Need help in purchasing new football cleats and helmet visor for a 14 y/o boy who recently reunified with his mom. Throughout his time in care he changed between multiple placements and different schools. Despite the many transfers, the teenager maintained excellent grades and attendance and has been able to play football at each school. He is growing rapidly and needs new cleats and a required visor for his new team. Football is extremely important to him and he works hard to ensure he can play in addition to his educational goals. He has high hopes and aspirations to attend college and interest in computers/coding. He utilizes football as a healthy coping skill and gains many skills from his coaches and team such as teamwork, discipline, and physical exercise. Either the specific items or a gift card to a sporting goods store would help obtain the items and allow him to pick out the right fit/style himself as he is learning financial skills as a teenager such as how much items cost, how to shop around, and check out/pay for yourself. Helping meet this need would free up funds in the home for other necessary items.

Two single moms, each with 2 children, are in need of extra support. Although they are both employed, they struggle financially to make ends meet. They are in need of basic furniture items for their home, including a couch, a kitchen table with 6 chairs, a vacuum cleaner, and clothing storage items. A plastic dresser or storage cart for each child would be ideal. The children include a girl (age 10) and three boys (ages, 7, 4, & 4). Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Having a table and chairs in time for Thanksgiving would be a blessing.

Middle school boy finally made the basketball team his 8th grade year and is in need of sport glasses. He is too scared to play basketball in his glasses for fear of breaking them. His mom cannot afford a second pair. Unfortunately, when he plays without his glasses, he is unable to see distances and consistence his shots and passes. He has 2 working parents and 3 siblings. Mom contacted Walmart and was told the frames would be $54.00 and lens would be $35.00. Finances are tights and mom is not able to afford sport glasses for her son.

Asking for a toddler/convertible car seat and a highchair Young adult was in a car accident and has been unable to work. She will need a new car seat for her child because the seat was in the car at the time of the accident. She also needs a highchair because she was recently referred to an eating specialist for her son and told it would be best for him to have a highchair to eat.

We are specifically looking for a pair of tennis shoes for a girl, pre-school aged, size 10.5. She does not have a pair of shoes that are appropriate for school. We would love to have a few spare pairs of tennis shoes for other pre-school aged children, as school appropriate shoes are always needed at our Early Childhood Center/ Head Start. Besides the specific girls 10.5, any gender and pre-k sizes from 9-13 would be helpful. Thank you!

17 y/o boy is needing to have blood pressures checked at home with automatic blood pressure supplies and monitor. Patient has diagnosed chronic kidney disease and high blood pressure can worsen kidney function, and potentially result in organ failure. Wanting to assess blood pressure and how best to bring it down.

Critically ill premature newborn was transferred to Children's Mercy Hospital from birth hospital in Wichita, KS. Mother has been staying with patient while her other 6 children remain at home. Siblings are being cared for by maternal grandmother who flew from San Antonio, TX to assist mother. Mother not working while patient is admitted. Mother plans to return to her job once patient is discharged. Mother is needing assistance with November's rent. Patient will hopefully be discharged sometime in December 2023. Mother's rent with late fee is currently $715. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as this will impact the entire family.

This request impacts multiple families.

Our building is needs some additional pairs of sweat pants. We keep a stock of sweatpants available to students who have a clothing emergency at school. This is often used by students with disabilities or students that have a hard time getting weather appropriate clothing. We try to get these items returned to be washed for multiple uses, but on occasion they are taken and not returned. Special Instructions: 10 Size M and 10 size S sweat pants- neutral colors.

Parent in our program needs help with paying for front brakes and front rotors for her 2011 Nissan Altima. Parent had to use most of her saving to buy the car and to also to pay to have back brakes and back rotors replaced. Parent needs a car in order to get her daughter to school since the school she attends does not provide bus service. As of now friends and family have been helping out with getting her to school. Parent also needs the car to get back and forth to work. Any help would be much appreciated.

We are desperately asking for donations and/or someone that can provide hair care services to one of our children currently in need. Over the last few months this youth has been through a lot and is now stable enough to work on her own health and wellbeing. This youth's natural hair is currently severely damaged and we have received a quote from a local salon for $900 to fix the damage and redo her sisterlocks.

Youth was able to purchase his first vehicle for $5000, but now is needing assistance with help purchasing his car tags.

Single mother of three needs help with her phone and internet. Mother is escaping her neighborhood and abuser and needs to maintain her phone and internet so she can work her at home job so she can keep her children with her. Children all have severe behavioral issues. The new environment would allow them to get more regular treatment. Mother has gotten behind on her bills due to children's severe behavior. Ms. Draudt is currently set to move to Lee's Summit this week (11/06/2023). She is able to maintain her provider at her new address but needs to pay back her past due bills.

12 year old boy living with his aunt is needing a dresser for his bedroom.

Parents recently immigrated to the US with their ten children. Mother just delivered her 11th child, a baby with a significant cardiac defect. Mother does not work as she is the primary caregiver to the children. Father works as a High School Custodian and does not have a paid paternity leave. Father has been taking a non-paid leave from work to be present for delivery of the baby and the baby's cardiac surgery. Parents are struggling financially and requested assistance with their rent due to father taking a recent non-paid leave.

I am a social worker with Children's Mercy. I am helping to assist a family with accessing secure housing. Mom's lease is up and family is at risk of homelessness. Mom has found a house to move into and is able to afford rent, but is needing support with the initial deposit. Thank you for your consideration, Emma Unsderfer, LMSW

This family had a child die earlier this summer. The mother has worked hard to get them into a new home because being in their current home where they lost the child is too unbearable. She finally found a place but needs to settle a couple of bills before they can go.

I have a family who has been so lucky to be selected for Rose brooks Rapid Rehousing Program but needs help getting a washer and dryer. They have been fortunate to get this opportunity to have housing covered for a year. As a single mother RC has worked so hard from the beginning to the case to get sober, leave an abusive relationship, and do whatever necessary to reunify with her young sons. It has not even been a year since the case opened and she has turned her life around. She is incredible driven and self-sufficient but has asked for some assistance as the family moves into their own place for the first time!

The mother on this case was given an eviction notice and was requested to be out by October 31st, 2023. The mother was off work for 3 months due to having a broken foot and got behind on her rent. Due to her renting from her father and not having a lease agreement we are not able to assist in getting her rent paid up. The mother is trying to get a new place but has a past due bill from when she left her abuser. If this bill is paid, she will have a better chance of getting an apartment for her and her son before the October 31st deadline. This bill is an Evergy Bill.

This working, single mother is in need of a crib and crib mattress for her youngest child. Despite working full time, the budget never seems to stretch as far as one would hope with multiple children. Her youngest child has quickly outgrown the pack n play she has been using and is about to surpass the weight limit. Since safety is always the number one priority for her children, this mother knows she a crib, but cannot afford one. A crib and crib mattress will help to ensure this child has a safe sleep plan and help a single working mom.