Author: Jennifer Anthony

Rebuilding Together Kansas City is thrilled to announce Rebuilding Day 2024, set for Saturday, September 21. This annual event is a cornerstone of Rebuilding Together. On Rebuilding Day 2024, over 250 volunteers will come together to work on more than 20 homes throughout the Kansas City metro area. Volunteers will provide essential repairs and safety modifications, including roof repairs, plumbing fixes, accessibility improvements, and safety upgrades.

“I love Rebuilding Day because it is a picture of the community coming together,” said Executive Director Scott Hickox. “It’s a picture of people who care for their community, who care for their neighbors, and want to make a tangible difference.”

This effort will be impactful, enhancing the quality of life for many low-income neighbors in need. Rebuilding Day is made possible through the support of site sponsors, donors, crew leaders, and organized groups of volunteers.

Rebuilding Together Kansas City, an affiliate of the national nonprofit Rebuilding Together, Inc., is one of the largest volunteer organizations in the United States dedicated to improving the homes and lives of low-income families, seniors, people living with disabilities, and veterans. Each year, Rebuilding Together Kansas City provides critical repairs and safety modifications for over 150 low-income families in the Kansas City community, at no cost to them.

In addition to Rebuilding Day, Rebuilding Together Kansas City is proud to highlight its recent partnership with Kansas City Chief’s Travis Kelce and his foundation, Eighty-Seven & Running. Together, they made transformative repairs to the home of a former decorated athlete, including a new roof, gutters, safety latches, handrails, and updates to the bathroom and kitchen.

“At its core, a home should be a place of connection, a place of safety and security, a place of refuge,” said Hickox. “When a person’s house begins to lose some of those things because they can’t keep up, it’s not safe, or they can’t afford repairs, we help. We do more than repair homes, we rebuild lives.”

For the second year in a row, EquipmentShare volunteers have partnered up with Rebuilding Together Kansas City to transform the home of a local homeowner. Over 20 employee volunteers came out to the site to help rebuild a deck and do yard clean-up.

“Everybody works great together. Everybody lends a hand. Everybody’s willing to pitch in and do whatever they can,” said one of their employees.

Check out the video highlighting this partnership and the commitment of EquipmentShare’s volunteers at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN5kDFhXamQ.

Rebuilding Together makes the perfect partner for businesses seeking meaningful group volunteer opportunities. Learn more about how your business can become a sponsor at www.rebuildingtogetherkc.org.

The Opus Group, a commercial real estate developer, recently worked with Hallmark to build its new distribution center. Part of this project included an effort to give back to the community and make it a better place to live, work, play, and raise a family. As a result of its collaboration with Hallmark, The Opus Foundation granted $40,000 to three Liberty-area nonprofits, including Rebuilding Together Kansas City.

“Because care for the community is not only a principle of our corporate responsibility, but also a value of Hallmark’s, that direction from the top enabled [us] to give back to Liberty in meaningful ways,” said Joe Downs, Opus Foundation Board Director.

To learn more, view the video at https://www.opus-group.com/News/Care-for-Communities-A-Collaborative-Commitment-with-Hallmark.

Thank you to both the Opus Foundation and Hallmark for your commitment to our work!

Rebuilding Day is the flagship program of Rebuilding Together Kansas City. It’s a one-day project blitz that mobilizes hundreds of volunteers to complete critical repairs and safety modifications across the community. In 2023, we were able to fix 16 homes in a single day with the support of our generous partners and volunteers. We have a goal of 25 homes this year, but we need your support!

Will you join us? Choose a crew leader and get your group of volunteers registered. Site sponsors are also needed. Contact Scott Hickox today to get started on your path to becoming a [Re]builder! Learn more here.

On Saturday, April 27, over 320 attendees gathered at Heritage Hall in Liberty, MO in support of Rebuilding Together Kansas City’s annual fundraising gala. A record-breaking $450,000 was raised during the evening, a 120% increase over last year!

We are tremendously grateful to all who attended, donated, participated in the online auction, sponsored a table, and/or led the way as an event underwriter. Thank you for your commitment to our work.

2024 Event Underwriters
BMG Advisors
Duggan Shadwick Doerr & Kurlbaum LLC
JE Dunn Construction
Mike & Kaye Cillessen and C&C Group
Paul LLP Trial Attorneys
McCownGordon
Smith & Boucher, Inc.
Jim & Karen Stewart
The Mark Ungashick Family

2024 Table Sponsors
American Digital Security
Aspire Builders & APEX Concrete Coatings
Bank Midwest
BOK Financial
Charles & Brenda Carpenter
Complete PT & In the Game Wealth Management
EPC Real Estate
Fleming & Associates, LLC
Fleming Group KC-Steve Myrick
Fountain Glass
Hawthorn Bank
Hearthside Homes
Heartland Chevrolet
Homes by Chris, LLC
Jordan & Gina Mathes
KAW Services, Inc.
Keith & Heidi Neuenswander
Kirkland Woods & Martinsen LLP
Kristi Soligo Team
Matt & Janese Brown and Dennis & Jan Carter
McClelland Law Firm, P.C.
Polsinelli
Pony Express Bank
Premier Network
Spencer Financial
US Federal Properties
Westland Landscape Company
Withers, Brant, Igoe & Mullennix, P.C.