A Boys & Girls Club clubhouse nestled in a low-income neighborhood seeks to renovate and update an older clubhouse which is worn from daily use so it can continue to operate as a safe place for children to meet and socially interact while promoting unity among neighborhood residents.
A low-income housing organization seeks to build a tiny home village that could temporarily house up to 50 residents at a time, helping get homeless people off the ground by providing them with a transitional space that is warm, safe, dry and healthy.
A local grocery business in a community still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina seeks to create an area on its property where people of all ages in the community can come to take advantage of free internet access, enabling them to complete tasks and school assignments in a safe congregational space.
NFL running back Najee Harris will return to the homeless shelter he once lived in with his siblings and mother to update and upgrade the facility. The shelter is part of a multi service agency that serves 15,000 homeless, hungry, and low-income individuals annually and works to eradicate homelessness and revitalize the community through case management, enrichment and job training.
Former NFL player and 3x Super Bowl champ Matt Light will roll-up his sleeves and work alongside young high school students, training them to build a covered bridge. This instructional and hands-on learning experience will introduce young people to the age-old craft of timber frame construction and teach them to work collaboratively while creating a permanent structure that betters the community.
NFL star Travis Kelce's foundation, Eighty-Seven & Running, is supporting Operation Breakthrough and the completion of its new learning space, Ignition Lab. More than 700 urban Kansas City children from infants to teenagers come to Operation Breakthrough each weekday for nutritious food, lively learning, health and dental care, therapy and TLC, while their parents work or attend school.
A community ministry that helps the homeless by providing them tools and resources to stabilize, gain employment and secure and sustain affordable housing seeks assistance in renovating its on-site dining space where meals are served to those in need five days a week. The new space will accommodate 200 hungry men, women, and children each day with a warm meal, safety, and respite from the trauma of life on the street.
An organization of African American women that has always sought to bring women together to serve the underserved, strengthen the community and provide avenues for volunteerism, civic activism, education, and cultural enlightenment seeks to bring its building up to code and in step with area development.