We talk with Kyle Smith, Scout Executive and CEO of the Coronado Area Council BSA, about how Scouting serves families across 32 Kansas counties while still keeping local donations working right here in Riley County. We dig into Grow Green Match Day, what it costs to join, and how community fundraising keeps the program open to every kid who wants in.
• covering 32 counties with headquarters in Salina and a Manhattan field office
• using Grow Green Match Day to tell the Scouting story and fund both endowment and operations
• keeping Riley County giving local through the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation
• offering simple financial assistance for registration, handbooks, and uniforms
• breaking down typical startup costs for a new Scout family
• turning nostalgia into support through the corporate Pinewood Derby fundraiser
• celebrating the legacy of Brown Memorial Camp and planning for the 2027 centennial
• navigating a fundraising transition after Crystal Baldwin’s retirement

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We catch up with Christina Nolte from Good Shepherd Home Care and Hospice as she shares how a downtown tradition fuels compassionate care across Manhattan. We also dig into what it takes to fund long-term hospice support while keeping access simple for families who need help now.
• celebrating Promenade on Points and what makes it a favorite night out
• how the event works with downtown business hosts and ticketing
• key FAQs on drinks, flow between stops, and planning for weather
• a social media trivia question that can win two tickets
• the hospice house endowment campaign and progress toward the $5 million goal
• why Grow Green Match Day is a major awareness and giving moment
• Good Shepherd’s mission to provide hospice and palliative care regardless of ability to pay
• how hospice referrals work and how a first conversation can start with a phone call
Go to our website, which is goodshepherdh.org, or on our Facebook page or Instagram page, https://goodshepherdhh.org, Good Shepherd Home Care and Hospice. Click the link right there.

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We catch up with Lisa Isaacson on how the Flint Hills Community Accelerator is expanding childcare in Manhattan through eight licensed suites and a hub built around education, health care, workforce, and family support. We dig into what it takes to keep providers from burning out, meet hard-to-serve needs like overnight care, and build a model other Kansas communities can copy.
• rapid build-out and first months of operations at the Flint Hills Community Accelerator
• eight childcare suites filled with KDHE-licensed family child care providers
• how the four pillars shape daily work: education, childcare, health care, workforce
• early childhood education credits launching with Manhattan Area Technical College
• realistic look at childcare churn and how support keeps providers open
• provider transitions into the community and the challenge of finding locations
• exploring overnight childcare for shift workers and first responders
• childcare support for military families living off Fort Riley
• why other towns can start accelerators without new buildings
• safety practices families value: codes, sign-in, badges, cameras
• conference space rentals and partnerships that sustain the building
tell them that you are supporting the Flint Hills Community Accelerator on the 15th from five to seven

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