Supporting Kansas City Local Community

The Kansas City Blues play in the Division I competition of the men’s club USA Rugby, which is the highest level of domestic competition. They also field a Division III team to offer new players a chance to learn the game while allowing them the opportunity to advance to the DI side.

Unified FC is a Kansas City-based nonprofit soccer club devoted to preparing youth to face life’s challenges by inspiring male and female athletes to reach their potential and learn respect and responsibility. Their mission is to provide an opportunity for young people and the community to develop healthy life and team skills through participation in the beautiful game of soccer.

Midtown KC Now is the champion and leading community partner of Kansas City’s Main Street Corridor, working to support commercial, mixed-use and residential progress, as well as effective community and economic and aesthetic development to encourage the renewal of Midtown.

Pilgrim Center Inc. is dedicated to bringing people and resources together to improve the quality of life in Kansas City’s urban neighborhoods. Their annual Hyde Park Pilgrim Run benefits the center’s programs for children.

Harvesters Community Food Network is a regional food bank serving a 26-county area of northwestern Missouri and northeastern Kansas. They work to feed hungry people today and work to end hunger tomorrow.

City Union Mission provides warm beds, nutritious food and a place of safety for thousands of poverty-stricken and homeless men, women, and children.

Friends of the Konza Prairie is dedicated to supporting the Konza Prairie, an 8,600-acre preserve that serves as biological field station dedicated to research and education. The friends’ projects include environmental education, a docent program, workshops for teachers, and student involvement in research and data collection on the prairie.

Penn Valley Park Conservancy restores, preserves and enhance historic Penn Valley Park as a vital urban green space and as a recreational and cultural resource for the enjoyment of all through education, advocacy and public/private partnerships.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City keeps families close to their sick children while they get the care and supportive services they need. On any given night, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City serves 87 families. In 2018, their houses and family room provided comfort and care to 7,625 families as well as opened their doors to support over 60,000 visits from family and friends of in-patients at Children’s Mercy.

Kansas City Parks & Recreation works to improve the quality of life, health and wellness of our community by providing socially equitable, community-driven programming and environmentally sound natural resource management.

The Kansas City Parks Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the extraordinary Parks and Boulevards System of Kansas City, MO as a vital urban green space and an asset for all.

Operation Breakthrough provides a safe, loving and educational environment for children in poverty and empowers their families through advocacy, emergency aid and education.