Non-profits

For more information contact:
Adam MacDonald
(913) 371-3674
amacdonald@unitedway-wyco.org

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November 18, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Every campaign has a story and United Way of Wyandotte County’s campaign was no different this year. United Way supporters shared their stories at the Celebration lunch yesterday as campaign chairs, Dr. Jill Shackelford and Jeff Manning, celebrated the campaign’s success of raising slightly more than $2 million to date.

Last night, the local ALS-Midwest Chapter hosted a celebratory event that recognized all community participants in this year's ALS "Walk to Defeat" event. The walk event was held in October 17th at Corporate Woods in Overland Park, KS.

Kansas City, Missouri, November 18, 2009– The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City and the Missouri Mavericks are hosting a “Dinner on Ice” on December 2nd, 2009 at the Independence Events Center. The Missouri Mavericks hockey players will be serving dinner right on the ice!

Contact: Debra Box
913-831-4752
Fax: 913-831-4707

DATE: November 18, 2009
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Support Kansas City Announces New Award to Honor Kansas City’s Best Nonprofits

Contact: Lisa Schuster
Tel: (913)-244-1105
Email: lisa@smsmobilesolutions.com

No more letters from the North Pole, Santatextme.com lets parents sign up for personalized text messages from Santa.

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Al Brown, Director 816.356.0054
Maggie Chase, Assistant 816.356.0054
Jill Masson, Barkley 816.423.6146, Cell 913.707.4677

NEW REAP HOUSE GRAND OPENING TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 18

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Overland Park, KS (Evans Media Group) – November 11, 2009 … George Brett fields donuts and coffee for a great cause at Grand Opening.

Kansas City, Missouri, November 12, 2009 –
This holiday season, club members at the Boys & Girls Clubs are partnering with Synergy Services to fight youth homelessness in an effort to curb the growing trend of children who are finding themselves with nowhere to go.

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Kansas City, Missouri - November 12, 2009-

When her sons learned to swim while in grade school they had never heard of bareboating, Virgin Islands or catamarans. These words were not “household words” in their home or community. In fact, none of their acquaintances would put the three words together to describe a vacation of a lifetime. After all, their neighborhood landscape was not equipped with public swimming pools. Or private pools for that matter. Vacation was defined as a road trip to a relatives’ house. There it wasn’t a requirement to know how to swim, snorkel or even drive a dinghy.

Independence, Mo., (November 12, 2009) – Hope House, Missouri’s largest provider of domestic violence services received approval from the Missouri Housing Development Commission for Affordable Housing Assistance Program (AHAP) tax credits. Hope House will offer up to $1,000,000 in credits to donors making gifts to its capital campaign, “Building Hope”. These 55% credits are transferrable and may also be sold. The $5 million dollar campaign has received gifts and pledges totaling $3,667,251. The campaign is for the construction of a new, larger therapy building and for renovations to the existing four buildings at Hope House’s Independence campus. MaryAnne Metheny, CEO states, “These tax credits are a wonderful opportunity for donors to leverage their charitable giving, we’re thrilled to have these available for our donors.”

Armed with little more than the clothes on their backs and a sleeping bag, 15 local youth will be camping out behind the Roeland Park City Hall at 4600 W 51st Street in Roeland Park, KS this Friday, November 13, to raise awareness about youth homelessness.

TubaChristmas 2009 will be hosted by The Kansas City Symphony on Friday, December 4. This event will be one of 240 TubaChristmas concerts presented around the United States in tribute to the late artist/teacher William J. Bell, born on Christmas Day 1902. The TubaChristmas ensemble performs traditional Christmas carols and songs, many of which were arranged by noted American composer Alec Wilder, who ironically died on Christmas Eve, 1980. The memories of Bell and Wilder are celebrated in the annual performances of TubaChristmas groups around the nation.

For Immediate Release:

The Greater Kansas City Metro Area’s Premier Event Planning/Carnival Company, Creative Carnivals & Events, LLC, receives hundreds of requests for donated services each year. This season, rather than trying to field these requests over the year, we have chosen to hold a CHARITABLE CARNIVAL for one very deserving not-for-profit organization or individual that is truly in need of our assistance.

11/10/09
For Immediate Release
Contact: Richard Woodward
Board Member & Volunteer
Good Samaritan Project
Daytime Phone: 816-234-4011
rwoodward@sbcglobal.net

On Sunday, December 13th, The Good Samaritan Project will present their 2nd annual Holiday Homes Tour in The Historic Northeast Neighborhood of Scarritt Renaissance. The tour features 5 historic mansions along Gladstone Blvd. decorated in Holiday splendor, hard hat tours of The Kansas City Museum, carriage rides, and strolling carolers, all followed by a concert by The KC Boys Choir and The KC Girls Choir at The Melrose United Methodist Church.

