Gratitude Report 2024

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for nearly 50 years, we have been the Place Kansas City families have turned to when the little ones in their lives experience traumatic events. 2024 was a year of The Children’s Place turning outward and stepping outside our doors to reach even more families in our community by:

Bringing mental health services directly to children at schools and early education centers through The Children’s Place on Wheels, a new traveling therapy playroom in a retrofitted minibus that will offer approximately 700 therapy sessions per year.

Expanding our Counseling Center, adding two additional therapists and increasing our capacity by 70% in 2024.

Swiftly stepping in to share mental health resources when tragedy struck Kansas City at the Chiefs celebration parade, with social media posts (@childrensplacekc) reaching thousands of people and offering coping strategies for children and adults in the aftermath.

Sharing our expertise on early childhood mental health with the community, with our teachers and therapists leading trainings at local schools and partner organizations.

This work was only possible because of the support of people like you, who have generously joined us on this journey and given time and resources to ensure that children in Kansas City have access to the early childhood mental health services they need. Thanks to your generosity, children who have experienced deep hurts have had the chance to experience carefree moments like soaring down the slide, sprinkling glitter onto their craft projects, or playing with a friend in a cozy corner.

In moments big and small, you have changed the life trajectories of children and families. Thank you for believing in this important work.

To protect the privacy of the children and families we serve, The Children’s Place secures written permission from the parent and/or legal guardian of all children featured in our photography.

COME ALONG for the Ride!

The Children’s Place on Wheels is rolling into our community, bringing early childhood mental health services to young children throughout Kansas City. A traveling mental health therapy playroom in a minibus retrofitted for this purpose, The Children’s Place on Wheels eliminates barriers and brings mental health services directly to young children at schools, early education centers and more.

We have frequently heard from both families and schools who are interested in children’s mental health therapy services outside of our building. The Children’s Place on Wheels overcomes so many barriers to pursuing mental health care, including:

• Finding time in families’ busy schedules

• Navigating caregivers’ changing work schedules

• Finding childcare for other children

• Expense of weekly sessions

The Children’s Place on Wheels travels directly to host sites for prescheduled weekly appointments. Children can receive the mental health therapy they need to heal from their past experiences and thrive.

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Bringing Healing to Children

Staffed with a licensed clinician and a driver, the bus parks outside a center to meet with children for appointment-based therapy sessions. These clients are referred through The Children’s Place and begin their journeys with an initial developmental assessment along with a meeting between the caregiver and therapist. From there, the child has weekly appointments on the bus.

Step Inside the Playroom

The Children’s Place on Wheels is designed to feel just like entering a therapy playroom in our building, complete with a variety of toys so that children have all the tools they need to express feelings, show nurturing or tell the stories of past traumatic experiences. This careful design creates predictability so that children know what to expect each week and can build on that foundation of growth and healing.

First of its kind in the region

The Children’s Place on Wheels was the first of its kind in the Kansas City area. Beyond the reworking of the interior, the bus has other features, including a solar-powered heater and air conditioner to control temperature while parked, heated floors, and voiceactivated lighting to create a sensory soothing therapeutic environment.

Thank you

Thank you to the following visionary donors who believed in bringing The Children’s Place on Wheels to Kansas City: CAPTRUST, Fore The Kids Foundation, the Philoptochos Society, Eleanor Shutz Memorial Fund and Anonymous. The Children’s Services Fund of Jackson County provided underwriting for the expense of therapy services on The Children’s Place on Wheels, ensuring there is no cost for families living in Jackson County.

OUR IMPACT

“There is nowhere else like The Children’s Place. It offers invaluable services to some of the most vulnerable in our community. It changes our kids’ lives .”

– Caregiver of a child in our Day Treatment program

Mission :

The Children’s Place: where children and families heal from life’s deepest hurts.

Vision :

Childhood restored. We tirelessly pursue, find and celebrate healing for young children in our community who have faced trauma, enabling children to lead happy, healthy, hopeful lives.

Assessments

children & families served

COUNSELING CENTER Children

COUNSELING CENTER Adults

DAY TREATMENT

caregiver groups

FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES

100%

of families reported that therapy has helped their child heal.*

100% of families reported their race, ethnicity, culture and language are respected by staff*

professionals trained by our staff through workshops and professional development

555 inquiries fielded by our Admissions Coordinator from families seeking help for their children

400+

*Data is compiled from our caregiver survey, distributed twice annually to the families we serve.

