• Saturday, August 13 at Legends Field
• Pre-game buffet from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. 
• First pitch at 6 p.m.

Our second PSRW family event is just days away! It's City of Olathe Night at the Kansas City Monarchs and City employees will have a picnic area and reserved seating for the game. Tickets available at will call - simply let them know you're with the City of Olathe. There will be a pre-game all-you-care-to-eat buffet of ballpark foods, assorted sides and cookies. Stick around, because after the last out, fireworks will end the night with a bang!

You must RSVP by Friday, August 5 to attend!

Some of life’s most pivotal moments are marked by pain: pain from loss, from illness, from mistreatment. They’re the valleys we hope to avoid in the ebb and flow of life, so when we see it, we’re often quick to look away. But thanks to the profound emotional courage of the Olathe Police Department’s Special Victims Unit, Olathe families marred by child abuse aren’t just seen and heard but protected and advocated for in the heavy days that follow.

For (left to right) Detective Jason Parks, Detective David Breiner and Detective William King, their work is personal. Passionate about protecting Olathe’s most vulnerable populations, they show up every day in the name of others, investigating reports into physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect of children. However, they’re not just professionally present for a child’s most personal and consequential moments, but present as dads and human beings.

Their full story can be read on Workplace.

There’s a palpable energy to Firefighter Maureen Watters; the kind of energy that landed her a marketing director role straight out of college and drew firefighter friends to recruit her. But it isn’t just sparked by her fierce degree of fitness, but what’s blazing on the inside.

It was 11 years ago, and Maureen was running a half marathon with two close firefighter friends. Burned out by the prior travel and demands that accompanied an executive career, she vocalized a desire to make a shift as she returned to the workforce after six years home with her kids; a change that wouldn’t require her to sacrifice the everyday moments she cherishes most.

“They referenced my physical strength and said I’d be a great fit,” said Maureen. “At first, I asked if women really even do that job, but the more I understood about their schedule and training, I realized it was perfect.”

Maureen's full story can be read on Workplace.

When Chief Communications Officer Cody Kennedy kisses his daughters, ages three and six, goodnight each night, he tells them three things: they are amazing, he’s proud of them and that he loves them for exactly who they are, a sentiment at the center of Cody’s path.

He came to the City of Olathe a little over a year ago from Olathe Public Schools, where he spent eight years representing teachers, students and other professionals on their quest to make a difference. Raised in Olathe himself, Cody is deeply committed to cultivating an environment where children can not only grow and thrive but feel celebrated in their own skin.

Cody joined the City of Olathe with the same intent: to serve and foster a community worthy of his daughters’ future. Just as he fiercely works on behalf of them, as a manager, he does the same for Olathe. Within days of starting with at the City, Cody set up one-on-one meetings with each member of the Communications and Marketing team and asked two questions: are you happy and are you fulfilled?

Cody's full story can be read on Workplace.