Saturday, June 21, 2025
The Advisory Board of the Leva and Frank Duclos Foundation met on May 13, 2025, and approved distributions totaling $48,194. This brings the total amount of distributions from the Leva and Frank Duclos Foundation to $2,860,456 since the trust's inception in 1977.
The following grants were approved:
C.A.R.E. Committee (Community Assistance) - Crisis/Hardship Funds $10,000; Cloud County Food Bank - Food and Personal Hygiene Funding $10,000; Crisis Fund - Utility and Medical Bill Funding $3,000.00; on behalf of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS - Helping Hands Funding $4,000; Belleville After School Program,Tuition Scholarships $5,000; Glasco City Library - Children's Summer Library Program Funding and Children's/Family Events $1,500; Belleville Public Library - Summer Library Reading Program Funding $1,500; Glasco Community Preschool, Inc., Liability Insurance Funding $ 1,150; on behalf of the Republic County Health Department - Suicide Prevention Funding $1,000; Republic County Hospital - Purchase Suicide Prevention Kits $350; Glasco Community Foundation, Corner Store Maintenance, Operating Expenses and Activities $2,500; Church People Concerned Foundation, Belleville, KS - Dining Room Lighting Funding $ 1,000; 12th Judicial District Supervised Visitation and Exchange Services, Concordia, KS - CPR/FA/AED Recertification Training $ 1,000; and Meadowlark Hospice, General Funding $6,194.
The next meeting of the Advisory Board of the Leva and Frank Duclos Foundation is scheduled for November 2025. The Citizens National Bank is the Trustee of The Leva and Frank Duclos Foundation. Amy DeGraff, vice president & trust officer with The Citizens National Bank, and the following Advisory Committee members were present at the meeting: Ed Splichal and Bill Navis of Belleville, KS, Toby Nosker and Jarold Hayden of Concordia, KS and Tammy Marrs, representing Miltonvale, KS.