Rudy Bears distributed 52

Rudy Bear is the beloved green bear who welcomes all who enter The Children’s Place. When a child completes services at The Children’s Place, they receive their very own plush Rudy Bear. The same Rudy Bear who was there to greet them every day at The Children’s Place will be right there with them for the next step on their journey.

Our boards

The work we do is only possible because of the support of so many individuals and groups who give generously to our mission. Thank you especially to our five auxiliary boards: Angel Board, Young Ambassador Board, Teen Board, Board Alumni Club and Guardian Angels, who provide support for The Children’s Place, raising funds and building awareness for our cause.

The Angel Board

Young Ambassador Board

The Teen Board

Board of Directors

Thank you to the community leaders who comprise our boards and champion our programs, giving generously of their time and talents to make healing possible for the children and families we serve.

Danelle Bender, Chair Dairy Farmers of America

Katie Gound, Vice Chair Community Volunteer

Kristen Harrelson, Secretary HOK

Brad Boeshaar, Treasurer Bank of Blue Valley

Amy Allen Emery Sapp & Sons

Claire Campbell IFF

David Emley Commerce Bank

Matt FitzGerald UnitedHealth Group

Lindsay Ford The Voter Network

Karen Glickstein

Freeman Martin McKee and FineLine HR Consulting

Blake Goodman Spring Venture Group

Elizabeth Hastings, MD Children’s Mercy Hospital

Rhonda Holman Community Volunteer

Molly Hunter Gates Westering, LLC

Mike Levitan LANE4 Property Group

Rudy Liggins The Children’s Place, Retired

Kevin Martinez Distribution By Air –Kansas City & GreenvilleSpartanburg

Dawn McPherson CAPTRUST

Bruce Pendleton Swagelok Kansas City

Whitney Reagan Mariner Wealth Advisors

Graham Still Kala Performance Homes

Kia Walsh Sherwood Autism Center

William Wells aSTEAM Village

total number of volunteer hours given by the board

COMMUNITY IMPACT

Volunteers help expand our capacity and make it possible for us to focus on providing mental health care for young children. Whether it is packing backpacks full of food to send home each week or coordinating the bounce house at a Family Fun Night event, we are so grateful for all who give so generously of their time.

number of volunteers who interacted with our children hosting water days, serving hot cocoa, facilitating craft projects and more 308

total number of volunteer hours 2,172

who raised more than $43,000 for The Children’s Place at our Taste at The Place event in September. These passionate friends of the agency raised funds in support of children’s mental health and helped kickstart the party at our outdoor tasting event Taste at The Place.

THANK YOU TO OUR Congratulations!

Congratulations to Kevin & Gabby Martinez, a father-daughter team who were our TASTEMAKERS OF THE YEAR, raising $11,030 for The Children’s Place!

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TASTEMAKERS, WHO ALL SURPASSED THEIR INITIAL FUNDRAISING GOALS:

Cole Buckman & Jordan Diggs

Cassidy Burns & Ashton Thomas

Gretchen FitzGerald & Kyri Gorges

Karen Glickstein & Don Swartz

Paige Hewitt

Kevin & Gabby Martinez

Paul Schieber & Sarah Wilmes

DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

The first step on a young child’s road to healing is a developmental assessment, which provides an initial look into how trauma and events may have impacted their cognition, language, social, emotional and motor skills. Our largest program in terms of number of children and families served, each year our diagnostic team meets with hundreds of children ages six weeks to six years old. These assessments help evaluate whether additional intervention is recommended through our programs or at one of our community partners.

When a child enters the care of Missouri Child Welfare, they are referred to a medical exam with a local pediatrician and a developmental assessment at an agency like The Children’s Place to evaluate their developmental needs.

The Key to Language

Recent assessments have revealed that more and more children are delayed in their speech and language skills, especially as the children born during the pandemic grow up. Thank you to the generous donors who gave more than $4,000 to our 2024 Giving Tuesday campaign to support our speech-language therapy services. Thanks to your generosity, when an assessment reveals that a child is significantly behind in speech and language skills, they are able to receive the speech services they need in our Day Treatment program to communicate their needs, talk with friends and more.

