Maybe it happened within a half hour, certainly by the 45-minute mark. But at some point, the LINC kids’ understanding of the simple directions from the KC Clay Guild art teachers ran fully amok — just like it was supposed to.

The tournament drew 138 players to Gladstone Elementary School in Kansas City. Here are the results and a photo gallery.

Grocery stores and farmers markets throughout the Kansas City area are providing many families the opportunity to get twice the amount of fruits and vegetables for every dollar they spend.

LINC’s Caring Communities sites celebrated the power of community schools with music, student performances, science shows, art, dance, lots of fun food and more during the month of October. Check out some of the scenes.

A brilliant fall sun shone on LINC’s first Fall Festival — and on dancing and singing students, art shows, science shows, horse rides, crafts and rows of tables where community partners displayed their resources and services available to families in south Kansas City.

“It builds team work. It builds relationships. And it gives kids a sense of belonging to something. We want them to know they are important. We’re putting people in place that are going to teach them those skills of life.”

The Caring Communities Day celebration packs so much fun, LINC is doing it twice, this time heading to Kansas City’s Southland. The Fall Festival, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will bring free music, food, games, family resources and more to Longview Shopping Plaza at Blue Ridge Boulevard and Longview Road.

“LINC is wonderful, it’s a lifesaving program,” said Neeco Sims, a LINC parent and grandparent. “It gives me time to focus while my kids are productive. They can do their homework, have all kinds of activities, and learn things like coping skills, which help them when they get home.”

It was back-to-school week for the LINC Caring Communities sites, highlighting once more the wide array of services standing ready in LINC’s work of making stronger families together.

We dropped in at Hickman Mills Middle School where Jason Terry, NBA star and coach, led the four day Hickman Mills & Jason Terry Relentless Mental Health and Basketball Camp. LINC helped support the camp organized by Cyrus Rodgers’ Faces of the Future Foundation. Take a look at the camp’s hard work and the important mission.