For the second time in four months, employees of the general contractor building the new Evergy power plant south of Maryville is assisting the Maryville school district.
Kiewit Corporation employees presented school officials Thursday (October 1) with a $10,000 dollar check.
The project manager for Kiewit's Mullin Creek project, Ryan Mondragon, says employees were involved in the fundraising and the selection of the recipient.
Mondragon and Maryville school district superintendent Phillip Pohren both said they were surprised by the amount of the contribution.
Pohren said the money will go towards school meals for students whose parents can't afford them and to cover a funding cut in the district's "backpack buddies" program where students pick up food for weekend meals.
The superintendent also noted that the financial contribution follows Kiewit employees providing the manpower and materials to place mulch on the new playground at Eugene Field elementary school.