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FAMILY SUPPORT

Raising young children is challenging, and it can be even harder to manage when a child has experienced a traumatic event. Our Family Support Services program exists to offer coaching, community and encouragement for caregivers of children who have experienced life’s deepest hurts. Caregivers learn practical skills to help recognize the impact of traumatic events on their children and develop the skills they need to build family relationships and expand their child’s emotional growth.

Support is offered both in individual coaching sessions and in support groups, where caregivers gather to build community and share ideas to handle the ups and downs of raising their child.

families served 36 sessions of caregiver groups 55

A Grownup Trip to the Zoo

While exploring the topic of self-care, one of our caregiver groups had the idea to take a field trip to the zoo. They had been talking about the metaphor from an airplane safety demonstration of “putting your own oxygen mask on first” and discussing ways to take care of their own mental health so that they could better support their children. Some of these families mentioned that they take their children to the zoo frequently, but it was a rare opportunity for them to go an adventure just with other grownups, building relationships with each other and developing a community of families raising young children.

DAY TREATMENT

Experiencing a traumatic event can interrupt how a child grows and learns, often leading to developmental delays. Our Day Treatment program is focused on helping young children overcome any of these delays and heal from their past.

Set in an accredited early education environment, Day Treatment is our most comprehensive program and includes mental health, occupational, speech, music and expressive arts therapies. Bus transportation is provided for children to travel to The Children’s Place five days a week for this intensive program that runs for 4.5 hours daily year-round at no cost to families.

66

children were enrolled in Day Treatment

Superheroes Unite

1,742

15,708 backpacks of food sent home

bus trips to transport children

In a play therapy session, a child can be whoever they need to be. One particular child in our Day Treatment program often chooses to be Wonder Woman. One day she donned her favorite Wonder Woman costume, and she and her therapist took a walk around our building, exploring outside the Day Treatment wing and practicing how to interact with safe grownups. When the pair got upstairs, they found a couple of unsuspecting members of our administrative team working in their offices. Wonder Woman handed them each a foam sword, and, without skipping a beat, the staff joined her superhero alliance and zoomed down the hall with her.

It may not look like a typical therapy session, but moments of healing like this happen every day at The Children’s Place. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, The Children’s Place is able to provide a depth of care that is unique in this field, costumes and all.

Scan here to see a moment like this that takes place every day at The Children’s Place

The Most Intensive Care Unit

The average length of treatment in our Day Treatment program is 19 months. In that time, children receive an average of:

51

individual mental health therapy sessions

33

other individual sessions, including occupational, speech, music or art therapy

132

sessions of a variety of group therapies, including occupational, speech, music or art therapy

Our Day Treatment program is unique and looked to as a model for other early education trauma treatment centers nationwide. No similar program exists specifically for young children in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Similar to the intensive care unit of a hospital, Day Treatment provides the most comprehensive mental health care by our multidisciplinary team of mental health therapists, early educators, speechlanguage pathologists, an occupational therapist and more.

COUNSELING CENTER

Early intervention through mental health therapy can change the life trajectories of young children who have experienced adverse life events such as the loss of a close family member, living with a caregiver who struggles with addiction or their own changing mental health, separation from their family, exposure to community violence and more.

Our Counseling Center offers individual and family therapy services for children ages two to eight to heal from these experiences. We also provide adult mental health therapy for the caregivers of children we serve, recognizing the importance of strengthening the family unit in addition to the young child.

“Therapy is helping both myself and my family change for the better. Thank you, The Children’s Place, for investing in the whole family!”
– Caregiver in our adult mental health therapy program

increased capacity by nearly 70% to serve more children and families

Meet Thomas

Often seen racing a toy firetruck down the hallway, Thomas is a lively seven-year old, curious and energetic. Before starting elementary school, Thomas had attended our Day Treatment program, but the transition to kindergarten was challenging for him. His mother Christina knew to call The Children’s Place to help her son navigate this transition.

Within a few weeks, Thomas was enrolled in our Counseling Center. While he had previously struggled to stay safe in his classroom, Christina said that nearly immediately after returning to The Children’s Place, he was able to remain in his classroom, engaged with learning and interacting with friends. Through weekly therapy appointments, Thomas has expanded his coping skills to continue to build a new future.

Between Christina and her five children, they have participated in a variety of programs at The Children’s Place over the years, helping her family navigate the ups and downs of life.

