Human Dignity Is Now Alive In Kansas City Metro Areas

Dear Dignity Helpers,
 
The strength of what we are doing at Giving the Basics is now being felt all over the Kansas City Metro area.  As we continue to work hard to help bring awareness to the need for human dignity and to deliver cases of products to pantries all over the Kansas City area, we know our efforts are helping individuals and families get stronger too.  All of this hard work is due to your generous assistance.

We Are On a Roll In 2013 

 We are proud to announce that Project Change KC has chosen Giving the Basics for their all group challenge for 2013.  Companies and individuals in the Kansas City area are going to compete to gather toilet paper and funds for toilet paper so that we can supply the local pantries and homeless shelters with the toilet paper they need throughout the year. 

Each group will also have a creative challenge and will be judged on their creative ability to build something out of the toilet paper they gather.  We expect a lot of fun and are thankful to www.projectchangekc.org for their help in bringing awareness to the need.  You can find and join the challenge at www.spareasquare.org.

We strongly encourage all of you to get involved because, after all, you are helping build Giving the Basics ..... one donation, one voice for awareness and one heart at a time.  Thank you all for believing that we can help people live with dignity again.

DECEMBER Product Drives ...... A Big thank you to the following groups who held human dignity product drives.

• Rachael Heisey holiday party
• Johnson Controls
• Gleason holiday party
• The Women's Bible Study
• The Christian School drive
• P1 Company

To keep the vibration of your work shaking, we are excited to let you know about some of our area schools and businesses who are getting ...... BIG NEWS!!
 
READY TO RUMBLE .....
 
Notre Dame de Sion and Miege High schools are ready to rumble for human dignity.  They are all holding product drives for basic human dignity items.  We are so excited to see what they do as they work together to meet the need.  These kids are on fire to help meet the need.  These high school students were shocked and confused as to how people in the United States did not have human dignity products available to them.  They all are getting pumped up to help meet the need.  Let's cheer them all on!
 
Mariner Wealth Advisors are holding a product drive for their company holiday party in February.  We are so excited to see what this event will bring for Kansas City Metro area pantries.
 
Together, You have helped send over 70,000 human dignity items to those in need.

We want to thank our corporate donors, all of whom are mentioned on our website www.givingthebasics.org for their generous support and confidence in what we are doing to help strengthen Kansas City Metro with THE BASICS.

Thank You To Our Corporate Sponsors!

Our Story

Giving the Basics received its charitable status as a tax exempt 501C3 public charity on October 18, 2011.  We launched our initiative on November 15th, 2011 with a delivery to City Union Mission in Kansas City Mo.  In a very short amount of time, we have been blessed to send thousands of human dignity products to those in need.  The important work we are doing is beginning to take hold.   We have received financial and product donations from generous companies and individuals throughout the Kansas City area. The testimonials we have received are very telling of the impact we are making.  With your help to spread the word, we can continue providing products for dignity to those who would otherwise go without.  Thank you for all you have done to help us at Giving the Basics.

- Teresa Hamilton and Michele Orpin