06/11/2026
🌟 We awarded this grant earlier this spring but never got the chance to share the exciting news!
We're proud to support St. John's Episcopal Church - Great Bend, Kansas with a $1,000 Sharing Success Grant. ❤️
Their Feed the Children program helps ensure local kids have access to meals during the summer and other academic breaks, making a meaningful difference for families in the community. 🍎🥪
Learn more at the link in the comments! 👇
St. John’s Episcopal receives $1K Sharing Success Grant from Wheatland Electric
Posted Mar 18, 2026 7:15 AM
St. John’s Episcopal Church, represented by Karen Kline-Martin and Rev. Teresa Lahar (left) and Tiffany Moyer (far right), was awarded a Sharing Success grant presented by Mary Hoisington, Wheatland Electric Cooperative member services and key accounts manager (second from right). The grant will help support the church’s Feed the Children Program, which provides food assistance to at-risk children during school breaks throughout the year.
St. John’s Episcopal Church, represented by Karen Kline-Martin and Rev. Teresa Lahar (left) and Tiffany Moyer (far right), was awarded a Sharing Success grant presented by Mary Hoisington, Wheatland Electric Cooperative member services and key accounts manager (second from right). The grant will help support the church’s Feed the Children Program, which provides food assistance to at-risk children during school breaks throughout the year.
From Wheatland Electric
Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. (WEC) announced today that St. John’s Episcopal Church has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the WEC Sharing Success Fund to help support its Feed the Children Program, which provides food assistance to at-risk children during school breaks throughout the year.
St. John’s Episcopal Church established the Feed the Children Program to help families struggling to meet their children’s breakfast and lunch needs when school is not in session. While school-based meal programs provide vital support during the academic year, gaps often remain during spring, summer, and winter breaks. The church stepped in to help cover those gaps.
Through partnerships with KCSL–Healthy Families, St. John’s Episcopal Church identifies families in need and provides food boxes during seven weeks each year, including summer break, winter break, and spring break. In recent distributions, the program has supported up to 13 families and nearly 30 children during a single school break, with participation continuing to grow. For the five weeks of food distributions in 2025, the program spent more than $3,300. The Sharing Success grant will help offset food costs and allow the church to continue serving families during critical times when other resources may be limited.
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By supporting the Feed the Children Program, the grant helps reduce stress for families, strengthens community partnerships, and ensures children have access to nutritious food when school is not in session. The program reflects St. John’s Episcopal Church’s ongoing commitment to caring for neighbors and supporting the well-being of children and families in the Great Bend area.
The Scott Community Foundation began formally accepting applications for grants from the WEC Sharing Success Fund from community-based organizations on December 1, 2012. Since then, the application process has been moved internally and is currently handled directly by
WEC. This year, WEC and CoBank have each contributed $15,000 to the fund. The program will continue to run until the funds are exhausted. Since 2012, WEC’s Sharing Success Fund has made $225,000 available to community-based organizations and projects across their service territory.
Community based organizations interested in receiving funding from the WEC Sharing Success Fund can apply online at https://www.weci.net/sharing-success-program. Questions should be referred to Alli Conine, director of member services & corporate communications, at 620-874-4563 or [email protected].
