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Nonprofit Spotlight

American Legion Post 202

American Legion Celebrates Centennial

This year, the American Legion celebrates 100 years of camaraderie. Posts all over the country, including those in Columbia, are each celebrating uniquely. “The American Legion is the...

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Thriving as a Thrift Store

The Wardrobe has been helping families and schoolchildren for nearly 50 years. Evette Nissen recalls hearing from a counselor about a child who came to school wearing flip...

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Preparing Students for the Workplace

Junior Achievement in Central Missouri partners with local business professionals to introduce students to potential careers and entrepreneurship opportunities. Helping K-12 students understand how education is significant to...

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A Circle of Help and Hope

Great Circle is a Missouri nonprofit with a centuries-old history and a comprehensive goal. For Aubrey Ash, what started as a desire to foster children with the hope...

First Chance for Children

A Hand Up, Not A Hand Out

First Chance for Children focuses on kindergarten readiness and educating parents. First Chance for Children is a hidden gem in Columbia for some parents. Offering a plethora of...

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Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture’s Opportunity Gardens

There is an old proverb that says “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him...

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The United Way Maximizes Their Impact

The United Way’s allocation process aligns resources with the community’s greatest needs. One of the myths Executive Director Andrew Grabau hopes to debunk about the Heart of Missouri...

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New Name for a Proven Community Presence – COMO Youth Works

In an August board meeting this year, it was decided that the nonprofit formerly known as Youth Empowerment Zone would be renamed COMO Youth Works in an effort...

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Heart of Missouri CASA Volunteers Advocate for Foster Children

When a child enters the foster care system, they are appointed a team of people to help them through the system: a social worker, a lawyer, and a...

Coyote-Hill

Coyote Hill: More Than a Safe Place

For more than 25 years, foster children in Mid-Missouri have found a safe place to grow up at Coyote Hill Christian Children’s Home in Harrisburg. Whether the children...