HIAWATHA, KS — The Hiawatha Community Foundation is thrilled to announce that this year’s Give Back to Move Forward Match Day raised an astounding $291,269.56 to support local nonprofits, schools, and community causes across the communities of USD 415, surpassing last year’s total of $238,012.89.
A banner for the Hiawatha Community Foundation Match Days event was hung on Hiawatha’s City Hall on the week of Friday, May 16, the week after Mayor Becky Shamburg made the proclamation that the week of May 18 to May 24 would be deemed as Community Foundation Week, which is the same week that the Foundation will be hosting its Match Days event at the Fisher Center on the morning of Friday, May 23 and the afternoon of Saturday, May 24.
The mission of Hiawatha Parks & Recreation and its Advisory Board is to enrich the quality of life for our community through safe, well-maintained parks and facilities that promote diverse recreation activities, health, wellness, learning and fun. Our vision is to provide excellent services that create a happy and healthy community where all residents can pay, learn, work and live.
The Brown County Genealogical Society was chartered in June 1997 by first president and founder Lyle Hinz. In 1999 we moved into our present building at 116 S 7th Street, Hiawatha with just a small amount of genealogy resources. Over the years we have grown our collection and we now house information from several surrounding communities, family histories that have been donated, funeral pamphlets, death notices from area papers and much more.
Just in time for the Hiawatha Community Foundation’s annual Give Back to Move Forward Match Days, the Hiawatha Foundation for Economic Development (HFED) has officially launched its Facade Improvement Grant Program — a new initiative aimed at helping local businesses improve the exterior appearances of their buildings.
The mission of our group of community volunteers is to benefit the patients, their families and the employees of Amberwell Hiawatha Hospital. The purpose of the Auxiliary is to continue to support and assist in promoting the health and welfare of our community.
Hiawatha Swim Team is a community focused organization that helps kids learn a love for a lifelong sport.
Submitted by Belinda Estes NEK-CAP, Inc. NEK-CAP, Inc. is looking forward to another year of participating in the Give Back to Move Forward Match Day.… Login to continue reading Login…
Hiawatha, KS – Hiawatha Community Foundation (HCF) is pleased to announce the hiring of Deborah Geiger as our first full-time Executive Director. This full-time executive director position has been made possible through the Patterson Family Foundation Capacity Building Program established for rural communities and marks the ability for HCF to better serve the community and its nonprofit organizations. Deborah will officially begin her role as Executive Director of HCF on April 1, 2025.
Hiawatha Community Foundation (HCF), serving Hiawatha, Robinson, Reserve and Fairview, is proud to announce the receipt of a Patterson Family Foundation Capacity Building Grant. This program was created to help rural community foundations address staffing challenges. With the receipt of this grant, Hiawatha Community Foundation has the ability to hire its first executive director.