Joshua B. Smith Foundation

10/16/2026

10/11/2026

We’ve been keeping a secret 🤐 we have a NEW holiday event this year! We’re so excited to announce our partnership with Community Support Services to bring you a night of comedy! Featuring 4 comedians from Lebanon, Pennsylvania: Emerald Stoney, Mike Boyers, Franklin Rivera and Carlos Ismael PLUS Ed Bowman, a comedian from Great Bend, Kansas!

Join us Saturday, November 21st at the Clarion Inn Ballroom for a night of laughs and entertainment while supporting Mental Health. Each ticket purchased comes with (1) ornament for the Tree of Hope, tickets can be bought through a JBS Foundation board member: Caitlin Klaus, Kim Everett, Joe Klaus, Tabatha Berning, or Matt Richman or in person at Community Support Services 531 Campus View St, GC.

Proceeds from this event will benefit Community Support Services and the Joshua B. Smith Mental Health Fund. The JBS Mental Health Funds aims to provide therapy, prescriptions, and other mental health resources to those in need. 💚

10/06/2026

✨JUST JOSH STORY #16✨

By Caitlin (Josh’s sister)

Josh and I spent a lot of time at our Grandma Walli’s (Oma) and Grandpa Richard’s (G.R.) house growing up. Back then, they only had 4 channels, one was just pure static, and the “kid stuff” was only on from 3-5, so we relied on our toys and imagination to keep us entertained. I would build entire towns and cities out of popsicle sticks, the sticks being the roads. I’d put my Fisher Price houses and miniature animals and create these places that would take hours to make. I’d have the entire living room floor and sometimes down the hallway covered with popsicle sticks and toys, so proud of what I’d made and then here would come Josh…he’d barrel in from outside where he’d been playing and would wreck my city faster than Godzilla 😂 Sometimes he would pretend he was a lost NASCAR driver and would recklessly drive through my town and fields. What took me forever, he’d destroy in 5 seconds 😑 He was never the orderly play type of brother, and honestly, I think he liked pushing my buttons sometimes 😝 but he never did it in a mean or malicious way, he liked to play a lot rougher than me. He preferred sports, video games, and anything that involved some level of danger ⚠️ like snowboarding off the roof of our house one winter into a snow drift, while I was more into tea parties, playing school with Oma or “styling” G.R’s hair in my beauty salon. Josh and I had our many differences, but we were always brother and sister through them all, I could rely on him for anything and everything, he was ✨Just Josh✨

If you have a story, memory, or moment with Josh you’d like to share, text them to 620-640-0907 or email them to [email protected], we’d love to hear them! 💚

09/12/2026

🛍️GARAGE SALE🛍️

📍2505 N. B St, Garden City

8:30am-????

Ladies Clothes, shoes, kitchenware, tools, furniture, and more!!

All proceeds benefit the Joshua B. Smith Foundation, we are grateful for your support!

09/02/2026

September is su***de awareness month, this month, we encourage you to reach out to family, friends, or those you haven’t seen or spoke to in awhile, start a conversation with a stranger, volunteer at the animal shelter or visit residents at a senior center. Together we are stronger and together we can break the stigma 💚

07/20/2026

✨JUST JOSH STORY #14✨

**Told to me (Josh’s mom) by my Mom/Sybil Standley (Josh's “gaming” Grandma)

Josh would go to Ft. Scott every summer to stay with his Grandma. She still had to work at Walmart while he visited. So his Great Grandma and Grandpa would "watch" him. He was about 8 or 9 when this happened. Josh would be out playing with his friends, skateboarding or on his bike. He went all over Ft. Scott. One day he showed up at Walmart to see his Grandma. She said “Did you ride your bike all the way out here?”Josh replied "uh yeah Grandma my bike….” When he left she went out to watch him leave, not on a bike, he was walking. She wondered why he lied about being on his bike but decided to go back to work and ask him later. When she got home, Josh was there playing video games, like he was everyday. She asked him "Josh…how did you really get out to Walmart?"
Josh ho hummed around playing his game...
Grandma: "Josh?"
In typical Josh mumble " I rode the train." Grandma was like “YOU WHAT?!”
Josh: "I hopped on the back of the train til it got close to Walmart then I jumped off."
Grandma: "And how did you get home?"
Josh: "The other train."

Now you need to know the trains travel through Ft. Scott VERY slowly as they go through town. The tracks were only a block or so from her house. Grandma asked him "Do you do this alot?" Josh with his famous sheepish grin "yeah..🙃” Grandma just shook her head because that was ✨"Just Josh"✨

If you have a story, memory, or moment with Josh that you’d like to share, please email them to [email protected] or text them to 620-640-0907. We’d love to hear them! 💚

07/07/2026

✨JUST JOSH STORY #13✨

By: Brittney Knoll (Josh’s friend)

The week before the Fourth of July always brings me back.
For years, this wasn't just another holiday. It was our week. Camping, fireworks, kids running until they couldn't keep their eyes open, sitting around the fire solving the world's problems, laughing until our stomachs hurt, and making memories we never imagined we'd someday hold so tightly.
When you left in 2019, something about the Fourth changed forever.
Lauryn spends this time making new memories now, and I completely understand why. But I've realized I hold onto it a little differently. Every year I find myself remembering the joy instead of the heartbreak. I think about how lucky we were to have those years together. I think about Ayden and Adelynn growing up surrounded by so much love. I think about how you had this way of making everyone around you feel like family.
You may not be sitting around the campfire anymore, but your fingerprints are still all over this week. Every laugh, every firework, every story... somehow they still point back to you. That’s ✨JUST JOSH✨
I hope we're all living the kind of life that would give someone this many good memories to hold onto.
Miss you, Broham. ❤️

If you have story, memory, or moment with Josh that you’d like to share (even if it’s inappropriate—we still want to read it!) please email them to [email protected], we’d love to hear them! 💚

06/19/2026

Today we celebrate Josh’s birthday by sharing one of our favorite videos of him! Happy heavenly birthday Josh, you are loved and missed each and every day 💚

Thank you to Lauryn Mosburg for capturing this moment with Josh!

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