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Causes: Home Improvement & Repairs, Homeless & Housing
Mission: To provide needed home repair assistance to homeowners in depressed neighborhoods in the greater kansas city metro area.
Programs: During 2014, 424 homes were repaired by some 6,000 volunteers from over 59 different organizations. In addition to home repair, the program includes: (1) working with neighborhood leaders and social service organizations to best target the program's efforts; (2) encouraging support from local material suppliers; and (3) encouraging financial contributors to maximize the efforts of volunteers. The volunteers accounted for 53,259 hours of work. The value of the donated services during 2014 for this program was 1,572,413.