SUNFLOWER BANK COMMITS $10,000 TO THE SUNFLOWER BANK SCHOLARSHIP

MANHATTAN — Sunflower Bank, Salina, Kan., recently committed $10,000 to the Kansas State University Foundation to endow the Sunflower Bank Scholarship.

This scholarship will be awarded to a student enrolled in the College of Technology and Aviation, K-State-Salina. Preference will be given to a student from a county served by Sunflower Bank, including: Thomas, Ellis, Russell, Osborne, Saline, Riley, Geary, McPherson, Sedgwick, Barton or Ford counties. The annual available earnings from the principal will be the basis for the scholarship award.

Sunflower Bank was founded in 1892 and has nearly $675 million in assets. The bank is committed to the support and development of each and every one of the communities it serves through involvement in local organizations such as the bank’s own campaign for literacy—“Read, Write, and Bloom.” The owners of Sunflower Bank are the children of Joyce Hale and the late Joe Hale, for whom Kansas State University’s Hale Library is named.

“Businesses such as Sunflower Bank continue to meet the challenge for philanthropic support of the students and faculty of K-State,” said Gary Hellebust, president and CEO, KSU Foundation. “This new scholarship will provide academic opportunities to our students and aid in recruiting new students.”