“When we come to The Children’s Place, I know that my kids are going to run in and no one is going to judge me,” Christina said. “I know that my children are wild and rambunctious, and they love to have fun. When I walk through those doors, I know the entire team at The Children’s Place are happy to see us and will surround us with care and love.”

Through the wrap-around services we offer, Christina, Thomas and their entire family have found new hope.

“I will always remember the support that was given to us no matter what the situation was,” Christina said. “Whether it was in good times or bad times, The Children’s Place will always be a place of hope for us.”

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DEMOGRA PHICS

OF CHILDREN & FAMIL IES SERVED

RACE

COUNTIES SERVED

STAFF RACE

FAMILY STRUCTURE

Children come to The Children’s Place from families of all kinds. During the last ten years, the number of children living in a traditional foster family has steadily declined as the Children’s Division has focused on reunifying families quicker and placing children in kinship placements. We now see a greater spread represented amongst a variety of family arrangements for families with children in our Day Treatment program:

living with biological parents or in the active visiting stage of reunification

AGES

living with adoptive family 35% 24% 21% 20% 12%

ages 4 & under

TRAUMATIC EVENTS

average number of traumatic events children receiving therapy in our programs have experienced

living with kinship/ extended family/ guardianship

living with foster family

adults

ages 5-8

THE PEOPLE BEHIND The Place

Our work is only possible because of so many generous people who believe in these children and give selflessly to our mission. We introduce you to a snapshot of some of these inspiring staff members, donors and volunteers.

Staff Member RHONDA PARKS

The longest tenured staff member at The Children’s Place, Rhonda Parks has worked with hundreds of families over the years as a Parent Educator in our Family Support Services program, providing support and education to caregivers raising children who have experienced traumatic events.

“I love watching the relief of parents when they learn that they are not alone in their journeys to improve their families,” Rhonda said. “They see that they can receive support without being judged, and they learn that someone is actually listening to their fears and concerns. I get to watch them blossom.”

Rhonda was honored with the 2024 Legacy Award at the Gratitude Bruncheon last June in recognition of her nearly four decades of service to The Children’s Place.

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Foundation CHILDREN SERVICES FUND OF JACKSON COUNTY

One of our largest supporters, the Children’s Services Fund of Jackson County has committed more than $3.2 million for direct services at The Children’s Place since 2018. Funded by taxpayers in Jackson County through a ¼ cent sales tax, the Children’s Services Fund provides vital support for the agency. “The Children’s Place is just that…a place for children. A place they can heal. A place they can grow. A safe place,” said Rob Whitten, Chief Executive Officer of the Children’s Services Fund. “We are so honored to play a small role in the work they do!”

Corporate Champion MIDWEST ATC

For decades now, Midwest ATC has been a generous supporter of The Children’s Place, hosting an egg hunt for the children each spring and supplying food for a Thanksgiving feast for the families we serve each fall. By giving the children the chance to create positive childhood memories, Midwest ATC is helping to restore childhood for little ones in our community who have experienced traumatic events.

Donor MARY& HANK SIMPSON

Mary & Hank Simpson are former members of our Young Ambassador Board who have helped in so many ways over the years, from inviting friends and family to attend our events, to giving monthly as Healing Hero donors. “We are proud to support The Children’s Place and love that our contributions help the agency operate at its best, even if the results of our impact aren’t the most obvious,” they said. “Whether it’s paying the electric bill or repairing the HVAC, we want to give to the areas of highest need and to do what we can to help restore childhood for the children who walk through the doors of The Children’s Place.”

Volunteer STEVE CALLAHAN

Steve Callahan retired from his role as our Vice President of Finance & Operations in 2021, but he couldn’t stay away for long. Steve now volunteers in our Blue Butterflies classroom weekly, helping guide the toddler stroller through our hallways, push little ones on swings, read stories in the classroom and so much more. “I love every moment volunteering at The Children’s Place,” Steve said. “It feels amazing when the children see me and are genuinely happy to see me.”

FINANCES

STATE & LOCAL FUNDING

75% PROGRAMS

12% 13%

ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

$5.5 MIL

EXPENSES BY PROGRAM

TOTAL OPERATING COSTS: 71% Day Treatment Counseling & Assessments 21% 6% Collective Action for Children 2%

Family Support Services

OUR DONORS

Thank you to all who give so generously to support The Children’s Place and make the work we do possible. We strive to be accurate in every way and apologize for any unintentional error or omission. The print version of this publication highlights gifts of $500 or more in 2024.

