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Groups across Kansas City will celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 23. (Adobe Spark)

Season of Giving: Educating Future Environmental Leaders

January 1, 2020  |  Vicky Diaz-Camacho, Shelby Fletcher  |  1 min read

Green Works

Since being founded in 2007, Green Works has grown into a program that empowers Kansas City’s future leaders to care and contribute to a healthier environment around them. It has provided more than 15,000 internships, planted more than 4,000 native shrubs in Kansas City, Missouri, and serves 150 students a year.

Fun fact: Green Works is also a past KCPT American Graduate Champion focusing on the improvement of the environment for the future.

To Donate:

Click to go to the website.

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Schools, nonprofits, and firefighters work to ensure Kansas Citians remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as the nation marks the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.

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