Second Chance Education Center & The Reach One Teach One Foundation

08/20/2026

The Reach One Teach One Foundation wishes everyone an amazing school year!!!! We are here to support and encourage you throughout the year - come see us!!!!

08/19/2026

📢Listen Up Area High Schools📢
Our next LEVEL UP EVENT is coming up!
➡️Level Up: Own The Year
🗓️Thursday, September 24th
⌚️9am-1pm
📍Labette Community College
📞620-717-4066
📧[email protected]
Get your students signed up NOW - limited seating!

08/19/2026

Rural Community Partners, thank you for the opportunity to share our story, for believing in our mission and for highlighting our impact!
Rural Community Partners

Everyone deserves a second chance and someone who believes in them.

Through Second Chance Education Center & The Reach One Teach One Foundation, Lee Reliford Sr. and Mandy Monroy are creating a safe place where young people can find mentorship, build skills, and discover a better path forward.

Their work in Parsons is changing lives across Southeast Kansas. Read their powerful story, “From the Streets to a Second Chance,” in Rural Connect.

📖 Read the full issue: https://digital.ruralcommunitypartners.org

A special thank you to our founding partners, Kansas Health Foundation, Fort Scott Community College, and Neosho County Community College, for helping make Rural Connect possible.

08/19/2026

🎒A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated and helped make our Back-to-School Supply Drive possible!
Because of your generosity, over 300 area students will head back to school with backpacks and school supplies they need to start the year with confidence and excitement.
Every donation—big or small—made a difference. Your kindness is helping remove a barrier for local families and reminding our kids that their community believes in them and wants to see them succeed.
We are incredibly grateful for each and every person who helped make this possible. This is what happens when a community comes together! 📚
Thank you for helping us make a difference—one child at a time. ❤️

08/18/2026

🎒A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated and helped make our Back-to-School Supply Drive possible!
Because of your generosity, over 300 area students will head back to school with backpacks and school supplies they need to start the year with confidence and excitement.
Every donation—big or small—made a difference. Your kindness is helping remove a barrier for local families and reminding our kids that their community believes in them and wants to see them succeed.
We are incredibly grateful for each and every person who helped make this possible. This is what happens when a community comes together! 📚
Thank you for helping us make a difference—one child at a time. ❤️
Golden Plains Credit Union Great Southern Bank Bowen Pharmacy Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas Parsons Area Community Foundation

08/16/2026

➡️Set your goals
➡️Create a plan
➡️Stay consistent
➡️See Results

08/14/2026

Visualize what you want and GO GET IT!

08/13/2026

💪🏼SOS💪🏼
🗓️THIS Sunday, August 16
⏱️5pm
📍Second Chance Education Center - 2700 Main Street, Parsons, KS
👀You don’t want to miss it!
Join us for some great food and great conversation!
‼️Save Our Sons is a mentoring program for all boys interested in gaining knowledge, insight and confidence to navigate life! This program is free and open to all young males!‼️