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KC Urban Youth Center

Mission: To offer Christian hope, community, and wholeness to urban youth. We empower youth with resources to develop faith, character, knowledge and skills.

Activities: RU CWS students work with students tutoring in the afterschool program. For more information, read the online article written by last year's RU CWS students.

Location: 2732 Troost Avenue, KCMO 64108

Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday 3:30-6 p.m., Friday 3:30-8 p.m.

Operation Breakthrough

Mission: To help children who are living in poverty develop to their fullest potential by providing them a safe, loving and educational environment. Operation Breakthrough also strives to support and empower the children’s families through advocacy, referral services and emergency aid.

Activities: RU CWS students have the option of working in the after school program tutoring youth and or working in the early childhood program reading to children.

Location: 3039 Troost Avenue, KCMO 64108

Hours of Operation: Operation Breakthrough is open 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. After school tutoring takes place from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Brookside Charter and Day School

Mission: The Brookside Day School strives to meet the physical, emotional, and educational needs of children by providing a rich, well-rounded life experience at school – during the academic day and during our before and after care programs. We hold fast to our belief that a complete educational experience places equal emphasis on the academic and the aesthetics provided in a multicultural setting with a strong sense of community. We further believe that, in order to provide a complete educational experience, the values in the home – honesty, integrity, and strength of character – must also be taught and modeled by all members of our school community.

Activities: RU CWS students provide after-school tutoring to elementary school-age youth.

Location: 5220 Troost, KCMO 64110

Hours of Operation: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Jumpstart KC

Jumpstart is working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. This campus-based AmeriCorps program recruits, trains and pairs work-study supported college students with preschool children in Head Start and other low-income early learning programs. CWS students who can commit to working for JumpStart 10/hours a week for 300 hours over the course of the academic year are eligible for a $1,000 AmeriCorps scholarship to apply towards next year's tuition.

Activities: Reading with preschool students and talking with children's families about their reading and ways to promote literacy

Location: to be determined -- Head Start program in KCMO

Hours of operation: M & W 2:30 - 6; T & Th 2:30 -6; or W & F 2:30 - 6 plus 4 hours planning. Please note: this site requires a commitment to 10 hours each week.