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The Local Investment Commission (LINC)℠ is a non-profit organization that works with state and local government, businesses, community and civic leaders to improve the lives of children and families in the Kansas City region. Learn more about LINC.
Bullying, says SuEllen Fried, never was and never should have been “just part of growing up. We now know children who bullied are more likely to commit crimes as adults. Mental health crises among youth are driving a tragic suicide rate. What the world needs now — and what LINC’s team of after-school programming supervisors and staff are learning — are lessons in empathy.
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“We have a good heart,” said Faxon student Zykhale, 12. When his classmates began imagining making Faxon’s playground accessible for their classmate, Elvis, and other students with disabilities, “we all liked the idea and we went with it.”
LINC’s overnight adventure combines passion for sports with a serious mission to help young boys and men make strong decisions in life.
LINC’s Mighty Wild Eagles Drill Team and Drum Line got Independence’s Juneteenth celebration off to a raucous start at the Independence Uptown Market June 29, 2024.
“It’s real,” said Monica Henderson, of the violence that killed her 12-year-old son. She, Mayor Quinton Lucas and others joined the End Gun Violence rally with a message to everyone at risk of violence: “Your life is truly valuable.”
The Center School District’s Michelle Kruse and FOX 4 News reporter Kathy Quinn surprised LINC’s Caring Communities team at a recent monthly food distribution, celebrating the ongoing act of kindness with a $400 gift from the TV station’s Pay It Forward campaign.
A fabulous 2023-2024 school year came to a close with school and family celebrations with our partners across LINC’s Caring Communities. Here is a video glimpse at just some of the fun.
“What’s special about today is we are in the Third District here in Kansas City,” said yoga instructor Debonie Lewis, “and we are bringing the urban core and yoga together. We’re allowing people and their families to come out and a have a morning of relaxation, a morning of fun, a morning of movement and meditation.”
The Digital Inclusion Fund is back. Because persistent gaps still separate KC-area families from essential digital connections, a renewed campaign beginning June 3 will be taking applications to draw from a $250,000 fund to support area organizations in the work of digital equity.
Here comes summer. LINC’s Caring Communities are getting ready at 17 sites with our summer school partner districts. We’ll be learning, playing and growing together. Go to kclinc.org/summer to enroll.