Nonprofit Spotlight
It’s a sunny spring afternoon as a yellow school bus filled with chattering kids pulls up to a sprawling facility in Columbia. Kids pile out, backpacks slung over...
One hour, once a week: That’s all it takes to make a positive difference in a child’s life. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Missouri, which provides mentoring...
It’s a cold, icy Monday morning in February. Schools and businesses in Columbia are slowly and sleepily starting to come to life, reluctant to begin the day’s activities....
Mother’s Day is Sunday, and CMSE Giving Gardens has been preparing for the rush on flowers for weeks. “Eighty percent of our sales occur between mid-April and early...
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, it is fitting to recognize community improvements that were made possible by Central Missouri Community Action. Since...
Human trafficking has the guise of a Third World problem, concentrated only in poverty-stricken countries where freedom is easily compromised, but organizations across the globe are working to...
What’s good for youth is good for everyone, and the Youth Community Coalition (YC2) stands by that motto to help nurture healthy decision making among Columbia’s youth. The...