​$101,325 in Grants AWARDED in 2020

Claire's Community; Creating Connections to Save Lives​

On January 17, 2020 a grant of  $11,325 was awarded to The Willow Domestic Violence Center to develop
Claire's Community; Creating Connections To Save Lives.
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#BeMoreLikeClaire is collaborating with the Willow Domestic Violence Center and Family Peace Initiative to create a pilot curriculum in Lawrence, KS. The curriculum will equip adults to answer questions about healthy relationships, to have meaningful conversations with a consistent message and vocabulary, and to be a vigilant, supportive, and safe adult for youth to reach out to. After the pilot is complete, we will evaluate it and make any needed changes before we take it into other communities. Practice trainings are going on now, and registration will open up to the public soon.

Here’s the model we envision: Our Prevention Specialist will train a community coordinator in each participating community.  Each community coordinator will train a large group of adults who will in turn train other adults who interact with youth on their teams, youth groups, scout troops, classrooms, etc. Imagine the impact:  Thousands of lives will be changed as young people and adults develop a better understanding of red flags, consent, support, and shared vocabulary to talk about relationships. It will be called “Claire’s Community; Creating Connections To Save Lives.”

Check for $50,000 presented to Habitat for Humanity
to sponsor the #BeMoreLikeClaire house

Check out this video of the wonderful #BeMoreLikeClaire volunteers building the house from start to finish. From the Nail Drive Ceremony on  June 13 to the Dedication on October 10, Jonathan from Habitat guided us through the heat and humidity, rain and mud as we completed this beautiful home. All while wearing masks! Everyone was tired, but loved the feeling of creating something lasting for the Waugh family.

"Claire's Kitchen" is part of Just Food's renovation

On September 1, 2020 a grant of $40,000 was awarded to Just Food to create an educational kitchen.
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Elizabeth Keever, Executive Director of Just Food, introduces "Claire's Kitchen."