Good­land, KS — The Sher­man Coun­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion is pleased to announce that Good­land High School has been award­ed a grant to pur­chase five mist­ing fans that will ben­e­fit a wide range of out­door ath­let­ic teams and activ­i­ties.

The grant was writ­ten by Rea­gan James, a junior at Good­land High School and a sum­mer intern with the Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion. Orig­i­nal­ly inspired by a need she saw on her own ten­nis team, Reagan’s idea quick­ly expand­ed into a project that will sup­port ath­letes across mul­ti­ple sports, includ­ing golf, x‑country, foot­ball, track, base­ball, and soft­ball.

“These mist­ing fans will make a huge dif­fer­ence for our stu­dent-ath­letes,” said Good­land High School Ten­nis Coach, Ali Hollern. “Stay­ing cool and safe dur­ing prac­tices and com­pe­ti­tions is vital, and this equip­ment will help all of our out­door teams per­form at their best.”

For the Sher­man Coun­ty Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion, this project is also a point of pride in see­ing local youth step up as lead­ers. “Rea­gan rec­og­nized a need, took the ini­tia­tive, and turned it into a grant that will serve not just her team, but the whole school,” said Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Tina Wolak. “This is a great exam­ple of how our youth can lead the way in build­ing stronger, health­i­er com­mu­ni­ties.”

The mist­ing fans are expect­ed to be in place before the end of the cur­rent sports sea­son, ensur­ing that GHS ath­letes can train and com­pete safe­ly, even dur­ing Kansas’ hottest months.

SCCF accepts grant appli­ca­tions from eli­gi­ble non­prof­its on a rolling month­ly basis, with the final day of each month serv­ing as the dead­line for review dur­ing the fol­low­ing month’s board meet­ing. Grants are avail­able in the cat­e­gories of edu­ca­tion, health­care, social ser­vices and secu­ri­ty, con­ser­va­tion and envi­ron­ment, arts and cul­ture, and com­mu­ni­ty beau­ti­fi­ca­tion. Appli­ca­tion infor­ma­tion can be found at www.shermanccf.org.

SCCF is an affil­i­ate of the Greater North­west Kansas Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion based in Bird City. The foun­da­tion seeks to encour­age, pru­dent­ly man­age, and dis­trib­ute char­i­ta­ble con­tri­bu­tions to improve the qual­i­ty of life of Sher­man Coun­ty res­i­dents, now and in the future. To learn more, con­tact Wolak at 785–728-7800, director@shermanccf.org or vis­it www.shermanccf.org. Con­nect with SCCF at www.facebook.com/shermanccf.