Hope In The Streets

Our Foundation's Approach to Delivering Services
Mission Statement: We serve Kansas City's homeless by establshing relationships through friendship, dignity, and hope. Through personal and consistent contact, our programs address the basic needs of those living on the streets. Our goal is to have a lasting impact on their lives. Values Statement: As volunteers, we start from a Christian foundation. We are intensely focused on serving when in the field, always reliable and consistent in our service. We treat each individual and their situation with respect. Humility on our part is vital in order to promote trust and friendship and provide hope. We strive to preserve and build the dignity of those we serve. We greet our friends with smiles, handshakes, and an attentive ear. Our Volunteers: Associates of our charity volunteer their time to take meals and supplies out into the streets, making sure they stay personally connected with Kansas City's homeless. Through these relationships established with the homeless, our associates are better able to understand the needs of the people living on the street, not just in general, but also on an individual basis. Items Delivered: Food, Clothing, Coats, Hats, Gloves, Shoes, Scarves, Blankets, Hygiene Items, Bibles, Bedding Supplies, Bottled Water, Sun Screen, Handshakes and Hugs, Friendship, etc. Services Offered: Through our different programs we strive to help the homeless with a wide range of benefits such as weekly meals, clothing items, vital items for living through cold Kansas City winters, medical referrals, friendship, housing referrals, essential household items for those just coming off the street, and more. Method of Delivery: Supplies are delivered primarily through the weekly Vittle Van route, handed out personally by volunteers of our foundation. The Big Picture: The responsibility for taking food out to the homeless each week is shared among different charitable organizations in town ... the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, Project Uplift, and Hope In The Streets are among those organizations. We are working to ensure that nobody in our city has to go a day without a meal. Advertising: We advertise our charity through the local community, our network of friends, family and work colleagues, and other channels as appropriate. We count on word of mouth to get the message out to Kansas City, so if you believe in what we are doing and how we are doing it, please help spread the word. Validation: The foundation will direct its support only to the truly needy. Some people that appear to be homeless are, in reality, "gaming" the system and taking advantage of government programs and charitable contributions, which takes away benefits from those who really do need it. Hope In The Streets is built on a personal approach and not a mass distribution, so we feel confident that those who are truly in need will be reached through our programs.

Our Foundation's Approach to Delivering Services

Mission Statement: We serve Kansas City's homeless by establshing relationships through friendship, dignity, and hope. Through personal and consistent contact, our programs address the basic needs of those living on the streets. Our goal is to have a lasting impact on their lives.

Values Statement: As volunteers, we start from a Christian foundation. We are intensely focused on serving when in the field, always reliable and consistent in our service. We treat each individual and their situation with respect. Humility on our part is vital in order to promote trust and friendship and provide hope. We strive to preserve and build the dignity of those we serve. We greet our friends with smiles, handshakes, and an attentive ear.

Our Volunteers: Associates of our charity volunteer their time to take meals and supplies out into the streets, making sure they stay personally connected with Kansas City's homeless. Through these relationships established with the homeless, our associates are better able to understand the needs of the people living on the street, not just in general, but also on an individual basis.

Items Delivered: Food, Clothing, Coats, Hats, Gloves, Shoes, Scarves, Blankets, Hygiene Items, Bibles, Bedding Supplies, Bottled Water, Sun Screen, Handshakes and Hugs, Friendship, etc.

Services Offered: Through our different programs we strive to help the homeless with a wide range of benefits such as weekly meals, clothing items, vital items for living through cold Kansas City winters, medical referrals, friendship, housing referrals, essential household items for those just coming off the street, and more.

Method of Delivery: Supplies are delivered primarily through the weekly Vittle Van route, handed out personally by volunteers of our foundation.

The Big Picture: The responsibility for taking food out to the homeless each week is shared among different charitable organizations in town ... the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, Project Uplift, and Hope In The Streets are among those organizations. We are working to ensure that nobody in our city has to go a day without a meal.

Advertising: We advertise our charity through the local community, our network of friends, family and work colleagues, and other channels as appropriate. We count on word of mouth to get the message out to Kansas City, so if you believe in what we are doing and how we are doing it, please help spread the word.

Validation: The foundation will direct its support only to the truly needy. Some people that appear to be homeless are, in reality, "gaming" the system and taking advantage of government programs and charitable contributions, which takes away benefits from those who really do need it. Hope In The Streets is built on a personal approach and not a mass distribution, so we feel confident that those who are truly in need will be reached through our programs.