Youth Topics

Speaker	Affiliation	Subject	Category	Phone
Peter Osei-Kwame Added 8/19/10	Africana Children's Education Fund	Changing Lives, One Child at A Time. Peter is a member of the Downtown KC Kiwanis Club. He was an orphan in his native Ghana. He will describe his work helping orphans and abandoned children in Ghana and his efforts to help loving American families adopt African children.	Education and Financial Support	816-436-5953 acrfinc@kc.rr.com www.childofafrica.org
Patricia Pike Added 5/19/09	Harrisonville resident	The White House Easter Egg Roll. Very interesting insight by a seven year volunteer at this annual event. Shows actual eggs used plus photos of children and dignitaries		816-738-4995 trishapike@aol.com
Kim Johnson	ReDiscover Mental Health Services - Lee's Summit, MO	What's the Secret? - a class given to 1st graders on preventing sexual abuse	Abuse Prevention	816-246-8000
Carla Cosgrove	City Union Mission - KCMO	CUMCITO Summer Camp Program	Developmental Support	816-474-9380
Amy Addison	Downs Syndrome Guild of Greater Kansas City, Shawnee Mission, KS	Downs Syndrome http://www.kcdsg.org	Developmental Support	913-384-4848
Dr. Benjamin	Missouri Parks Association Urban Population Outreach Program, St. Louis, MO	The Urban Population Outreach Program takes inner city kids ages 6-16 (families, too) to the state parks for educational and recreational purposes. Kiwanians are needed to provide financial support, volunteer as guides, help select children, and invite the children to speak about their experiences at a meeting.	Developmental Support	314-725-8314
Rev. Kelly Demo	Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, Kansas City, KS	Christian Foundation for Children and Aging - We help families in developing countries put food on the table and send their children to school so that together, we can end the cycle of poverty.	Developmental Support	913-904-8273 kdemo@cfcausa.org
Besty Vandervelde or Claudia Baker	Family Conservancy, Kansas City, KS	The Family Conservancy (formerly Heart of America Family Services) - Describes the KIWANIS STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM	Developmental Support	913-342-1110
Cynthia Blair	Usborne Books	Books Kids Love to Read	Education	816-587-2441
Christopher Hope	Dictionary Project of Kansas City MO	The Dictionary Project - a part of a nationwide effort to provide free dictionaries to third grade school children, This is a very rewarding and worthwhile program that many local Kiwanis clubs are participating in already. For more information you can visit their website at www.dictionaryprojectkc.org.	Elementary Education	816-274-8670
Rosia Credit	Family Conservancy - KCKS	Kiwanis Student Assistance Program	Financial Assistance, High School	913-287-1300
Sonny Wilson	Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission	Surviving Spouse and Family Endowment Fund (SAFE) -- to assist dependent spouses and children of law enforcement, firefighting or emergency response personnel who lose their lives in the line of duty	Financial Assistance	816-960-6800, extension 236
Steve Hamilton Added 10/24/09	Grief Support Network	Support for Grieving Children	Mental Health	Steve Hamilton, 913-648-1520
Dr. Sarah Hempl Added 10/06	Children's Mercy Hospital	Child Obesity	Health	(816) 983-6764
Tawna Noftzger Added 3/17/09	Butterfly Effect Online	Youth Leadership Development www.butterflyeffectonline.net	Leadership Development	816-295-0554 tawna@butterflyeffectonline.com
Chris Link	Olathe Sunrise Kiwanis	Key Leader Program	Leadership Development	913-829-3312
Vicki Brown	Heartland Therapeutic Riding Club - Bucyrus, KS	Helping disabled children ride horses	Therapy	913-897-3939