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$250,000+

Children’s Services Fund of Jackson County

Community Mental Health Fund of Jackson County

Missouri Department of Social Services (VOCA)

$100,000-$249,999

The Robert F. Banker Trust

Donald and Janet Beets Charitable Fund

City of Kansas City - Neighborhood Services Department

Fore The Kids Foundation

Kansas City Area Transportation Authority

Patty and Don Kincaid

Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education - OOC

$50,000-$99,999

Cigars and Pars Foundation

Geraldine and R A Barrows Foundation, UMB Bank, N.A., Trustee

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation

Hall Family Foundation

Health Forward Foundation

Tracy and David Lockton

United Way of Greater Kansas City

$25,000-49,999

Arvin Gottlieb Charitable Foundation, Peter W. Brown, Barton J. Cohen, UMB Bank, N.A. Trustees

Stanley H. Durwood Foundation

Jerry Jackson and Scott Quinton

Oppenstein Brothers FoundationCommerce Bank, Trustee

Dr. Charles Robinson

Katherine and Mark Robinson

The Research Foundation

Victor E. Speas Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

W.J. Brace Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

William T. Kemper FoundationCommerce Bank, Trustee

$15,000-$24,999

BMO Commercial Bank

Distribution by Air

Christine and Steve Dunn

First Business Bank

GEHA

Hunt Family Foundation

Kompass Kapital Foundation

Cathy and David Larrabee

Missouri Department of Transportation - MEHTAP

Danielle and Greg Wilcox

$10,000-$14,999

Danelle and Chris Bender

Daniel Lee Bruning

Constance M. Cooper Charitable Foundation

Joan and Ron Edelman

Annie and Hunter Harris

Nancy and Steve Hooley

Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation

Brad Johnson

The Kincaid Group Foundation

The Simpson Family

Joseph D. Monello, Jr.

Eleanor Shutz Gaines

Kenneth L. and Eva S. Smith Foundation

Ray Sonnenberg

The Sosland Foundation

Jennie and Kevin Strathman

Ann and Jim Tinsman

UMB Financial Corporation

$7,500-$9,999

Carla and Marc Andreoli

Anonymous

Dei Gratia Family Foundation

Larry Frazen

The Mariner Foundation

Cynthia and Pat McCarthy

Angela and Nathan Tyler

US Bank

$5,000-$7,499

3-E Safety Services LLC

Jenny and Sam Agnew

Ash Grove Cement Company

Balocca-Clemens Family Foundation

The Robert and Dr. Phyliss

Bernstein Family Foundation

Bernstein-Rein Advertising

Bicknell Legacy Foundation

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Centric

Clinical Reference Lab

Community Wellness Fund

EPR Properties

Fendler Family Fund

Forge Construction

Hallmark

Helmuth Family Foundation

Molly and Mark Hunter

Lindsay and Niles Jager

Kelly and Prescott LeGard

Heather O’Neill

Laura and Patrick Sargent

Kathy and John Schirger

Vivian & Hymie J. Sosland

Charitable Trust

Sporting Kansas City

Rita and Steve Stollman

Waldo Brookside Rotary Club

$2,500-$4,999

1248 Foundation

Monica and Adam Andreoli

Anonymous

ARC Physical Therapy + AssuredPartners, Inc.

Bank of Blue Valley

Sally Batz

Tiffany and Steve Becker

Block Real Estate Services, LLC

Claire and Brad Boeshaar

BOK Financial CAPTRUST

Angel and Dr. Brian Carter

Children’s Mercy Kansas City Commerce Bank

DeAnna and Mike Cordes

Carol and Jeffrey Crowe

Anne and Dr. Andrew Cusser

Carolyn Mense and Alex DeMasi

Jennifer and Mike Ensz

Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Stacy and Gary Fischer

Jonathan Haase

Stephanie and Chris Hafner

Henderson Engineers

HOK

Judge Cleveland F. Moulton

Christmas Poor Fund Trust

Knights Of Columbus Council #1698

KPMG

Katherine Lee

Kristi and Kevin Martinez

Jackie and Henry Massman, IV

B. Michael McFarland and Richard

Murray

Barbara and Robert Palan

Dr. Joseph J. Parelman

The Children’s Place is proud to be accredited by The Joint Commission, the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and the Missouri Accreditation of Programs for Children and Youth.

