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"Our Community, Our Future" Initiative
Western Kansas Community Foundation (WKCF) is conducting the “Our Community, Our Future” (OCOF) initiative in Cimarron, Hugoton, Lakin, and Liberal in order to gain a deeper understanding of local priorities. The initiative signals a new strategy for the WKCF in its efforts to serve Southwest Kansas. The goal of the initiative is simple yet ambitious. The results of this initiative will help the Foundation understand how communities are thinking and feeling, and provide a clearer picture of their wants and needs. By the end of the initiative, WKCF hopes not only to have a better understanding of local needs but also to build new partnerships to work on solutions together. The initiative offers a unique approach to community service outside the traditional grantmaking processes of a community foundation. The survey empowers residents in directing resources to address what they view as local needs.
The OCOF initiative has four phases: a survey deployed across the four communities in the spring, a community forum in the late summer, a grant opportunity in the fall, and a grant award at the end of the year. The OCOF initiative will continue for three years, from 2024 through 2026, in the same four communities.
"Our Community, Our Future" is currently in its third year of implementation. The community assessment survey for 2026 has been launched and will close in June 2026. If you are a resident of Cimarron, Hugoton, Lakin, or Liberal, we invite you to participate in supporting your community by completing the survey by scanning one of the QR codes below or by completing a print version of the survey and, once it's announced, attending the community forum for your town.
Western Kansas Community Foundation (WKCF) is conducting the “Our Community, Our Future” (OCOF) initiative in Cimarron, Hugoton, Lakin, and Liberal in order to gain a deeper understanding of local priorities. The initiative signals a new strategy for the WKCF in its efforts to serve Southwest Kansas. The goal of the initiative is simple yet ambitious. The results of this initiative will help the Foundation understand how communities are thinking and feeling, and provide a clearer picture of their wants and needs. By the end of the initiative, WKCF hopes not only to have a better understanding of local needs but also to build new partnerships to work on solutions together. The initiative offers a unique approach to community service outside the traditional grantmaking processes of a community foundation. The survey empowers residents in directing resources to address what they view as local needs.
The OCOF initiative has four phases: a survey deployed across the four communities in the spring, a community forum in the late summer, a grant opportunity in the fall, and a grant award at the end of the year. The OCOF initiative will continue for three years, from 2024 through 2026, in the same four communities.
"Our Community, Our Future" is currently in its third year of implementation. The community assessment survey for 2026 has been launched and will close in June 2026. If you are a resident of Cimarron, Hugoton, Lakin, or Liberal, we invite you to participate in supporting your community by completing the survey by scanning one of the QR codes below or by completing a print version of the survey and, once it's announced, attending the community forum for your town.
