Neighborhood Spotlight
Morris Neighborhood Watch Group is a neighborhood group in the Turner area invested in the safety of their residents and neighborhood.
Are you a WyCo neighbor wanting to get involved with your local neighborhood group and live within the following area:
N: Holiday Dr. S: County Line Rd. E: S 59ST St. W: S 78TH St.
Morris Neighborhood Watch Group meets the second Thursday of every month at 7 PM. Join them for their June meeting on June 13th, 2024 at Metropolitan Southern Baptist Church (5502 Metropolitan Ave.) Questions? Email Morris Neighborhood Watch Group's president at jlawrence49@aol.com
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Each month, Social Health Labs awards $1,000 to support a community project that aims to achieve one or more of the following goals:
- Foster friendship and connection
- Strengthen neighborhood bonds
- Build community cohesion locally
- Bridge interpersonal and intergroup divides
- Reduce social isolation and loneliness
Do you have an idea to improve social health in your neighborhood? Click here to learn more about this grant opportunity.
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Welcome to the Clif Family Foundation, an organization started in 2006 to support small-to-midsize grassroots groups led by people with admirable vision and commitment. The Clif Family Foundation has been proud to support hundreds of organizations that are working tirelessly to strengthen our food system, enhance equitable community health outcomes, and protect the places they play by being stewards of the environment and natural resources. Their desire has been to leave the world a better place for our children. Operational Support: These grants support daily operating costs and specific projects Priority is given to applicants that address two or more of our funding priorities at the same time:
- Strengthen our food system
- Enhance equitable community health outcomes
- Safeguard our environment and natural resources
- Demonstrate strong community ties
Operate within viable and clearly defined plans for positive change
Deadline: March 01 and August 01, 2024 Click here to learn more.
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Neighborhood-level Safety
Our furry friends are members of our neighborhoods, too! The quality of life of our pets and available animal service resources contribute to the overall safety of our neighborhoods. Help do your part in improving the safety of our neighborhoods by checking out the below information about Wyandotte ordinances regarding pet ownership, available resources, and opportunities to foster!
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The Chandler/Turner Scholarship Fund, Inc. is hosting a “Gospel Concert” in celebration of its 25th year anniversary. This organization honors the legacy of the parents of this family-run nonprofit. James and Ellen Chandler believed in education and instilled it into their children. The eldest female sibling, Teola Tillman inspired the family to offer scholarships for African American youth in the greater Kansas City area. In celebration of operating this long, including 10 years as a nonprofit, the organization is inviting the public to be a part of this effort by purchasing a ticket and attending a “Gospel Concert.”
The featured artist will be the internationally renowned singer LeVelle, a Kansas City-born and bred singer of gospel and R&B. LeShea Wright, a local artist known for Gospel and Jazz. The Boys and Girls Choir, who are known all around Kansas City for their melodious gospel concerts.
All three of these dynamic acts support the vision and mission of the Chandler/Turner Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $50 and all proceeds go to offering scholarships to community African American youth now and in the future. This is an all-volunteer organization, so besides the cost of doing business, the funds go directly to scholarships. Scholarships awarded are up to $2000 per student. Since the inception of the nonprofit status, in 2014, $84,000 has been awarded to 78 students. The United Way Catalyst Fund has underwritten this event in their effort to support minority-run and minority-serving organizations.
This event will be held:
June 1, 2024
Reception @ 4:30 PM
Concert @ 5:30 PM
Performing Arts Building of the Kansas City Kansas Community College
7250 State Ave. Kansas City, Kansas 66112.
Please visit the website at www.chandlerturnerscholarship.org to donate to this cause for the community’s youth. Click the button below to purchase tickets to this event.
 
 
Don’t Throw Money in the Trash!
In 2023, illegally dumped tires, appliances, and mattresses, and litter, such as discarded beer bottles, fast food containers, cigarette butts, and other trash containers cost the Unified Government, and by extension, Kansas City, KS residents over $835,000. This was an unnecessary expense that would have been better spent on needed services in our community. Trash may be worthless, but it costs money. Dispose of your trash properly. Don’t throw away your hard-earned tax dollars!
How you can help:
Organize a community or neighborhood litter pick up.
Contact Livable Neighborhoods at livableneighborhoods@wycokck.org and we can provide you with trash bags and let you know how to get the bags picked up when they are full.
Adopt-A-Spot!
Learn more here:
https://www.wycokck.org/Government/SOAR/Adopt-A-Spot
See Something, Say Something.
If you notice illegal dumping in your neighborhood, report it to 311 ASAP! After you report it to 311, contact Livable Neighborhoods and we can help coordinate efforts from Property Maintenance Compliance and Community Policing to provide enforcement and support in that area.
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Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) provides a treatment-based alternative to veterans to receiving "standard" sentence or diversion for their legal circumstances by offering intensive mental health and substance abuse treatment and services through the VA.
VTC's Veteran Mentors bridge the gap between “Legal Requirements” & “Treatment Needs”---assisting participants navigate the course as there will be challenges along the way.
The Mentor must be respectful, empathetic, and dependable while not being friend, counselor, or therapist.
There is a time commitment involving a bi-weekly courts appearance with participants and aiding as a “resource” so as to reduce stress that can easily be caused by distractions of life.
If interested in joining or desire more information, please contact:
Email: wycovtcmentor@gmail.com Phone:(913) 303-0272
 
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