Organizations Filed Purposes:
The pursuit of peace and well being in Wichita and beyond through partnerships, by connecting individuals. faith communities, and community organizations. This is accomplished through five main areas: Hunger and Health; Youth engagement, Neighborhood well-being and activities, and Safe Streets; Discover and communicate opporttunities to serve; Develop a mechanism for mission advancement; and Helping organizations discern how they can make a difference.
Partners for Wichita has focused on partnership development for social justice by providing meals to grade school students during breaks, providing bags of blessings to those in need, and working in the neighborhoods to address drug and alcohol prevention.
Drug & Alcohol Prevention: Part of this program is to educate the community on drug and alcohol prevention. In 2020, with the aide of 4 volunteers, this team worked with supplying school supplies for children, as well as providing material on drug and alcohol prevention. They were able to distribute over 200 materials to school aged children. They also attended the Convoy of Hope to help further the education of drug and alcohol prevention and handed out over 500 bags containing educational materials.
Prescription Drug: Part of this program is to educate the community on how to properly dispose of unused medication. In 2020, this task force, aided by 20 volunteers, attended the various community events and handed out just under 2,000 deterra bags, which are bags designed to deactivate the unused medicine for proper disposal. In addition to this event, they focused on interacting with the community by attending a Juneteenth substance abuse panel, working with Sedgwick County Community Health Improvement Plan, attending the Kansas Prevention Conference, and working with the Women's Health Network.
Samaritan Community: Our Filling the Gap program offers free sacked lunches for grade school children during Spring Break and the last few weeks of Summer vacation. In 2020, 800 children were supplied with 7,600 lunches during Spring Break, while 800 students were provided with 5,700 meals during the final week of summer at 17 different locations and the help of 100 volunteers. Another service this program offers is Bags of Blessings to the less fortunate in the community. These bags consist of hygiene kits (soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, socks, shampoo, etc) that are collected and distributed to the community. In 2020, about 1,200 completed bags were distributed out through the community with the assistance of 25 volunteers.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Terry Shriner | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Dr Edmond Pearson | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Diane Harman | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Rory Cummings | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Linda Boaldin | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Kameelah Alexander | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Kent Koehler | Board Member | 4 | $0 |
| Sandra Bradley | Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| Rev Dr Mari Larson | Vice President | 4 | $0 |
| Rev Paul Ellis Jackson | President | 5 | $0 |
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