Partners
Small Business Partners - 2006, 2007 & 2008Bowersock Mills & Power Company
P.O. Box 66
546 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 643-1385
Springhill Suites by Marriot
One Riverfront Plaza
Lawrence, KS 66044
(785) 841 2700
Creative Choice Interiors
5610 W. 61st Terrace
Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66202
(913) 677-5854
Kansas City Paddler
211911 Branic Dr.
Peculiar, MO 64078
(816) 779-1195
Grants gratefully received by Friends of the Kaw:
2001
· Federation of Fly Fishers - $3,000 to assist in the planning and construction of a recreational boat ramp in St. George, Kansas.
2002
· The Ethel and Raymond J. Rice Foundation - $7,000 to develop and promote the Kansas River Atlas.
2003
· Topeka Community Foundation - $13,000 to develop the middle Kansas River section of the Kansas River Atlas, promote Friends of the Kaw and the Kansas River Atlas with a billboard, and to continue to develop positive relations with various user groups in the river basin.
· Acorn Foundation - $5,000 to support the grassroots development of Friends of the Kaw.
· Patagonia - $3,000 for preservation, rehabilitation and protection of the Kansas River watershed and efforts to abolish sand dredging in the river.
· Norcross Wildlife Foundation - $3,000 to purchase digital and video cameras and water testing equipment.
2004
· Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Justice Grant - $15,000 to develop the lower Kansas River section of the Kansas River Atlas, promote Friends of the Kaw and the Kansas River Atlas with a billboard, produce a Fish Consumption Brochure and distribute to local fishermen, and conduct a fish consumption survey.
2005
· Patagonia - $4000 to help Kansas Riverkeeper put an end to the practice of dredging sand in the river, in favor of pit operations in the Kansas River valley.
· Norcross Wildlife Foundation - $5,000 to assist in the purchase of a Riverkeeper boat.
2006
· Clean Water Act Section 19 Grant - $5,000 to fund a Kansas River Valley information and
education project.
· Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation - $5,000 to support the protection and preservation of natural resources and the care of Mother Earth.
· Patagonia - $4,000 to further assist our organizations fight to end in-river sand
and gravel mining in the Kansas River.
· New Belgium Brewing Company - $1,992 to assist in great work on the Kaw River for our communities.
2007
· Kansas Health Foundation - $20,200 to develop the “Pollution from Run-off” (non-point pollution) section of the Kansas River Atlas, provide technical assistance for the web site, and upgrade hardware and software equipment for the Kansas Riverkeeper.
· Norcross Wildlife Foundation - $2,500 to purchase a GPS camera with software and a laptop computer.
· Kansas Humanities Council - $9,180.00 to develop the cultural and historic section of the Kansas River Atlas “Life of the Kaw”.
· Patagonia - $8,760 to continue our efforts to end in-river sand and gravel mining in the Kansas River.
· AT&T - $5,000 to augment the Kansas River Atlas for under served, rural populations of the Kaw River Valley focusing on maintaining healthy watersheds.
Jim Neese, Friends of the Kaw President (2007-2008)
receives AT&T grant check from Brett Sayre, AT&T
Director-External Affairs. Marci Franciso, Senator
from Lawrence is on hand.
- Elizabeth Schultz Environmental Fund of the Douglas County Community Foundation - $4,500 to begin "Kids 4 the Kaw." This grant will include funding for the first "Sandbar School" and intial design of the "KidsCorner" web page.
- New Belgium Brewing Company - $2,271 to assist in great work on the Kaw River for our communities.
2008
- Captian Planet Foundation - $500 for "Kids 4 the Kaw."
- Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation - $5,000 to support the protection and preservation of natural resources and the care of Mother Earth.



