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HUCK BOYD FOUNDATION

Established in 1987, the Huck Boyd foundation extends the legacy of McDill “Huck” Boyd, a longtime and well-known publisher of the Phillips County Review, a weekly newspaper in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Mission & Objectives
History & Self-Help
Patnerships & The Future
McDill "Huck" Boyd
Board of Directors & Staff

The Foundation is dedicated to the ideals Huck espoused and worked for:

  • Revitalizing Rural America
  • Enhancing its Quality of Life
  • Preserving America’s Rural Heritage

The Foundation sponsors three projects:

  • The newly constructed McDill “Huck” Boyd Community Center in Phillipsburg, Kansas.
  • The Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development in partnership with Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, whose mission is to help rural people help themselves.
  • The Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media with the A. Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, which is oriented toward Huck’s life work in community journalism.
   
 
Last Updated: July 24, 2002