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Paving the Way Progress: Ribbon of Concrete Appears on Loop Trail

By Becky Fitzgerald on June 23, 2022

After years of mostly foot traffic created by two- and four-legged mammals, the ground east of Meadowlark Valley has been altered beginning last fall by the wheels of progress. The CenterPointe...

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Grow Green Match Day Total Grows Again

By Becky Fitzgerald on May 12, 2022

Meadowlark's Grow Green Match Day total received a boost earlier this week when Greater Manhattan Community Foundation recognized a gift planned for Meadowlark had been assigned on April 22's Match...

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Support for Meadowlark Trail

By Becky Fitzgerald on May 12, 2022

A few Meadowlark residents have approached Becky Fitzgerald, Development Director, in recent weeks, asking if the Foundation still is accepting donations toward Meadowlark's trail project. Their...

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A Whirlwind Trip

May 12, 2022

by Leo Lake An offer of a lifetime came to me to participate in an Honor Flight for veterans. Last fall, the Wamego School district presented a program here at Meadowlark about their Honor Flights....

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Outdoor Encounters: May 5, 2022

By Nathan Bolls on May 5, 2022

Among college students who elect to major in some aspect of the biological world, those who choose one of the fields within plant biology constitute a much smaller bunch than those who elect to study...

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Thank You, Meadowlark Friends!

By Becky Fitzgerald on April 29, 2022

Hip! Hip! HOORAY!! The 10th annual Grow Green Match Day, hosted last Friday by Greater Manhattan Community Foundation, was Meadowlark Foundation’s best ever in terms of the amount of funds raised....

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FUN, FUN, FUNds!: Trail campaign goal achieved with Paving the Way Carnival

By Becky Fitzgerald on April 22, 2022

The fortune-teller who sat in a quiet corner of the Manhattan Room couldn’t have said it better. Inviting attendees to trade a ticket for words of wisdom and a gaze into her crystal ball, resident...

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Meadowlark Staff Benefit from Grow Green Giving

By Becky Fitzgerald on April 14, 2022

Grow Green Match Day on Friday, April 22, is an incredible opportunity to make a positive impact in our community in general, and among our Meadowlark family, specifically. Just ask Julie Fowler,...

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Outreach to Engagement: Pig Out for Parkinson's Makes Connections

By Michelle Haub on April 14, 2022

Pig Out for Parkinson’s will celebrate its 12th anniversary on Thursday, April 28. Since year one, the goal of this event is to educate the Manhattan and surrounding communities about Parkinson’s...

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Press Release: Meadowlark Foundation Announces Nursing Scholarship Recipients

By Sarah Duggan on March 31, 2022

MANHATTAN, KAN. – Meadowlark has proudly announced the 2022 Nursing Scholarship recipients: Julie Fowler, Jessica Pagan, and Auja Saunders. Now in its fourth year, Meadowlark’s scholarship program...

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