The Kansas City metro is an incredible place to live and serve. At Life 88.5 we know we are honored to be a part of groups that work to make a difference and shine His Light and share His love everyday. Each Sunday morning, Life 88.5, introduces you to a different organization or individual making a difference in our community. We call them Life Changers. Our hope is for you to get to know how your neighbors are making a difference and maybe be moved to join them.
October 31 – Resource Health (resourcehealth.org) Resource Health Kathy Edwards Part 1 Resource Health Kathy Edwards Part 2
July 11 – Healing from Past Trauma (https://valueunconditional.org) Geony Rucker, President – Value Unconditional
May 23 & 30 – Veterans Connie Swartz, Founder – Celebrate Fatigues
May 2 – Workplace Rick Boxx, President – Unconventional Business Network
April 11 – Homelessness and Job Training Terry Megli, CEO – City Union Mission
Mar 21 – Hunger and homelessness KC Dream Center, Brian Hughes
Mar 7 – Spiritual Renewal for Men Jim Gillespie and Steve Spicer, Marked Men for Christ
Feb 28 – Juvenile Correctional Facility Ministry Curtis Wright, Youth For Christ Kansas City
Feb 21 – Foster Care Justin Oberndorfer, Joy Meadows
Feb 14 – Literacy/Library Resources Elissa Andre, External Communication Manager, JOCO Library
Feb 7 – Help for troubled teens Teen Challenge – Alan Biggers , Executive Director
Jan 31 – Child Court Advocates CASA Nina Kimbrough
Jan 24 – Advice & Aid Ruth Tisdale, Executive Director
Jan 17 – Donor Advised Funds The Signatry, Bill High
Nov 22 – Police and Community Relations KCPD Officer Mary McCall
Nov 15 – Garments of Praise Mark Scribner, Founder & Managing Director
Nov 8 – Sleep In Heavenly Peace Scott Foster, President Kansas City MO – South East Chapter
Nov 1 – Camp Encourage Kelly Lee, Executive Director
Oct 25 – Homeless Young Moms Angel McDonald, Executive Director
Oct 18 – Human Trafficking Roxie Loyd, Executive Director of Adult Services
Sept 13 – Employment in Kansas City Morgan Hunter & Adam Loewen, Information Technology Division
Sept 6 – Kansas City Mom Collective Sarah McGinnity, Owner of Kansas City Mom Collective
Aug 30 – Children’s Mercy COVID Dr. Jennifer Schuster, Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician
Aug 23 – Evergy Energy Savings Brian File, Director of Demand Side Management, Energy Efficiency
Aug 16 – Fox 4 Summer Joe Lauria, Fox 4 Meteorlogist
July 19 – Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City (habitatkc.org) Jude Huntz, Outreach Director
July 12 – Operation Breakthrough (operationbreakthrough.org) Mary Esselman, CEO
June 7 – Convoy of Hope (convoyofhope.com) Jeff Nene – Convoy of Hope
May 10 – Safe Families for Children of Kansas City (kansascity.safe-families.org) DaLana Kunellis – Family Coach Supervisor
May 3 – Chief of Staff KC (chiefofstaffkc.com) Emerson Hodes – Employment
September 22 – Restorative Justice – Mary Pauley
September 15 – Sherrie and Marco Stanich – OmniLife
August 25 – Shelley Lowery (beyondmyborders.com) – Beyond My Borders
August 18 – Giving the Basics with Teresa Hamilton – Giving the Basics
August 4 – Olympian Terin Humphrey
July 21 – Salvation Army (centralusa.salvationarmy.org) – Salvation Army
June 30 – Vania Soto Vania Soto
May 19 – KidsTLC Kids TLC
May 12 – Wayside Waifs (waysidewaifs.org) Wayside Waifs
May 5 – Musical Theater Heritage (musicaltheaterhertiage.com) Musical Theater Heritage
April 28 – Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial (mokoreanwarmemorial.org) Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial
April 14 – Monday Morning Survival Guide (faiththatsurvives.com) Monday Morning Survival Guide
March 31 – Money Talk (moneytalkff.org) Money Talk
March 17 – KC Athlete Training (kcathletics.com) Kansas City Athlete Training
March 10 – Snake Saturday Grand Marshal (snakesaturday.com)
Feb 24 – Theater Tech Productions & Paulie’s Penguin Playground (weplaywithpeople.com) Theater Tech Productions
Feb 17 – KC Bridal Group (kansascitybridalgroup.com) KC Bridal Group
Feb 10 – River of Refuge (riverofrefuge.com) River of Refuge
Feb 3 – Street Medicine KC (streetmedicinekc.org) Street Medicine KC
Jan 20 – Miles of Smiles (milesofsmilesinc.org) Miles of Smiles
Jan 13 – Melissa Saubers (sansbarkc.com) Melissa Saubers
Dec 30 – Dr. Lisa Prosser (lisaprosserdodds.com) Dr. Lisa Prosser Dodds
Dec 16 – Aspen Partnership (aspen-kc.com) Ken Howard- Connectivity Life Changer
Dec 9 – GLOW – Girls Leading Our World (glow-inc.com) GLOW Karla Bauer
Dec 2 – Jeannie – Life Changer Jeannie
Nov 25 – Variety Children’s Charity (varietykc.org) – Variety Children’s Charity
Nov 18 – Sleep in Heavenly Peace (shpbeds.org) – Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Nov 3 – Code 1 Wellness (code-1-wellness.com) Code 1 Wellness
Oct 28 – 10 Minute Testimony
Oct 7 – Unleash your amazing life
Sept 30 – Candy Coated Christmas – Candy Coated Christmas
Sept 16 – SymbioBiz (symbiobiz.com) – SymbioBiz
Sept 9 – Pathway to Hope (pathwaytohope.org) – Pathway to Hope
Sept 2 – Scraps KC (scrapskc.org) – Scraps KC
Aug 26 – Brown Bag Ministry – Darron and Josh Story (southbroadland.org) – Brown Bag Ministry
Aug 19 – Be Alert – September Trible (stoptraffickingproject.com) – Be Alert
Aug 12 – Taking It To The Streets – Scott LaMaster (2thestreets.org) – Taking it to the Streets
July 29 – It’s All About You – Latrese Kabuya (latresekabuya.com) – All About You
July 22 – Beauty for Ashes – Gina Hannah (bfa-ministry.org) – Beauty For Ashes
July 15 – Chronic Cow – Dr. Kevin Payne (chroniccow.com) – Chronic Cow
July 8 – Cars 4 Heroes – Terry Franz (cars4heroes.org) – Cars 4 Heroes
July 1 – Mother’s Refuge – Angel McDonald, Executive Director (mothersrefuge.org) – Mother’s Refuge