Peak Real Estate Partners

Jenny and Bruce Pendleton

Reardon Pallet Co.

Nancy and Jeff Robinson

Mari and Paul Schieber

Paige and Ross Simpson

Britt and Nick Snorgrass

Mindy and Meyer Sosland

Staco Electric

John J. Sullivan Jr. Charitable Trust

Julie and Sven Sykes

VanTrust Real Estate, LLC

Katie and Max Wasserstrom

Wooten McLiney Family Foundation c/o Central Trust Company

$1,000-$2,499

Anonymous

Katie and Mark Arensberg

Georgina and Daniel Bauman

Katie and Matt Benge

Daniel Beutler

Doris and Robert E. Binda, Jr.

Tina and Mark Blanck

Lori and Brad Bodamer

Andrea Brady

Amy and Mike Burgess

Tanya Burrell, MD and Cynque

Tolefree

Sarah Cathey

Lori and Mike Chael

Sarah Clark

Nicole and Micky Clifford

Shelley and Jon Copaken

Mary Malabanan and David Cross

April and Dr. Mike Crosser

Megan and Andrew Dalton

Amanda Davenport

Murray Davis

Jane and R. David Emley

Angela and Addam Fera

Gretchen and John FitzGerald

Kelli Fitzpatrick

Cynthia and David Frensley

Lynn and Gerald Gentry

Jill and Brad Getman

Karen Glickstein and Donald

Swartz

Sharon Goldstein

Grace United Methodist Church

Great Southern Bank

Hue Tran and Michael Green

Melanie and Robert Griffey

Katie Grimes

Thelma Guffy

Donald J. Hall, Sr.

Donald J. Hall, Jr.

