Wins for Kansas 

Wins for Kansas: Prime Fit and building values in schools
Wins for Kansas: Prime Fit and building values in schools

Prime Fit is all throughout USD 259, including schools like Spaght Science & Communications Magnet and Lawrence Elementary, among many others.

Wins for Kansas Goodwill.mp4

Wins for Kansas Goodwill.mp4

Wins for Kansas: NonprofitGO

Wins for Kansas: NonprofitGO

What started as a nonprofit to help other nonprofits in the Wichita area, has turned into a resource to help organizations across the region thrive. 

Wins for Kansas: Arts After School

Wins for Kansas: Arts After School

When sixth graders in McPherson needed a place to go, members of the community came together to teach arts after school.

Wins for Kansas: KyMel, Inc.

Wins for Kansas: KyMel, Inc.

For nearly forty years, thousands of families have been connected by KyMel, whose mission is to make sure children with cancer get to just be a kid and have a blast at summer camp.

Wins for Kansas: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Student of the Year Candidate- Hayden Hirt

Wins for Kansas: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Student of the Year Candidate- Hayden Hirt

In just under two months, Andover senior, Hayden Hirt, will graduate high school. But for now, his focus is on someone else.  

Wins for Kansas: Kansas Eye Bank and Cornea Research Center

Wins for Kansas: Kansas Eye Bank and Cornea Research Center

The Kansas Eye Bank and Cornea Research Center works twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, to obtain, evaluate, and distribute eye tissue given by individuals who have chosen to become a donor, to someone who is in need of a transplant.

Wins for Kansas: Wichita Professional Communicators

Wins for Kansas: Wichita Professional Communicators

For more than seventy years, the Wichita Professional Communicators have been supporting the men and women who inform and connect our community.

Wins for Kansas: YouThrive

Wins for Kansas: YouThrive

When youth age out of foster care, it can be difficult to know what’s next. That’s where a KAKEland nonprofit steps in.

Wins for Kansas: Hemingway House

Wins for Kansas: Hemingway House

People who are struggling with addiction are welcomed with open arms at Hemingway House.

Wins for Kansas: Love, Chloe Foundation

Wins for Kansas: Love, Chloe Foundation

When Heidi Feyerherm-Smith’s daughter Chloe passed away from cancer at the age of six, she knew she wanted to help families in similar situations. So, she started the Love, Chloe Foundation.

Wins for Kansas: McPherson Housing Coalition

Wins for Kansas: McPherson Housing Coalition

The McPherson Housing Coalition started in 2007 with a simple goal: to make sure everyone can have a place to call home.

Wins for Kansas: Dream Theatre

Wins for Kansas: Dream Theatre

A treasured building in Russell has seen its share of history, and now volunteers are trying to keep the dream alive during a pandemic.

Wins for Kansas: Sparks Ignite Incorporated

Wins for Kansas: Sparks Ignite Incorporated

Sparks Ignite is a unique educational center, focused on building a culture of inclusion while learning, and providing self-directed educational experiences to kids and their families.

Wins for Kansas: Emery Park BMX

Wins for Kansas: Emery Park BMX

Hundreds of children and their families are building confidence and self-esteem at Emery Park BMX every week.

Wins for Kansas: Mt. Hope Animal Sanctuary

Wins for Kansas: Mt. Hope Animal Sanctuary

Abandoned and abused farm animals have a place to call home at Mt. Hope Animal Sanctuary.

Wins for Kansas: Dear Neighbor Ministries

Wins for Kansas: Dear Neighbor Ministries

Founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Dear Neighbor Ministries is a neighborhood-based organization serving the less fortunate in our community, serving hundreds of people every month with their food pantry.

Wins for Kansas: Project Access

Wins for Kansas: Project Access

What started in 1999 as a partnership between United Way of the Plains, the City of Wichita, and Sedgwick County, nonprofit Project Access is still serving the community with donated medical care for uninsured and low-income residents.

Wins for Kansas: Winfield Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association

Wins for Kansas: Winfield Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association

For eleven years now, the Winfield Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association has partnered with the Winfield Police Department to organize Operation Blue Santa.

Wins for Kansas: Jordan's Helping Hands

Wins for Kansas: Jordan's Helping Hands

Jordan’s Helping Hand’s is a nonprofit organization that believes no child should go without.

Wins for Kansas: The Salvation Army of Wichita

Wins for Kansas: The Salvation Army of Wichita

With the motto of “Doing the Most Good,” the Salvation Army in Wichita is helping to meet the many needs of those living in Sedgwick County.

Wins for Kansas: First Call for Help of Reno County

Wins for Kansas: First Call for Help of Reno County

First Call for Help has been a staple in Reno County for forty years and currently has twelve active programs to help any county resident in need.

Wins for Kansas: A Hand Up Ministries

Wins for Kansas: A Hand Up Ministries

A Hand Up Ministries helps people in the Wichita area who are in need of clothes, shoes, hygiene products and more all free of charge.

Wins for Kansas: Midwest Battle Buddies

Wins for Kansas: Midwest Battle Buddies

The VA says each day, 22 veterans will take their own lives because of PTSD. But a KAKEland group is trying to change that by giving them a buddy after battle.

Wins for Kansas: TECH

Wins for Kansas: TECH

TECH, The Training and Evaluation Center of Hutchinson, helps adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve their independence.

Wins for Kansas: St. Francis Ministries - Liberal

Wins for Kansas: St. Francis Ministries - Liberal

The Liberal office of St. Francis Ministries advocates for children in DCF custody while working to reintegrate them with their families.