United Way of Greater Kansas City

10/25/2026

Good Luck to the KC Current in their final regular-season home match!🥹

We've had a wonderful time attending matches and cheering them on during this season. Check out some 360 photos from the United By 211 match!

📸: 360picKC

10/24/2026

Every 50/50 raffle ticket purchased helps United Way twice! KC Current is matching the charitable portion of the raffle, doubling the impact while giving fans a chance to win half the jackpot.

Plus, those who purchase raffle tickets before kickoff on 10/25 will be eligible to an autographed Debinha bobblehead! Play now: https://buff.ly/QfTgxi1

*50/50 Raffle tickets are only available for purchase in Kansas or Missouri. To ensure this, your location must be turned on for your device.

10/23/2026

So honored to partner with KC Current, scoring meaningful impact for our community. 🩵 Good luck this weekend! 🫶

10/23/2026

CommUNITY Fest, presented by G.E.H.A, is only 2 weeks away!

Thanks to our presenting sponsor, G.E.H.A, for helping bring KC together on 11/6 for a BIG day to support over 50 local nonprofits, volunteer & celebrate the power of helping others.

Spots are almost full! RSVP now: https://buff.ly/pjYSxiE

10/23/2026

We’re excited to share that our marketing and communications efforts earned four Gold awards and three Silver awards at the Greater Kansas City PRSA Chapter’s 2026 PRISM Awards!

We’re also celebrating our own Virginia Trickey, Communications Manager, who received the Debra Peterson Rising Star Award.

Here’s a look at the work recognized this year:
Gold Award | Events & Observances: The Waymaker™ Awards, An Evening of Marvels
Gold Award | Blogs: What’s New at United Way of Greater Kansas City
Gold Award | Direct Mail & Direct Response: Home for the Holidays
Gold Award | Crisis Communications & Issues Management: SNAP Into Action
Silver Award | Annual Report: United for Impact 2025-26
Silver Award | Magazine Publication: Society: A Tocqueville Magazine, Fall 2025 Edition
Silver Award | Newsletters: The United Update
Debra Peterson Rising Star Award | Virginia Trickey, United Way of Greater Kansas City Communications Manager

We’re proud to tell the stories of our community, celebrate our partners, and share the work happening every day to build a stronger Kansas City!

10/22/2026

You could be leaving money on the table without even knowing it.

United Way 211 is partnering with Myfriendben, made possible by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, to help Kansas and Missouri families discover public benefits and tax credits they may qualify for through a free, anonymous tool that makes finding support easier.

Explore the new resource and learn how this partnership is helping more families access the support they deserve: https://buff.ly/CnlPJ8B

You can also call 2-1-1 to connect with local resources.

10/21/2026

150+ New Books Donated to Early Learning Classrooms! 📚️

To celebrate , we partnered with & to deliver 150 new books to local early learning classrooms. Teachers selected titles that best fit their students' learning and cultural needs, helping ensure young learners have access to engaging resources that build literacy skills and support lifelong success!

10/20/2026

The KC community is showing up, and spots are filling FAST! We hope to see you on November 6th at CommUNITY Fest, presented by G.E.H.A 🙌 Register now at bit.ly/COMMUNITYFEST

Many hands, light work, and breakfast is included. 🙌

United Way of Greater Kansas City () is looking for 500+ volunteers for CommUNITY Fest presented by G.E.H.A () on Friday, November 6 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kansas.

United Way says it is planning its largest one day volunteer event yet, a morning of service benefiting more than 50 nonprofit partners across the metro.

The details:
📅 Friday, November 6, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
📍 Memorial Hall, 600 N. 7th Street Trafficway, KCK
🥐 Registration and breakfast from 8 to 9:15 a.m.
🚌 Volunteer onsite, or head out to a nonprofit partner's site across the metro
🎟️ Free, open to everyone, and kids are welcome

Where volunteers are needed:
🌱 Cultivate KC (), weeding, mulching and improving community garden beds
🔨 Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City (), organizing inventory, restocking and helping customers at ReStore
🧥 Hope Faith (), organizing and prepping the winter clothing closet
👕 Jewish Vocational Service (), sorting clothing donations

Onsite at Memorial Hall, volunteers can meet nonprofit partners and help with hands-on projects like kit packing and bracelet making. Offsite volunteers check in at Memorial Hall first, then travel to their site by bus or car.

At last year's CommUNITY Fest, United Way says volunteers with more than 70 organizations wrapped 18,000 diapers for HappyBottoms () and sorted more than 3,500 pounds of food at Kanbe's Markets ().

Who's bringing their crew?

💬 Comment VOLUNTEER and we'll send you the registration link.

10/20/2026

We recently hosted our Tocqueville Society members for an exclusive event, The Missing Piece, presented by Delta Air Lines.

Members enjoyed an evening of networking, followed by a conversation with Ebony Reed, author of Fifteen Cents on the Dollar, and gained valuable insight into the challenges and opportunities facing working families in our community.

We're grateful for our Tocqueville Society members who invest and mobilize financial resources, connect with people and organizations tackling community challenges, and encourage real-time solutions that advance the United Way mission.

10/19/2026

Lockton Affinity showed up ready to make a difference!

Thanks to the Lockton Affinity team for spending time at Impact 100 organization, Operation Breakthrough, which provides a safe, loving and educational environment for children in poverty and empowers their families through advocacy, emergency aid, and education. During their time, employees helped clean and organize the learning spaces.

Together, our partners are helping create a Kansas City where all can thrive!