Cboe Global Markets honors Green Works supporter Andrea Biagioli
Congratulations to our friend Andrea Biagioli (right) who was awarded a 2019 Outstanding Community Service Award from her employer, Cboe Global Markets, for her volunteer work and financial support of Green Works. In honor of Andrea’s involvement, Cboe gave a $5,000 contribution to Green Works….
Celebrating Ryan’s Leadership
Ryan Bresette (right) has served on the Green Works board for 10 years, including a number of years as board chair. With term limits, Ryan is leaving the chair position, but is moving into a position of Chairman Emeritus. In his new role Ryan will…
Gratitude Party on December 5th
It takes a community to run Green Works and this year we’re feeling especially thankful. We’re thankful to you, our funders and volunteers, and grateful for our board members who give hours of their time. Please stop by on Thursday, Dec. 5, to enjoy some…
Atra-Niese lends her talent to a student video for Climate Action KC
Green Works student Atra-Niese proudly joined other Greater KC area youth in participating in a student voice video on behalf of Climate Action KC. Watch for Atra-Niese at about 1:30 minutes into the video. With her interest in engineering, sustainability and the environment, we might…
Update on Alyssa
One of our early employees, Alyssa Housh, left Green Works several years ago to move to Denver. Alyssa and her business The Organic Salon were recently highlighted in an on-line Denver magazine where Alyssa talks about her passion for transforming the hair styling industry and…
Ad 2 Kansas City Selects Green Works!
We are so excited to announce that Ad 2 kc selected Green Works as their 2019-2020 virtual agency client! We’ll be working with them this year on our brand identity, social media strategies, advertising and PR. Ad 2 Kansas City is a community of ambitious,…
Repair Event this Saturday, October 5th
This Saturday from 12 – 5pm around the intersection of 31st and Cherry, we’re hosting a repair event with our neighbors Maker Village, 816 Bike Collective and Stitching Change. Bring your broken metal and wood items, bicycles, and clothing and jewelry for repairs and our…
Green Works ECOS Summer Programs – a Big Success!
Green Works ECOS Urban Outdoor Nature Discovery Staff had a full summer working with some of our partner organizations. We teamed up with Operation Breakthrough to bring outdoor learning to the 4th grade summer school class on Fridays. The students were champions, venturing out in…
Green Works featured on The Bridge Give Back Friday
Green Works staff Tamika Doolin and Elaine Warren, along with Green Works student Atra-Niese appeared on 90.9 The Bridge Give Back Friday segment on Friday, July 26th. If you missed it, you can listen on-line.
Workforce Development Funding from State Street Foundation, Inc.
We are so grateful to the State Street Foundation for a $28,000 grant in support of our workforce development program including Excelerate, and summer internships. Thanks to the State Street Foundation, our students are spending their summers exploring careers that include engineering, architecture, social work,…