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Greetings!
This is the September 17th edition of a weekly report to the LINC Commission. Our board is deeply interested in our work and wanted to learn about -- and share with others -- the great things LINC is helping to accomplish.
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LINC sites begin planning for Lights on After School
LINC helps keep the lights on after school so that children can have a safe place to learn and enjoy enrichment activities and parents can work.
Every year LINC participates in the national Lights On Afterschool celebration. This year mark your calendars for Thursday, Oct. 21. LINC expects to hold 30 or more events across the community on the same evening. We hope you will be able to attend one of the events.
Look for more details in coming weeks. Information about events will be continually updated on our website at www.kclinc.org/lightson. This is one of LINC's major community outreach efforts.
The national celebration is organized by the Afterschool Alliance, www.afterschoolalliance.org.
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LINC and partners to hold neighborhood clean-up events
LINC is partnering with several Kansas City neighborhoods to organize clean-ups this fall.
LINC is supporting a Sept. 25th clean-up at Smith-Hale College Preparatory 6/7 Center, 8925 Longview Rd. The event is open to all Hickman Mills School District residents, and is sponsored in partnership with the homes associations of Ruskin Heights/Ruskin Village, Ruskin Hills, Kirkside and Stratford, as well as St. Matthew's CCO, Ruskin Neighborhoods CDC, Keep Kansas City Beautiful, and Hickman Mills School District.
Residents are invited to bring the following items for disposal/collection: tires and rims, old medicine, antifreeze, batteries, oil, paint, and items for shredding. Big Brothers Big Sisters will be collecting clothing and small appliances, and Community Assistance Council will be collecting non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, personal care products and cash donations.
Smith-Hale recently became a LINC Caring Communities site, and is one of nine LINC sites in Hickman Mills.
LINC is also supporting Oct. 2nd clean-ups in partnership with the Fox Town East Neighborhood Association and the Noble Neighborhood Association. Both neighborhoods are served by the Southeast Caring Communities Neighborhood Resource Center.
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Mattie Rhodes partners with LINC sites in KCMSD
LINC and Mattie Rhodes Center are partnering to provide cultural arts instruction to children enrolled in the LINC Caring Communities programs at Garcia and James elementary schools.
Mattie Rhodes Art Center is located across the street from Garcia school in Kansas City's west side. Mattie Rhodes Northeast Satellite is located across the street from James school in northeast Kansas City.
LINC staff will accompany students at the sessions, which will be held after school Tuesday through Friday. Children who sign up for the Mattie Rhodes program will attend once a week.
Mattie Rhodes offers mental health and social services as well as visual art education programs that awaken creative spirits, enhance self-esteem, and teach valuable problem-solving skills.
For more information visit www.mattierhodes.org
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LINC program at Carver engages pre-K, Head Start parents
Carver Elementary Caring Communities in the Kansas City, Mo School District is working hard to engage families and serve younger children.
Site Coordinator Darryl Bush worked with the Head Start coordinator to encourage parents with younger children to enroll their pre-K children in the LINC afterschool program.
Bush is also working with the Head Start coordinator to connect parents with LINC community resources such as utility assistance, employment information, post-secondary education, and resources to help parents become self-sufficient.
LINC is also working with Lincoln University and University of Missouri extension services to provide physical education and nutrition activities to pre-K students during the regular school day.
Head Start parents are also encouraged to beinvolved in the Carver Caring Communities Site Council meetings.
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LINC employee receives award
LINC Supervisor Rick Bell received the Harriett Brewer Award for community commitment and service and was one of five persons recognized at the Sept. 11 annual Koinonia Family Festival at Chelsea Park in Kansas City.
The annual event is sponsored by Greater Corinthian Non Denominational Church for families living on Kansas City's eastside. The focus is on neighborhood residents working to improve their own community and building social capital through community fellowship. Families received food, clothing and other assistance during the festival.
Other awardees included Kansas City, Mo. council members Terry Riley and Sharon Sanders Brooks, Pastor Wallace Hartsfield II and Travis Critton, chairman and founder of the Koinonia Family Festival in Kansas City.
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LINC site coordinator helps NKC students get vision checked
Students at four LINC Caring Communities sites in the North Kansas City School District received help getting eye glasses.
Teachers at the schools noticed that some students were having trouble seeing.
LINC site coordinator Adrian Wilson made arrangements for several students to visit the OneSight Vision Van on Sept. 16th to have their eyes examined. Eleven students received eye exams and glasses for free.
The NKC schools involved were Chouteau, Davidson, Maplewood, and West Englewood.
More information on OneSight is available at www.onesight.org
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Ingels Elementary works on walking program
Ingels Elementary in the Hickman Mills School District is an example of how LINC Caring Communities sites are finding partners and opportunity to promote better fitness for children and families.
Ingels has been selected as a site for the community initiative Active Living KC. The initiative encourages healthy lifestyles by putting regular physical activity back into our daily routines and encouraging healthy eating. This includes promoting walking and biking, encouraging good nutrition and reviewing school and city policies to encourage more active lifestyles.
Partners include several City of Kansas City, Mo. departments (public works, health, planning), the Hickman Mills School District, Jackson County Sheriff's Department and LINC. An Oct. 6th media conference is planned. This coincides with the International Walk to School Day.
Angela Myres is the Ingels site coordinator.
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Contact Information
Brent Schondelmeyer, Director of Communications
phone: (816) 410-8350
email: bschonde@kclinc.org
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