Hills Real Estate

Carrie and Jeff Hoge

Susan and Robert House

Carolyn and Jeff Huggins

Melissa Imm

Independent Stave Company, LLC

Laura and Dr. Lowry Jones

Kyle and Tom Kennedy

Kelly Kincaid

Janice and Jeff King

Amanda and Kirk Lambright

George Lester

Patricia and James Lisson

Eric Long

Lowenstein Family Supporting Foundation

Kathy and Pete Malone

Sally and John McDonald

Amanda and Foss McKay

Dawn McPherson

Sidney Miller

Erica and Bhargava Mullapudi

Jenny and Pete Muntzel

Performance Training Resources

Kristina and Chance Pope

Kelsey and Whittaker Potts

Angela and Will Potts

Stephanie and Ben Prell

Bradley Rachlin

Lindsay and Sam Reagan

Red Line Cheer and Dance Company

Amanda Rhodes

Kelly and Tom Riordan

Whitney and Trent Schairer

Micah and Mark Schloegel

Shamrock Trading Corporation

Gina and James Shibel

Pat Sibenaller

Lisa and Taylor Simmermon

Lara and Sean Simms

Mary and Henry Simpson

Beth and Chuck Sweetman

The Sunflower Foundation

Linetta Thurman

Gail Tieman

Bonnie Treichel

Allison and Mike Waters

Wellner Architects + Engineers

Matthew Westering and Earl Zweifel

Beth and Pat Whalen

Robin Woods and Paul Landes

$500-$999

AbbVie

Kerry Adam

Mel and Jeff Ahlers

Amy and Jason Allen

Dorothy and Tom Anderson

Anonymous

Jill and David Barnthouse

Shelby and Aaron Bartelt

Leslie and Jacob Bayer

Amanda and Jeffrey Blackwood

Janice and Todd Bleakley

Bob Sight Ford

Megan and Jeff Boos

Carol Bowers

Eric Buckman

Christopher Chancellor

Laura and Jeff Clark

Thomas Cohn

Nancy and James Colley

Continental Disc Corporation

Katherine and Patrick Coppinger

Monique and Tim Cowden

Dr. Suzanne Crandall

Angie and Marvin Daniels

Linda Day

Erin and Jason Dedrickson

Tony DeSoto

Tierney and John Devins

Tracy and Jefferson Dillon

Enterprise Bank & Trust

Kristiana and Matt Evers

Josh and Abigail Fink

Lindsay Ford

Emma Goff and Rhett Quinlan

Kristin Goodwin

Emily and Steve Gordon

Lauren Gordon

Kyri Gorges

Joan and Harold Goss

Katie and Ryan Gound

Tamra Greenberg and Mary Chris Blickhan

Celeste and Brian Greenlee

Amanda and Colin Groves

Nicole Gruenhaupt

Jessie and Trevor Hansen

Kristen and Tyler Harrelson

Susannah Harscher

Lena and Ryan Hayden

Sheila Hayes

Dr. Mary A. Hegenbarth

Tiffany and David Hellen

Paget and Thomas Higgins

Rhonda Holman

Jill Holzbeirlein

Hannah and Cameron Homolka

Katherine and Steven Hughes

J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation

Cindy and Vince Johnston

Britton Jones

Michelle and Paul Kaiser

Joy and Jerry Kaplan

Erica and Andy Logan

Jenny and Kevin Macfee

Charlotte and Edward Mehrer

Les Meredith

Marsha and John Monica

Janette and Mark Morgan

Patricia Newsom

Nicholas Kuehn Powell Family Foundation

Margi Pence

Haley Pille

Jordan Powell

Carissa and Todd Reiser

Jennifer and Jason Rueschhoff

Keri Ryan

Shelby and David Sabin

Sarah Schlachter

Oliver Schmidt

Megan and Jeramie Schock

Susan and Patrick Seib

Ina Shupe

Ashley and Zachary Sight

Nikki Sims

Jane and James Stacy

Kimberly and Brian Sumner

Kristen and Steven Swanson

Annie and Cary Taylor

Diana and Craig Trice

Shanelle Varone

Waldo Community Improvement District

Kimberly Warner

Jane and Daniel Warren

Tom Watson

Steven Winget

Susie and Chad Wollard

Nicole Wunder and Barry Ogden

Cassie and Adam Zorn

Holli and Chip Zuck

HEALING HEROES

Donors who give on a recurring basis to provide sustaining support to The Children’s Place

Amy and Jason Allen

Kelley and DJ Barnes

Brad and Claire Boeshaar

Lauren Burns

Paula Canty

Angel and Dr. Brian Carter

Lillian Cooper and Mark Gitau

Ann and William Crampton

April and Dr. Mike Crosser

Sarah Curtis

Amanda Davenport

DeAnna and Mike Cordes

Jane and R. David Emley, Jr.

Katherine and Ralph Erwin

Justus Fera

Gretchen and John FitzGerald

Lindsay Ford

Britt Frank

Katie and Ryan Gound

Tamra Greenberg and Mary Chris Blickhan

Celeste and Brian Greenlee

Patricia Hanssen

Kristen and Tyler Harrelson

Sheila Hayes

Kimbrough and Dr. Edward Higgins

Paget and Thomas Higgins

Polly and Cameron Howard

Molly and Mark Hunter

Jerry Jackson and Scott

Quinton

Laura and Dr. Lowry Jones

Michelle and Paul Kaiser

Megan Kness

Katherine Lee

Susan and Chucker Luetje

Grace Magott

Kristi and Kevin Martinez

Dawn McPherson

Joellen and Rob Messerli

Brett Murawski

Richard Murray and B. Michael McFarland

Christina and Ivan Nugent

Sandy Oaks

Jenny and Bruce Pendleton

Mitchell Peterson

Kristina and Chance Pope

Amanda Rhodes

Kathy and John Schirger

Oliver Schmidt

Katelyn Schmidtberger

Mary and Henry Simpson

Haylee Slocum

Lauren and James Sotos

Meghan and Graham Still

Rita and Steve Stollman

Kimberly and Brian Sumner

Ann and Rob Thomas

Megan and Steve Thornberry

Gail Tieman

Ann and Jim Tinsman

Shanelle Varone

Allison and Mike Waters

Julie and Dennis Wellner

Denton Williams

Sarah and Hunter Williams

Steven Winget

Robin Woods and Paul Landes

UNDER $500

74 Harley Street

Robert Aaby

Mel and Jeff Ahlers

Amanda Albers

David and Celia Aldrich

Catherine Allen

Jaclyn Allen

Kevin Allen

Leah Allen

Connie Ambrose

Gretchen Anderson

Madelyn Anderson

Lisa and Eric Anielak

Brie Arello

James Armitage

Megan Armstrong

Suzie Aron

Alicia and Mark Arreguin

Erica Ashby

Norberto Ayala-Flores

David Ayres

Mike Ayres

Ava Backer

Nancy Bader

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