ONE Gas Inc, the parent company of Kansas Gas Service plans to present $70,000 in ONE Gas Foundation grants to Kansas nonprofit agencies including a number of Manhattan-area agencies.
The grants will go to the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, in addition to foundations in Wichita, Topeka and the United Way of Greater Kansas City.
GMCF President and CEO Vern Henricks says locally, the grant will go to the 2020 COVID-19 Recovery Fund, which organizations can submit applications to for critical assistance. Funds are made available through nonprofits and public entities that are focused on short and long-term recovery efforts by providing critical services. Included in that are emergency food distribution, shelter and long-term housing, emotional and spiritual care, economic and rental assistance, education and health care.
More details will be shared during the GMCF Community Hour, which airs at 10:06 a.m. Monday on KMAN.
Kansas Gas Service has also extended its suspension of disconnects due to nonpayment through May 1 to lessen any financial hardship incurred by the pandemic.
