Celebrate Hope 2025-2026: How Your Gift Creates Lasting Change in KC
At City Union Mission, every gift transforms lives. Whether it’s a donation, volunteering, or sponsoring a specific need, your generosity provides meals, shelter, and life-changing programs for neighbors in Kansas City experiencing homelessness. Together, we are creating lasting change and restoring hope.
Meeting Immediate Needs
Your support enables us to address the pressing needs of individuals and families. Your gifts provide:
Safe Shelter: From a night of safety in a warm bed to a week of provision for a family, your contributions protect vulnerable neighbors at our homeless shelters in Kansas City.
Nutritious Meals: Daily meals in the Mission Kitchen and specific pantry food items for families that nourish both body and spirit.
Personal Care & Comfort: Winter coats, socks and undergarments, blankets, towels, hygiene kits, and more ensure dignity and safety.
Transportation & Essentials: Transportation assistance for job seekers and supplies for everyday living help long-term participants regain independence.
These critical services help ensure that no one in Kansas City has to face the night alone.
Transforming Lives Through Christ-Centered Programs
Your gifts also power long-term transformation through our faith-based programs:
- Christian Life Program (CLP): Designed for men, this program guides participants through spiritual growth, vocational readiness, and personal development.
- New Life Program (NLP): Designed for women and families, NLP offers a similar curriculum to the Christian Life Program with a focus on holistic healing and independence.
Both programs provide Bible study materials, Christian counseling sessions, addiction recovery resources, peer mentoring opportunities, life-skills workshops, and career coaching.
Through the CLP and NLP, your support empowers our participants to overcome challenges and build a future filled with hope.
Celebrating Hope Together
During Celebrate Hope, your donations directly fund tangible needs. Examples of what your gift can provide include:
- Shelter and Basic Needs: Emergency beds for men, women, and families, warm winter coats, blankets, hygiene kits, and canned good items at our homeless shelters in Kansas City.
- Recovery and Transformation: Life-skills workshops, resume coaching, spiritual enrichment classes, and counseling sessions through the Christian Life Program and the New Life Program.
- Families & Children: After-school snacks, school supplies, summer camp scholarships, and youth mentorship programs.
These are just a few examples. Every gift, whether sponsoring a single night of shelter or funding a year in the CLP of NLP, brings hope and lasting change.
Ways to Get Involved
Give Generously
Every contribution provides immediate relief and long-term transformation. Visit our Celebrate Hope Page to donate online, or mail your gift to City Union Mission.
Volunteer Your TimeWe need compassionate volunteers to serve meals, sort donations, mentor program participants, and share their professional skills. Sign up for upcoming volunteer opportunities at our Celebrate Hope Page.
Share Our MissionSpread awareness on social media, host a fundraising event, or organize a donation drive at your workplace or church. When you amplify our message, you expand our reach to those who need us most. For stories to share, visit our Stories of Hope page.
Your support of City Union Mission does more than meet immediate needs; it restores hope, empowers transformation, and builds a brighter future for Kansas City neighbors experiencing homelessness. Together, we are creating lasting change, one gift at a time.