Bourbon County Shriners raise more than $6,800 for YAT

Steve Kilbble, First Vice President of the Bourbon County Shrine Club (far left), President Ralph Reed (second from right), and club member Allen Warren (far right) present a check for $6,878.18 to Youth Activities Team Co-conveners Diana Mitchell and Clayton Tatro. The funds were collected by the Shriners during activities associated with Rockin' & Ropin' for Pennies in the Park at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds, Nov. 7. (Submitted photo) [Click to enlarge]

The Bourbon County Shrine Club presented a check in the amount of $6,878.18 to the Youth Activites Team after its participation in the recent Jason Aldean concert to benefit Pennies for the Park. In addition to Shriners Hospitals for Children, local Shriners regularly raise funds for local projects including sponsoring Bourbon County's best athletes and cheerleaders in the annual Kansas Shrine Bowl High School All Star Football game and musician participants in the Kansas All State Marching Band.

Shriners Hospitals for Children maintains a network of 22 orthopedic and burn hospitals throughout North America providing world class medical care without charge from birth through age 18.