Winfield Area Habitat for Humanity
Receives Grant from the SCPB
Winfield, Kan., Dec. 16, 2021 — The Southwestern College Philanthropy
Board (SCPB) offered a grant of $1,000 to a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
in Cowley County. After much consideration from the Non-Profit Leadership class
and approval from the SCPB, Winfield Area Habitat for Humanity was selected to
receive the grant.
Winfield Area Habitat for Humanity's overall
goal with this grant is to promote and increase volunteer efforts within the
Winfield community. This year the grant was
presented on Thursday, Dec. 2, by the SC Non-Profit Leadership Class at one of
the current Habitat build sites at 17th and Bliss. During this time
the class got to participate in the Habitat tradition of signing the wall
alongside the volunteers who have been working on this project.
"Connecting with
Winfield Area Habitat for Humanity and taking part in their traditions gives me
a strong sense of community,” says Dalton Ward, member of Non-Profit Leadership
class.
The Southwestern College Student Philanthropy Board (SCPB) was developed
from the Students4Giving Campus Compact grant awarded in August of 2008.
With this funding, Southwestern created the SCPB as well as the Non-profit
Leadership class offered on the main campus to explore all aspects of the
philanthropic process. The SCPB is committed to developing an opportunity
for students to explore philanthropy, non-profit organizations, community
partnerships, and available grant resources. The SCPB and the class work
together annually to distribute grant funding to community-based non-profit
organizations that demonstrate a need for funding.
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit housing organization working in local
communities across all 50 states and in more than 70 countries around the
world. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Habitat works toward this vision by building and improving homes in partnership
with individuals and families in need of a decent and affordable place to live.
