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Partners - Kansas Surgery and Recovery Center - Boy Scouts outreach program CIS partners with agencies, businesses, civic and religious groups, government, and schools and universities. Our list of partners is impressive! More than 200 community organizations are committed to helping us with our mission. Without the involvement of so many agencies in our area, we would not be able to offer CIS kids so many opportunities to learn, participate and grow. Communities In Schools would like to thank all of its partners for helping make a difference in children's lives. Our partners help provide the five basics to those in need. A Caring Adult… Organizations like Friends University, Woodland United Methodist Church and Immanuel Baptist Church provide tutors and mentors. A Safe Place… Groups such as the Derby Recreation Center and the YMCA provide safe places for kids to learn and grow. A Healthy Start… Exploration Place has partnered with schools to present a huge health fair to provide vital information to kids regarding health and safety. A Marketable Skill… Fun sites such as Botanica, the Sedgwick County Zoo and the Kansas Cosmosphere, provide job shadowing, career days or summer programs to help kids understand that they will need a marketable skill upon graduation. A Chance to Give Back… Anthony Family Shelter, the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department and Ronald McDonald house have provided students with the opportunity to give back to their community by decorating cookies for those in need, painting over graffiti in the city, and creating arts and crafts to give to others. CIS, and all of our CIS kids say…thanks. Thinking of partnering with Communities In Schools? Partnering with Communities In Schools brings benefits and rewards to both employees in businesses and the kids in the school. Ideally, a Communities In Schools partner will take time to learn about the school and assess the needs of the school or schools they've chosen to work with. Then, with the help of CIS staff, your business may determine how you can help meet some of those needs. A partner has a variety of choices in becoming involved with CIS that will depend on the interest of those in your business or organization. Because employees will have different areas of appeal and quantities of time they're able to commit, we make it as easy as possible for you to become involved. Your business or organization can provide financial support by sponsoring events such as the STAR Luncheon and Golf tournament, or smaller events such as picnics at the school. It only takes fifty dollars to sponsor a pizza party for kids with perfect attendance! Partners may choose to provide in-kind donations, holiday assistance, or organize coat, backpack or supply drives. And, if there's an interest, we can incorporate the services your business offers and tie them directly to the school. For example, a bank may allow a few employees to volunteer 30 minutes of their time to go into the school to teach banking and personal finance. The ways in which you can reach out and help are endless. And partnerships can change and grow as the relationship grows. It's your choice. Communities In Schools knows that partners help build stronger community relationships. We know that when businesses and organizations take an active role in the lives of the children, we're improving our future work force, and besides, kids like to know that someone really cares about them and their future. Partnerships also help your organization by developing unity among you and your coworkers You may focus your efforts on what you're giving to the kids in the school, but the true reward is what you get in return - Pride, satisfaction, a feeling of accomplishment and connectedness, true selflessness, generosity and a sense of ownership.
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