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Decrease Type SizeSponsorship and Poverty Support
Compassion International is most known for its child sponsorship program. You can choose the child you sponsor or let Compassion choose for you, you can correspond with your child, give Christmas and birthday gifts and even receive mail from them! Before committing to a Compassion child, remember that this is a real person - are you ready to make the financial commitment to support? If you are, then enjoy the experience of having a Compassion child!
Partners International gives you the change to both sponsor a child and give resources to families and villages in third-world countries - like goats, water wells, and whole buildings! Check out all the stuff you could provide, costs range anywhere from just a few dollars to thousands!
World Vision, like Partners International, allows you to sponsor a child and give resources to families and villages in third-world countries! Check out the "Maximum Impact Fund" for ways to help the areas of the world that need the most attention.
Local Lee's Summit Service
As a teen, you can do anything from helping with yard work to tutoring kids to helping families! Lee's Summit Elementary is right across the street from our church at 110 SE Green Street, Lee's Summit, MO, 64063. Contact Becky McKee at 816-986-3340.
Do you love animals? At Lee's Summit Animal Shelter, you can play with them and walk dogs and help out around the shelter! The hours you can volunteer are 8-11am and 3-5pm on weekdays, 8-11am and 12-2pm on weekends. If you are 16+, you can go alone; if you're younger than 16, you can still go, but your parent needs to come too! The Animal Shelter is located at 1249 NE Tudor Road in Lee's Summit, and you can fill out a volunteer form to help out! Contact Vicki at 816-969-7405 if you have questions.
Hope House
Hope House is a shelter that can always use help with sorting clothes and doing things around the building! The address of this location is confidential to protect the residents, but you can contact Amber Bourek at 816-461-4188 to help!
Have a heart for children with special needs? Try working with the Special Olympics! These children and teens with mental disabilities will bring you more joy than you know, and usually, they teach us more than we help them. The Special Olympics provides the mentally disabled with athletic events (including tournaments, track meets, etc). You can be a part of the Special Olympics locally by calling Jeremie Ballinger at 913-789-0332.
