09/08/2026
Do Good for Erin is one of this year’s Kappa Holiday Homes Tour proceeds recipients. This organization has a special tie to our Association.
Do Good for Erin. started in 2019 to honor Erin Langhofer, a 2014 Kappa Kappa Gamma pledge (Omega) and Kansas City KKG alumna, after her tragic murder during a First Friday event in the Crossroads. It began as an unassuming comfy clothing drive, with the surprisingly large collection of clothes donated to the Rose Brooks Center, where Erin was a social worker. In the years following, the clothing drive grew into a major event, raising funds for essential projects. At shelters throughout the Kansas City area, DGFE has built playgrounds, renovated commercial kitchens, purchased vans, and established therapy space for children and adults.
By 2022, Do Good for Erin was ready to move to larger projects. That year, DGFE sponsored the renovation and furnishing of Erin’s House I under the umbrella of Healing House in Kansas City, Missouri. At Erin’s House, mothers in substance abuse recovery who are also domestic violence survivors are housed with their children with the goal of rebuilding their lives together. In 2024, Friends of Yates, a Kansas City, Kansas, center for domestic abuse survivors and their families, was the beneficiary of the annual drive. Erin’s House II, in partnership with Friends of Yates, will provide a sanctuary for FOY clients as they move back into the mainstream.
Since 2019, Do Good for Erin has raised $1.2 million for domestic violence survivors in the KC area. Moreover, the Do Good for Erin Foundation funds two annual $5,000 scholarships at the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. DGFE supports the kinds of clients Erin held most dear and has demonstrated a commitment to keeping the energy going into the next generation.
Do Good for Erin