When the needs are so great, not everyone’s requests can be filled, admitted Georgia Masterson, interim director of Iola’s Humanity House.
Masterson learned in early September that a grant application to Health Forward, a Kansas City-based foundation that has previously supported Humanity House, was denied.
The application requested $100,000 a year for two years and would have covered the salaries of a full-time director, a part-time staffer and food subsidies.
Masterson volunteers her time at the non-profit located at 110 East st.
Masterson now has four grant applications of varying amounts “in the pipeline,” to keep the organization afloat.
A local fundraiser in mid-September raised $1,300, of which all was used to stock its food pantry.
For more information, call Humanity House at 620-380-6664.
