Kansas Foodbank Warehouse Inc.
The Kansas Food Bank collects and distributes food for those in need from 86 Kansas counties. The Kansas FoodBank is a non-profit, privately supported and volunteer driven organization that provides supplementary food to those men, women, and children without enough food to eat.
The Lord's Diner
Responding to Christ’s call to feed the hungry, The Lord’s Diner, a not-for-profit kitchen operated by the community, for the community, and sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Wichita, KS. We provide an evening meal seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Inter-Faith Inn
The Inter-Faith Inn, opened in 1985, is a 24-hour full-service facility, providing shelter, food, clothing, access to free health care, job counseling, transportation, and other basic living essentials for a population of homeless men, women, and families with children in the Wichita area.
Mennonite Housing
Mennonite Housing Rehabilitation Services, Inc., is for people who can not obtain home repair or decent housing in any other way. For over 26 years, our organization has been providing affordable housing options for the low-income and elderly residents of the Wichita Kansas area. During its history, Mennonite Housing has built over a hundred new homes and repaired thousands of older houses.
Wichita Habitat for Humanity Inc.
Wichita Habitat For Humanity is becoming an efficient and effective organization specifically designed to accomplish the elimination of inadequate housing in Wichita and Sedgwick County. Realizing that we cannot do it alone, we have partnered with others desiring the betterment of the community through the improvement of housing and the strengthening of the community spirit.
Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation Inc.
CPRF serves people with disabilities throughout the country, ranging in age from newborns to over 65. While 40 percent of the persons served by CPFR have cerebral palsy, they also serve clients with disabilities such as spina bifida, multiple sclerosis (MS), mental retardation, head injuries, spinal cord & back injuries, hearing impairment and stroke.
Goodwill Industries Easter Seal Society of KS, Inc.
Our Mission is to provide education, training, and employment for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Goodwill Industries Easter Seals of Kansas' programs strive to improve the quality of life for people of all ages, regardless of their disability.
Kansas Elks Training Center for the Handicapped (KETCH)
Our mission is to promote independence living for persons with disabilities through innovative learning experiences that support individuals' choices for working, living and playing in their local community.
Kansas Special Olympics
Special Olympics is an international year-round program of sports training, education and athletic competition for more than one million children and adults with variuos levels of mental retardation.
Housing & Mortgages for People With Disabilities
This guide is for persons living with a disability and they are in need of useful information and assistance in buying a home. The guide also turns to you who have a family-member, friend or other relation with a disability and want to learn more about homeownership.
Leukemia Society of America Inc.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is dedicated to finding cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and to improving the quality of life of patients and their families. We strive to acceleratre our mission through a variety of programs, including research, patient aid, public health education, advocacy and local community service.
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a voluntary health agency - a dedicated partnership between scientists and concerned citizens aimed at conquering neuromuscular diseases that affect more than one million Americans.
The Salvation Army
Offers 13 programs serving children, youth, families, the troubled and elderly. Federally supplied commodities are distributed monthly, while warm coats and blankets are distributed in January to low-income families.
Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center
WASAC offers crisis intervention, support, information and referrals. Direct services to victims and their family and friends are free and confidential. WASAC is a non-reporting agency except in the case of offenders and minors.
United Way of the Plains
Find the right volunteer opportunity for you. We match your interests and talents with the needs of more than 160 nonprofit organizations in south central Kansas - including agencies not receiving United Way funding.
Junior League of Wichita, Inc.
The Junior League of Wichita is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the actions and leadership of trained volunteers.
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Sedgwick County
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sedgwick County is the largest mentoring organization of its kind in the nation. Since 1978, BBBS of Sedgwick County has served thousands of youth in the community.
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas
Mission of the BOYS & GIRLS CLUB'S of America - To inspire and enable all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County
The Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County is founded on the belief that no single agency or professional alone can serve and treat child abuse - a multidisciplinary team response is necessary.
Child Start
Welcome to Child Start, home of Early Head Start, Head Start, Child Care Resource & Referral and the Child and Adult Care Food Program. If you are new to our site you will find lots of information and resources whether you are a parent, child care provider or a community member.
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) of Sedgwick County
CASA provides trained, professionally supervised volunteers who advocate on behalf of abused and neglected who are under the jurisdiction of the Sedgwick County Juvenile Court System.
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
The Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland, Inc. serves more than 16,000 girls in 80 Kansas counties. Girl Scouting offers programs designed to both reflect today's issues and help girls prepare for tomorrow. Girls have fun, develop skills, make new friends and learn through community service to take responsibility for their role in their community..
Junior Achievement of Wichita
At JA Wichita we are the passionate people behind a movement that seeks to educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics to improve the quality of their lives. JA Wichita was founded in 1957 by business leaders with a vision. In the past 50 years, JA has served over 200,000 children in a wide variety of ways.
Kansas Children's Service League
No one knows kids better than the Kansas Children’s Service League. For more than 100 years, we’ve provided a continuum of programs and services, advocated for children, and collaborated with public and private agencies to impact the lives of more than 40,000 children and families each year.
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Kansas, Inc.
Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Kansas is dedicated to fulfilling the single favorite wish of Kansas children ages 2 1/2 to 18 who suffer from life-threatening illnesses.
Rainbows United
Rainbows United works from five locations throughout the city, serving children, their siblings, and their parents with physical and occupational therapies, speech and language therapy, respite care, nursery services, center-based preschool, medical services, child care and transportation.
Ronald McDonald House
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Wichita, Inc provides safe, affordable, temporary lodging, amenities and emotional support for chronically ill, critically ill or injured children, and their families, who are receiving treatment in Wichita, Kansas. Two Houses and a Family Room assist approximately 1,500 children and their families every year.
Wichita Child Guidance Center
The mission of the Wichita Child Guidance Center is to improve the quality of life for children, adolescents and families through the provision of comprehensive community mental health services, in collaboration with other caregivers in Sedgwick County.
Wichita Children's Home
The Wichita Children's Home has served the needs of the Wichita community's children for over 100 years, first as an orphanage, and today, as a temporary, emergency shelter for children in crisis.
Wichita Toys For Tots
The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a shiny new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to needy youngsters that will motivate them to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders.
