cap or minimum.
Both organizations are eligible for the foundation’s $200,000 countywide matching pool, which includes eligible McPherson organizations. The remaining $250,000 in the county’s $450,000 matching total is divided among community-specific pools: $100,000 each for Inman and Moundridge and $25,000 each for Lindsborg and Galva.
In an Oct. 9 Facebook post, the police department said donations could help cover shirts, meals, class materials and graduation costs for two planned programs: a 10-week Citizens Academy scheduled for March 2027 and a weeklong Youth Academy for local high school students scheduled for June 2027. The department also listed Blue Santa, which provides gifts, gift cards and essential items to local families during the holiday season.
Other listed priorities were an outdoor animal run and weather coverings for the McPherson Animal Shelter, general department needs, the Special Response Team, the DARE program, and a chaplain-managed fund for the annual police appreciation banquet.
The McPherson Public Library said in an Oct. 11 Facebook post that Match Month donations build its endowment, which supports library materials, resources, services and facilities.
According to the library’s website, its endowment supports programs and services including Experience Passes, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, genealogy databases, Book Express delivery for homebound patrons and local-history archives.
Donors can give online by selecting either organization on the foundation’s Match Month page. Mail checks payable to the McPherson County Community Foundation to P.O. Box 822, McPherson, KS 67460, with the organization’s name in the memo line, or deliver them to the foundation at 1233 N. Main St. in McPherson.
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