Community Day Care Center to boost nutrition and fundraise
United Way support will help Finney County center implement healthier meals starting Jan 1 2011. Executive Director Nita Shelden notes average daily attendance 75 to 85 with a chef handling most tasks and plans for volunteer help as food costs rise. In a broader effort the Finney County United Way aims to raise 550000 this year with 18 agencies including Big Brothers Big Sisters Garden City YMCA and more. A Halloween fundraiser Oct 30 from 5 to 7 pm charges 4 for children and 2 for full meals for adults admit free for others.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters
Finney Kearny Counties
Kansas Children’s Service League
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
Playground Program
Garden City Recreation Commission
Santa Fe Trail Council
Boy Scouts of America
Smart Start
Garden City Family Ymca
Miles of Smiles
Russell Child Development Center
Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association
United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas
United Methodist Mexican
American Ministries
Garden City Area
American Red Cross
Catholic Social Services
Emmaus House
Family Crisis Services Inc
Meals On Wheels
Spirit of the Plains
Casa, Inc
Salvation Army
Community colleges push private partnerships to boost workforce
Garden City Community College interim president Joseph Emmons notes long standing ties with industry including John Deere Ford and Western Kansas beef sectors plus a fire training center and health care collaborations. The White House promotes Skills for America's Future with firms like Gap Inc Accenture McDonalds and P G E to expand campus partnerships and place thousands of students in jobs.
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Goldman Sachs Foundation
Garden City
Joseph W. Emmons
Garden City Community College
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Western Kansas
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St. Catherine Hospital
Kansas
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Congress
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White House
America
Gap Inc
Accenture
McDonald’s
United Technologies
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Maureen Conway
Aspen Institute
George Boggs
American Association of Community Colleges
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County discusses nuisance policies and semitrailer parking
Finney County commissioners weigh nuisance abatement and limited semitrailer parking in residential areas. Planning chair Bill King says conditions worsened and funding is needed. A joint Planning Commission meeting is set for Oct 21 at the City Administrative Center to consider changes to enforcement and zoning. The panel also approved 2011 WIC budget and a cemetery beautification Eagle Scout project with a county match. The next meeting is Oct 18. Columbus Day observed.
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Garden City
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Finney
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Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Stanton
Bobby Roth
RMR Farms Inc
Chmelka Road
Calvin Evans
Rais
Eminence Cemetery
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Finney County
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