Our First Give

May 25th, 2022

2nd Quarter Recipient: The Giving Project of Kansas City (Rebranded: Pawsperity)

Given Voice By Committed Member: Jennifer Clark

https://thegroomingproject.org

Mission: 

The grooming project is a nonprofit in Kansas city, mo, devoted to helping families become self-reliant through job training in the high-demand pet grooming trade. We also provide our students and their families with comprehensive wrap-around services.

100% of Funding Provided by 100 Voices Who Care to be used for:

 Mom's will go without food inorder to save foodstamps for their kids. Recognizing that it is difficult for someone to focus if they are hungry, Pawsperity supports their students by providing a nutritious lunch to each student daily. 

The funding provided by 100 Voices Who Care provides lunch to all participants for 2 months.

 Amount donated: $1,300
*Total amount raised reflects 100% participation + $100 gifted by Grapevine.org our electronic collection platform.  

12 members as of 5/25/2022 

August 23rd, 2022

3rd Quarter Recipient: The Julie Valentine Center

Given Voice By Committed Member: Megan Selke

https://www.julievalentinecenter.org

Mission: 

 Counseling and support of abused persons and families 

Our services have expanded and adapted to meet the needs of clients over the years, however, our overall mission to advocate for victims of sexual violence has been unwavering. Through re-branding,  location changes, and over 40 years of service we have maintained our earnest desire to be the voice for sexual assault and child abuse victims in Greenville county, South Carolina.

100% of Funding Provided by 100 Voices Who Care to be used for:

 To support general funding for the counseling of sexual assault and child abuse survivors and their families. 

 Amount donated: $1,900
*Total amount raised reflects 100% participation.  

16 members as of 8/23/2022 

February 22nd, 2023

1st Quarter Recipient:  Coldwater Lee's Summit 

Given Voice By Committed Member: Jennifer Clark

https://www.coldwater.me

Mission: 

Coldwater is a faith-based, 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that serves Lee’s Summit and surrounding communities. Our mission to is to build friendships that foster hope in our community. We build those friendships and foster that hope by connecting with our neighbors and their needs. We operate a food

pantry and a clothes closet, offer emergency food during the week and provide weekend backpacks for hungry school children. During the summer months, we offer a non-competitive T-ball program (League of Smiles) and summer lunches and bar-b-que dinners to local neighborhoods.

“I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.”

- Mother Teresa

100% of Funding Provided by 100 Voices Who Care to be used for:

 Coldwater will use the funds to purchase food for our Friends Day hot meals. 

They will use the funding to assist with purchasing food for the hot lunch. They have served a hot meal to the Friends who visit the pantry and clothing closet Saturdays for the past 15 years. With the cost of food going up, the number of families who need assistance going up and providing a nutritious meal has become expensive. They would love to continue to provide a hot lunch to everyone who walks in their doors.

Before COVID-19 they fed only the family members that visited the pantry.  Now they send meals home to everyone. 

     The Friends Day Meal provides about 300 meals a month. 

They are seeing a rising need and were seeking immediate help.

They feel this opportunity to provide a hot meal accomplishes several things. 1) A free meal for the whole family. 2) A well balanced and nutritious meal and 3) An opportunity for the family to eat together.

 Amount donated: $1,000
*Total amount raised reflects 100% participation.  

10 members as of 2/22/2023