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Atchison Orgs Benefit From Annual Gifts

By Brian Hagen

03/01/2016

(KAIR)--$150,000 for twenty-seven Atchison not-for-profit organizations.

That's the amount of funding coming through the 2016 round of grants provided by the Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust.

The announcement of the recipients of the annual contribution was made public Tuesday.

The organizations to receive funding were selected by the Atchison Advisory Committee, which coordinates and presents the requests on behalf of the Trust.

Maur Hill-Mount Academy is the top recipient, with $13,500 allocated for the Catholic high school. The monies will be used to support the construction of a concession stand, ticket booth, and restrooms at the Guy Galley Football Field.

$10,000 is the second highest award, with five not-for-profits receiving that amount of funding. They include Mount Saint Scholastica, with the funds to support a new roof;

All Faith Counseling Center of Atchison, where the money is designated for program and services support; the Atchison Community Educational Foundation, which will use the funds to provide Benedictine College scholarships to students in need; the Atchison Santa Fe Depot, which is in need of a new roof; and the Highland Community College Foundation, which will use the $10,000 gift to support the Nursing Program Simulation Center.

The Courtney S. Turner Charitable Trust was established by Atchison businessman and philanthropist Colonel Courtney S. Turner, who died in 1986.

Since 1987, the Trust has provided more than $13 million to Atchison.

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