One of 16 affiliates across the United States and Latin America, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Kansas City helps academically motivated middle and high school students rise above disadvantaged backgrounds and become successful in college and beyond.
Our vision is for scholars to reach their full potential and become healthy, productive, life-long learners who:
Adapt to an ever-changing world | Thrive in the face of obstacles | Generate a positive ripple effect in their families, work places, and communities
We believe in opportunity, education, and inclusion for every motivated young person.
Boys Hope Girls Hope believes that motivated children can overcome significant barriers and develop their inherent talents when surrounded by strong relationships and opportunities for enrichment.
Inspired by this belief, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Kansas City:
- Immerses young people in a structured, family-like home with long-term developmental relationships that stabilize, heal, and empower
- Prepares scholars for academic excellence and the discernment of a pathway to post-secondary educational attainment and ultimately a career
- Fosters social, emotional, character, and spiritual development to build social capital through a myriad of growth opportunities, developmental resources, positive influences, and community service-learning
- Equips scholars with life skills, career skills and access to a network that ensures productive employment and contribution in an ever-changing marketplace
- Invests deeply in each scholar from middle school through career launch, collaborating with scholar families
Boys Hope Girls Hope aims to support scholars in fulfilling their potential and becoming world-changing persons for others.
"I had the opportunity to complete my high school education as a member of a scholarship program at Boys Hope Girls Hope of Kansas City. With the help of many people, I graduated at the top of my high school class and this coming May I will graduate college with honors. As a person of deep faith, I believe my purpose is to use all of my hardship, my passion for people, and the blessings and gifts I have been offered, as an inspiration to help others."
Emmanuel, Collegian
Our efforts are guided by instilling the evidence-based “6C” framework of positive youth development, and we evaluate our impact through this lens.
Confidence | Competence | Caring | Character | Compassion | Contribution
Leadership
The Boys Hope Girls Hope of Kansas City Board of Directors and staff leadership collaborate to ensure mission fidelity, financial stewardship and transparency. This team of professionals is committed to continuous learning, effective programming and improvement through impact evaluation and innovation.
Tonya Dean
Executive Director
Macenzie Tucker
Program Director
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel C. Hogan, President Emeritus
Lockton Companies
Stacey Curtis, President
BOK Financial
Allen Roberson, Vice President
Rockhurst High School
Paul Damon, Secretary
Lockton Companies
Mike Haines, Treasurer, Finance Committee
American Multi-Cineman
Illinois Blasdel, Marketing Committee
Diamond Merckens Hogan
Marianne Damon, Program Committee
ReMax
Matthew Goehausen, Governance Committee
Optiv, Inc.
Ann Hall, Property Committee
Community Volunteer
Christy Poe, Fund Dev. Co-Chair
American Century
Daniel Dooley
Polsinelli
Meghan Freeman
Heartland Conservation Alliance
Melissa Hendricks
Verisk
Allison Logan
Global Prairie
Julie McCann
Community Volunteer
Kerry Scanlon
Platform Venture
Tonya Dean
Executive Director
Boys Hope Girls Hope of Kansas City
Kristin Ostby de Barillas
President & CEO
Boys Hope Girls Hope International