Youth Topics

Speaker	Affiliation	Subject	Category	Phone
Claudia Buford Added 6/22/15	Family Conservancy, Kansas City, KS	The Family Conservancy (formerly Heart of America Family Services) - Describes the KIWANIS STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM	Developmental Support	913-342-1110 email
Shelia Rancatore Added 6/09/15	Cornerstones of Care and Healthy Families	Foster Care in the Greater Kansas City Area - Discusses Foster Care and Child Abuse Neglect in the 30 county area in NW Missouri. Cornerstones of Care is a resource for clubs to connect with needy families for special holiday (and other) support. There are 2,300 licensed Foster Homes in Missouri serving over 13,000 children. More Foster Homes are always needed! healthyfamilies4kids.org	Foster Children	816-508-6248 Shelia.Rancatore email
Scott Harris Added 2/20/15	Boys & Girls Clubs	Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City - To create awareness of the services provided to the children living in the inner city.	Developmental Support	816-452-0134
Andrea Shelton Added 10/19/13	One by One Project, Grandview, MO	One by One Project is empowering communities through awareness to end sex trafficking and to give young adult and minor victims hope of a new life through providing specialized services. andrea@onebyoneproject.org	Abuse Prevention	816-388-0663
Melissa Pulis Added 3/18/13	Child Life Dept, Children's Mercy Hospital	Child Life Department - Child Life specialists strive to reduce the stress and anxiety accompanying hospitalization and other aspects of health care. Child Life Specialists prepare children for medical tests and procedures by using dolls, pictures and words to help children understand their medical experiences. Child Life staff are also available to provide age appropriate activities and to support patients and families throughout their hospital stay. Child Life specialists explain what to expect and teach coping skills to patients. web site	Health	816-234-3757 mpulis@cmh.edu
Lois McDonald Added 7/2/11	Midwest Foster Care & Adoption Assoc	Foster and Adopted Children - MFCAA is the premier children and family charitable solution in the Midwest dedicated to support and advocacy for abused and neglected children and the families caring for them. We are currently licensing foster/adoptive homes in Jackson or Clay counties in Missouri and those willing to accept sibling groups, children 12 years or older, or children with special behavioral or medical needs. mfcaa.org	Foster Children	816-350-0212
Kim Johnson	ReDiscover Mental Health Services - Lee's Summit, MO	What's the Secret? - a class given to 1st graders on preventing sexual abuse	Abuse Prevention	816-246-8000
Carla Cosgrove	City Union Mission - KCMO	CUMCITO Summer Camp Program	Developmental Support	816-474-9380
Amy Addison	Downs Syndrome Guild of Greater Kansas City, Shawnee Mission, KS	Downs Syndrome http://www.kcdsg.org	Developmental Support	913-384-4848
Dr. Benjamin	Missouri Parks Association Urban Population Outreach Program, St. Louis, MO	The Urban Population Outreach Program takes inner city kids ages 6-16 (families, too) to the state parks for educational and recreational purposes. Kiwanians are needed to provide financial support, volunteer as guides, help select children, and invite the children to speak about their experiences at a meeting.	Developmental Support	314-725-8314
Rev. Kelly Demo	Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, Kansas City, KS	Christian Foundation for Children and Aging - We help families in developing countries put food on the table and send their children to school so that together, we can end the cycle of poverty.	Developmental Support	913-904-8273 kdemo@cfcausa.org
Cynthia Blair	Osborne Books	Books Kids Love to Read	Education	816-587-2441
Christopher Hope	Dictionary Project of Kansas City MO	The Dictionary Project - a part of a nationwide effort to provide free dictionaries to third grade school children, This is a very rewarding and worthwhile program that many local Kiwanis clubs are participating in already. For more information you can visit their website at www.dictionaryprojectkc.org.	Elementary Education	816-274-8670
Sonny Wilson	Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission	Surviving Spouse and Family Endowment Fund (SAFE) -- to assist dependent spouses and children of law enforcement, firefighting or emergency response personnel who lose their lives in the line of duty	Financial Assistance	816-960-6800, extension 236
Steve Hamilton Added 10/24/09	Grief Support Network	Support for Grieving Children	Mental Health	Steve Hamilton, 913-648-1520
Dr. Sarah Hempl Added 10/01/06	Children's Mercy Hospital	Child Obesity	Health	(816) 983-6764
Chris Link	Olathe Sunrise Kiwanis	Key Leader Program	Leadership Development	913-829-3312
Vicki Brown	Heartland Therapeutic Riding Club - Bucyrus, KS	Helping disabled children ride horses	Therapy	913-897-3939