Donate your car (or truck, boat, motorcycle or RV) to Green Works!
Kate kicked off the New Year by donating her old Saab to Green Works. It was easy, and we’ve made it easy for you too! You can donate a vehicle* to Green Works and qualify for a tax deduction. And your donation supports our important…
Wardrobe Rehab for Women – the good, the bad and the fun!
Saturday, January 26th from 4:00 – 5:30, come meet Jennifer Niehouse-Fox, founder of It’s so U, and an expert in image creation. Jennifer will give us a quick overview on the environmental impact of textiles and clothing (the bad), and then she’ll explain the concept…
Aligning Excelerate to KC Rising’s Common Sector Competencies
Each year as we plan for a new Excelerate class, we identify connections to our own community that will strength our program and its curriculum. One very important area we align with is KC Rising’s Common Sector Competencies. In Excelerate, students begin the program by…
Post Holiday Mingle
We hope you’ll stop by on Friday January 4th from 5 – 6:30 to meet recent Green Works alums, our staff and board, volunteers and friends of Green Works. The festivities take place at our classroom at 607 East 31st Street, KCMO. Parking is available…
Find Your Focus and support Green Works
Written by our Founder, Kate Corwin, Find Your Focus is a desk reference containing fifty quick tips to improve your focus and maximize your brain power. It is beautifully designed with watercolors and simple illustrations. Choose a card, read both sides, and follow the instructions that day. You’ll…
Evaluation of our Excelerate and Internship program
We just received the report from Dr. Connie Campbell on her evaluation of our Excelerate class graduates and the results are amazing. Excelerate Assessment The highlights include: The students’ workforce products required for professional career development or college scholarship competition significantly increased. (resume, LinkedIn account,…
Internship Campaign Update
We have great news! Thanks to our loyal supporters, we surpassed our internship campaign goal, and raised $16,000 to support our interns and their future. Thanks to everyone who contributed, and helped us spread the word.
Keyaira’s Internship at the Missouri Department of Conservation
Keyaira earned a Green Works summer internship at the Missouri Department of Conservation. Keyaira plans to study early childhood education.
Roxana’s Internship at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Roxana earned a Green Works summer internship at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. Roxana is going to college in the fall and planning a career in biochemistry.
Shahid’s Internship at KCPT
Shahid earned a Green Works summer internship at KCPT. Shahid is going to college in the fall and planning a career in cyber security.