Learning The Trade
Build My Future constructs impact on local youth. What started as a great concern over a lack of skilled workers, and an interest in the trade industry among youth, has…
Pay It Forward
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Pay It Forward Archive
Pay It Forward – See a Need, Fill a Need
The JC Schools Foundation calls on the community for engagement. When it comes to championing a legacy of excellence, building success begins with a strong foundation. Since 1998, The JC…
Program for Prevention
CDFY shows hope toward educating children and helping others succeed in recovery. The following content may not be suitable for some readers. Some of us didn’t make the best choices…
A Blue Christmas
Operation TOYS helps police bond with the families they protect. Christmas is on its way. Twinkling lights, holiday treats, time away from school, and presents under the tree — it’s a season…
Programs with Purpose
More than 25 years of supporting the dream. When the bell rings and school is out for the day, there is palpable excitement as children leave their classrooms and exit school.…
Layers of Hope
The JC Parks Foundation builds our community — one green banana at a time. Picture yourself wheeling a cart through the produce section at a grocery store. You roll up…
Connecting Families & Raising Black Leaders
Welcoming the Central Missouri Chapter of Jack and Jill of America. It takes a village. Black mothers in Central Missouri were searching for a network of women just like them…
Building Community Bridges
Connecting youth with hope and tools for lifetime success. As the dance director at Building Community Bridges, a nonprofit serving local youth, Mecca Dixon loves working with her dance team…
Changing Lives Through Literacy
Adult Basic Literacy Education (ABLE) Adult Basic Literacy Education, or ABLE, was founded in 1985 with the help of a librarian by the name of Amie Morrow, who was instrumental…
A Place to Call Home
HALO offers a hand of hope to children who need it the most. Most people in Jefferson City know about HALO or have at least heard its name. Many locals…