Date: Friday, November 06, 2009

Contact: Pam Whiting
(816) 374-5481 PamW@kcchamber.com

Kendra Kemp
(816) 374-5465 Kemp@kcchamber.com

Calendar of Events
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce

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Novemeber 9, 2009

Contact: Kate Fields, Director of Resource Development, Heartland Habitat for Humanity, 913-342-3047 or kate@heartlandhabitat.org

Kate Marx, Public Relations, Humana, 513-826-7093 or kmarx@humana.com

Contact: Kevin Perry (573) 680-5069

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CENTERVILLE, MO, NOVEMBER 6, 2009 — The Taum Sauk Fund (TSF) is encouraging interested citizens to indicate their interest in serving on the Board of Directors of the Taum Sauk Fund, Inc, a non-profit corporation. The nine-member Board, which governs and directs the tourism and economic development activities of the Taum Sauk Fund in Reynolds and Iron Counties, must fill three vacancies on the Board because terms are ending.

19th DeLaSalle Annual Movie Benefit Slated Nov. 12

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KANSAS CITY, MO. (November 2009) — On Thursday, November 12th, the media is invited join Kansas City society for the 19th Annual DeLaSalle Movie Benefit presented by AMC Entertainment at their flagship property AMC Town Center 20 located at 119th and Nall.

(KANSAS CITY) – The Kansas City Symphony marks the beginning of the holiday season with Handel’s Messiah on Thanksgiving weekend. The Kansas City Symphony and Chorus join with the Independence Messiah Choir for this mosaic of the scriptures, which remains Handel’s most famous work. With over 400 musicians on stage, it is one of the most triumphant choral pieces ever written. Messiah is best known for its familiar “Hallelujah” chorus.

Kansas City, Mo. (November 5, 2009) – Amy Moss has joined the Kansas City branch of Heartland Lions Eye Banks as its new hospital services coordinator. Together, Moss and the Eye Bank staff provide the gift of sight to thousands by connecting corneal surgeons and their patients to the highest-quality donated corneal tissue for transplant.

For more information contact:
Adam MacDonald
(913) 371-3674
amacdonald@unitedway-wyco.org

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Have you been looking for affordable, one-of-a-kind art for those special people on your holiday gift list? Look no further! Visit the upcoming free art showcase, Art and Soul of the Community, to do your shopping for gifts from local artists while supporting a vital piece of our community’s soul, United Way of Wyandotte County.

Overland Park, KS - Jerry Cook, president of the Overland Park Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), was honored during the 2009 Kansas Tourism Conference for achieving his Kansas Destination Specialist (KDS) certification.

Tails R Waggin Paws for the Holidays(Overland Park, KS) Donation and food drive hosted by Overland Park, KS, Doggy Daycare

“A séance for piano and orchestra" -- ghosts of music's past weave through the three movement concerto

(Kansas City) - The Kansas City Symphony will present the world premiere of Lost Souls - A Piano Concerto by Israeli composer Avner Dorman on November 20-22. Lost Souls tell the haunting story of a séance summoning ghosts of concertos past, ending in an exorcism. Praised by Gramophone Magazine as “a fresh, young voice, worth following,” Avner Dorman is a rising star composer whose orchestral works were recently performed by the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Kansas City, Missouri. November 2, 2009-StandUp for Kids-Kansas City announced they are donating 90 backpacks containing food and personal care products to the ReStart Youth Network. Girl Scout Troop #110 from Olathe collected the backpacks and items to donate. The local chapter of Stand Up For Kids is a relatively new organization and one of the few programs offering assistance to homeless youth.

KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY HOSTS
KENNEDY CENTER PRESIDENT MICHAEL KAISER FOR FREE COMMUNITY ARTS CONVERSATION ON NOVEMBER 18

Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser to Travel to all 50 States, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., to address the challenges facing non-profit performing arts organizations today

Enchanted Forest(Overland Park, KS – November 2, 2009) – More than 100 beautifully decorated trees and wreaths will bedeck Union Station’s Grand Hall & Theater District for Marillac's Enchanted Forest this November and December. The free pubic display, which draws more than 50,000 visitors each year, offers families a festive way to spend an afternoon, and an opportunity to share a little holiday spirit with Marillac, one of the area’s oldest children’s charities. During the three-week Enchanted Forest display, all trees and wreaths will be available for purchase through a silent auction, and money raised will benefit the more than 1,000 Kansas City children Marillac helps each year.

Marillac Presents Enchanted Evening(Overland Park, KS – October 29, 2009) – Mark your calendars for Kansas City’s most enchanting gala—Marillac’s Enchanted Evening. For the first time in it’s seventeen-year history, the annual gala will move from Union Station to the ballroom at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel. The elegant affair, held on Friday, November 20, 2009, will be co-chaired by Dr. James & Vicki Mirabile and Mr. Eddie & Shimika Kennison, and will feature gourmet cuisine, cocktails, live and silent auctions, and entertainment.

Kansas City, Mo-- Shepherd’s Centers of America (SCA) has announced the appointment of Michael B. Wood as its Executive Director. SCA is a national network of non-profit, interfaith programs serving the needs of America’s burgeoning senior population. His responsibilities will include overseeing the Kansas City headquarters while representing and supporting the membership of nearly 60 Shepherd’s Centers nationwide.

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(Kansas City, Mo.) – Dana Knapp has joined Mid-America Arts Alliance as Director of Programs, a newly created position to focus on developing, integrating, and overseeing the organization’s Performing Arts, Visual Arts and Humanities, and Professional Development programs.