The 11th annual Grow Green Match Day on Friday, April 21, is a tremendous opportunity for the Manhattan community and Meadowlark Foundation. On that day, donations made through the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation to participating nonprofit agencies will receive a 50% match!  

Meadowlark Foundation is joining 92 other local organizations in urging our donors to participate. Gifts to Meadowlark Foundation, which appears as Meadowlark Hills on the Grow Green giving form and on GMCF’s website, will support scholarships for current Meadowlark employees who would like to further their education to become licensed practical nurses or registered nurses.

Now in its fifth year, Meadowlark’s scholarship program rewards the initiative of talented current employees, while, in the future, providing Meadowlark’s licensed care households with highly trained staff in what appears to be a perpetual nurses shortage. Employees who receive a scholarship agree to work at Meadowlark for at least two years following graduation.

How you may help attract and retain nurses:
   1. Give in person from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the donation station in the atrium at Colony Square, 555 Poyntz Ave. Donations by cash, check, or credit card will be accepted. Each hour, one donor name from the live event will be drawn to win $100 for the participating fund of his or her choice. 

  2. Visit https://www.growgreenmanhattan.com/  to give online from 12 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 21. 

   3. Write a check to Greater Manhattan Community Foundation.
   ~ If Meadowlark Foundation is the only beneficiary of your gift, you may write “Grow Green-Meadowlark” on the memo line.
   ~ Complete the giving form included with the April 6 Messenger, indicating the beneficiary/beneficiaries of your gift. (Meadowlark Hills is listed in the Basic Human Needs & Healthcare category.) Even if giving to more than one organization, write only one check for the total amount. The form you submit will indicate to GMCF how you’d like your gift divided.
   ~ No matter the day a check is written, date it 4/21/2023 and mail it and the giving form on or before 4/21/2023. Checks must be dated 4/21/2023 and postmarked on or before April 21 to be included in the 2023 Match Day total.  
   ~ Mail the check and giving form to GMCF, P.O. Box 1127, Manhattan, KS, 66505-1127

   ~ Meadowlark residents and Passport members may submit donations and donation forms to be delivered by Meadowlark Foundation in a bundle to GMCF. If you have a check and form to submit, please deliver to the Hospitality Desk by noon on Thursday, April 20.

   4. Donate by donor-advised fund, grain, or by stock. For details, visit growngreenmanhattan.com or contact Becky Fitzgerald. Gifts of grain or stock must be initiated by Friday, April 14.