Bright Futures Joplin

Our hygiene shelf is running dangerously low.

Right now, we are especially in need of:
• Deodorant
• Shampoo
• Lice treatment kits

These basic items help students feel clean, confident, and ready to learn. When families are struggling to make ends meet, hygiene products are often one of the first things they have to go without.

If you'd like to help, we've made it easy to click and ship with our Amazon wish list. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2J0U0S55IGLIA Items ship directly to Bright Futures Joplin and go straight to students who need them most. Items can also be dropped at the front desk at 825 S. Pearl Ave. Thank you!💙🧡💙

WOW!! Thanks for the snack surprise Freeman Health System!! 💙🧡💙

We just love the personalized leather bookmarks our friends at SHINE Joplin: Serving Him IN Everything made for our volunteers!! Thank you, friends! https://shinejoplin.org/collections/all 💙🧡💙

The biggest Bright Futures THANK YOU to the Bob Corley Memorial Trust for the grant to support Snack Packs! Bob's legacy reaches far and wide to the nonprofit organizations in our community, and we are beyond grateful to be included. He was a truly incredible man. 💙🧡💙

We love sharing space and ideas with our area nonprofit leaders! Thank you ServMissouri for a valuable meeting of the minds! SHINE Joplin: Serving Him IN Everything Carthage Area United Way RAISE Community Children's Haven of Southwest Missouri, Inc. Ascent Recovery Residences Missouri Job Center - Joplin MU Extension United Way of Southwest Missouri & Southeast Kansas

FREE summer meals will be served at several Joplin Schools this June through August! We're also partnering again with the Joplin Public Library for a portion of the summer. Free meals served at the following locations and times are available on weekdays to all children 18 and younger and must be eaten on site.

May 27 - July 3
Kelsey Norman Elementary: Breakfast 7:30-8:30am, Lunch 11am-12pm

June 1 - June 30
JHS: Breakfast 8-9am, Lunch 11:30am-12:30pm
East Middle, Soaring Heights, Dover Hill, Irving: Breakfast 7:30-8:30am, Lunch 11am-12pm

July 5 - Aug. 14
Stapleton: Lunch only 11am-12pm

July 6 - Aug. 7
Joplin Public Library: Sack lunch from 11am to 11:30am or while supplies last. Must be eaten on site.

If you have questions, please contact the Nutrition Services Department at 417-625-5315.

Another great Non-Profit Leadership Connect meeting at the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce this morning! Thank you for sharing marketing tips and info EMM Advertising and SOLO LINK IO! And it's always wonderful to see and learn with our friends from Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States, SHINE Joplin: Serving Him IN Everything, Joplin Trails-Coalition, RAISE Community, Rapha International, Medical Loan Closet of Joplin, and Joplin Regional Community Foundation 💙🧡💙

We got the best rainy day delivery from Bright Futures Champion Christina Williams!! Thanks so much for the bikes, SWMO Mountain Biking Team!! They will be put to good use for our high school students who need transportation to school and work.💙🧡💙

Whew! The Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber Gives Back team is FAST! 555 Snack Packs ready to be delivered to our food-insecure students packed in record time! Thanks, friends!! Leesman Agency - Farmers Joplin Jailbirds Lafayette House U.S. Bank Embassy Branding with a Purpose Guaranty Bank

Our friends at Saint Paul's UMC have received the Celebration of Schools Friends of Education award!! This is so well deserved. We look to them as a glowing example of what it is to be a Community Partner in Joplin Schools. Congratulations!! 💙🧡💙

Congratulations to Saint Paul's UMC for receiving the Celebration of Schools Friends of Education award! Saint Paul's has been a core support for us at Cecil Floyd. Saint Paul's has partnered with us for many years supporting our students and staff through incentives, Back to School and Family Nights, supporting our Bright Futures Joplin program, staff and students support through gifts, conference and TAW meals as well as when a student or family is in need. They have exemplified what being a core leader for our building is! Without the support of Saint Paul's many of the celebrations and rewards would not be possible!

Pictured receiving the reward is Nancy Hampton, Missions and Outreach Director for Saint Paul's. Nancy is our go to lady when we are in need; however, we know there are many individuals at Saint Paul's behind the scene that continue to support the education of our students🎉