We’ve got witnesses. Children and LINC staff who were there tell the tale of explosions, bubbling concoctions and seeming magic that was the first year of LINC’s in-house S.T.E.A.M. team.
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“LINC approaches summer with a go-get-’em attitude.” So goes the energy across before and after school programs with all of LINC’s school district partners and special Freedom Schools as hundreds of children saw their summer education spiced with exciting field trips and celebrations.
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It might be a sullen child alone, head tucked down in the morning. Or an anxious child, lashing out at other children at the end of a school day. They can move hidden within the swirl of a busy classroom, and LINC is working with the Kansas City Health Department to help see to it that these children are seen, understood and comforted.
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The modern highway cruiser delivered them, joyously together, like a sleek time machine into Bessie Mays’ farthest memories. Here they were, at the Carver National Monument in Diamond, Mo., and Mays was taken back to her Mississippi childhood. “What I went through, he went through.”
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A full camp of advanced and beginning chess players finished the week with tournaments and awards Friday, culminating five days of priming young minds to build strategic skills — that, and just loving the game itself.
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It’s not that they weren’t already good teammates. LINC’s Caring Communities coordinators and the Family and Community Engagement (FaCE) Liaisons in the Kansas City Public Schools have naturally gravitated to their shared mission. But same as with the Chiefs in summer training camp, it sure helps to build a game plan.
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On the surface, the night was all about fun — bus rides together to classic sports gyms and event spaces, stopping at a corner store for 3 a.m. for treats, gaming into dawn. But there was another layer, maybe not so obvious to the boys . . .
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The experience is inspiring to the Pitcher community and to the other Caring Communities sites that are trying to empower their neighborhoods. “Shout out to the site councils,” LINC’s Andrew Smith said. “You have a chance to get out into the community and do some cool things.”
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Theresa Garza Ruiz brings a deep love of community as a public official, civic leader and U.S. Navy veteran as she takes on another role as the newest member of the LINC Commission.
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Mary Kay McPhee, a tireless advocate for the disenfranchised, the poor, the equal rights of women and for justice in health and wellness for all, died May 31 at 97 after a lifetime of wide-ranging work in social justice.
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Missouri ranks 27th in the 2025 report as the Family and Community Trust urges focus on supporting thriving kids and families.
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The LINC Morning Star meal program is part of a statewide network providing free food for children under 18. An online map and text number provides access to hundreds of locations in Missouri.
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Missouri has begun issuing federal food benefits that could reach 475,000 kids this summer. The program is designed to help families pay for food during summer months.
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See what makes middle school years special for LINC and our Caring Communities as we celebrate the Grandview Middle School graduation with guest State Rep. Anthony Ealy.
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Shootings, crossfire, accidental deaths, lasting grief after the curious pull of a trigger. The P.O.S.S.E. anti-violence team went to LINC classrooms this spring to educate and recruit child leaders to be the ambassadors for a healthy summer, safe from the danger of gun violence.
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The fleet of riders in LINC’s first 5K Bike Ride rolled onto Grandview’s Little Blue River Trail May 17 with some bikers who’d never tried such a distance before. “I just pushed,” 9-year-old Gennessys said. “Pushed my way into it.” “My legs kind of hurt,” said Araya, 10. “But it was fun . . . It’s fun to go biking with your friends.”
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CodeAlgo Academy comes to LINC and the Kansas City Public Schools to put King students on a path toward computer literacy, coding, game design and — it’s possible — future millions.
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The LINC Commission will meet on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 11:30 a.m. at LINC, 2301 McGee St., Kansas City Mo., Suite 600.
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A major highway and its harsh history needs a vision that is safer and healing to the communities it split. Here’s how to join in the work.
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