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Kansas City Non-Profits We Love and Support!

 

 

We are very proud to have the following non-profit organizations as clients.  We often offer free, at-cost and majorly discounted services to many Kansas City area non-profits.  As a family owned and operated business since 1950, we feel very tied to our community and the people who live here.  We wanted to spotlight a few of the non-profits we support and why we love them so much!

Happy Bottoms

Amethyst Place 

2735 Troost Ave, #A, Kansas City, MO 64109

“Where families come to heal.”

We love supporting organizations that are close to our employees hearts.  Hayley – daughter of President Jay Besheer – is a mentor in the Encompass program of Amethyst Place.

About:  Many of the women Amethyst Place serves were introduced to drugs and prostitution by their own mom—some as young as eight, most while still in grade school. Now, those same women are first generation college students, working part time, showing their children the value of work and school.  Amethyst Place provides temporary housing for moms and their children, and works hard to provide the following strategies and impact for the families:

  1.  Encouraging advanced education
  2.  Remove barriers (such as the internet, bank accounts, eliminating outstanding fines and warrants, etc.)
  3.  Stabilize family income
  4.  Reunite and heal families
  5.  Individualize services to the family/mom’s needs

 

Amethyst Place recently shared the above photo with their email subscribers. “Last week, five women walked across the stage to celebrate successfully passing their high school equivalency exam. A family member of one of our residents made candy leis to adorn their necks – a Polynesian cultural tradition that AP resident Tiare wanted to share with her fellow Amethyst Place sisters,”

“Traditionally, the leis include flowers, but the candy version is a simple way for us to honor this significant accomplishment,” Tiare explains.

100% of the women who take this exam will successfully pass it, thanks in large part to the volunteer tutors who support their journey. All five of the most recent graduates – Amanda, Mindy, Tiare, Clorissa, and Brittany – plan to attend college and join the 16 Amethyst Place women who are currently enrolled in college.

Watch this video to see a success story of one of the amazing moms:

 

Gilda’s Club

Lazarus Ministries

Saving Sight

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