CSR/Adopted Kids
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
BalancePoint is committed to corporate citizenship and giving back to the community. Our internal employees are paid to volunteer eight (8) hours a month to various charitable organizations to support the communities in which we live and work. Below is a list of some of the organizations where we provide support:
Children International
During the past several years, BalancePoint has formed a deep commitment and partnership with Children International. This organization enables needy children living in poverty access to programs and services that not only meet their basic needs, but also serve to help break the cycle of poverty. Sponsorship strives to help children living in poverty become adults who have healthier habits, enhanced self-esteem, education and skills for a better life and more opportunities. To date, BalancePoint has seven (7) children that we support on monthly basis, and each child is supported by the program from five (5) to nineteen (19) years of age: As our business grows, our Children International family grows.
Animal Haven
Animal Haven is a non-profit animal shelter operating with a progressive no-kill philosophy. For over 40 years, Animal Haven has served our community as both an adoption center and as an organization that manages stray animals for up to twelve local municipalities. Animal Haven is the only non-profit animal shelter in Johnson County, Kansas that manages stray animals.
Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness.
Bridging the Gap
The Kansas City region's premier resource for environmental education and action, Bridging the Gap (BTG) has over a dozen diverse environmental programs aimed at making our region more sustainable for the future.
Habitat for Humanity of Kansas City
A nonprofit, ecumenical, Christian ministry founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a decent, safe and affordable place to live. They build with people in need regardless of race or religion. They welcome volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds.
Harvesters
Nearly 60,000 people receive emergency food assistance through Harvesters’ network in any given week. Harvesters is the community’s response to hunger in Greater Kansas City.
Heartland Therapeutic Riding
Heartland Therapeutic Riding provides equine-assisted therapy through the movement of and human interaction with the horse. Early intervention hippotherapy is provided for special needs children by a physical or an occupational therapist. Therapeutic sports riding is available for children and adults with disabilities. It is taught by North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA)-certified instructors. Both programs utilize motor planning, cognitive planning, and sensory integration in the design and implementation of each class session.
Hope in the Streets
We are reaching out to Kansas City's homeless population with friendship, food, clothing, and other crucial life sustaining items. We employ a very individual approach by getting to know KC's homeless one by one. This allows us to better understand what needs they have and what support can be offered to not only get them through another day, but maybe also pave the way (pun intended) to get them off the streets.
Kansas City Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation through Dodge for a Cause
Driven by the needs of people with diabetes, the mission of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. We work to accomplish this by finding and funding the best and most relevant research to help achieve a cure for this devastating disease
KC Autism Training Center
The mission is to provide professional, research based interventions and training for children diagnosed with autism and their families. In addition, our facility provides education and training in the use of these techniques to parents, teachers, therapists, educators, and other direct service providers in the Kansas City area.
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has given hope, strength and joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions. From our humble beginnings with one boy’s wish to be a police officer, we’ve evolved into an organization that grants a child’s wish in the U.S. every 40 minutes."
March of Dimes
Our mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. We carry out this mission through research, community services, education and advocacy to save babies' lives. March of Dimes researchers, volunteers, educators, outreach workers and advocates work together to give all babies a fighting chance against the threats to their health: prematurity, birth defects, low birthweight.
NEWHOUSE
The mission of Newhouse is to break the cycle of domestic violence by providing the tools that allow women to make positive choices and lead self-sufficient lives.
St. Mary's Food Kitchen
The kitchen has provided noon meals for the needy of the city's east side since February 1982. The service is open every day of the year. Groups from several denominations of churches and various organizations prepare meals and serve them on designated days. St. Mary's Food Kitchen was the first free food kitchen in Kansas City. The service is now the largest in the metro area.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
As the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists, we’re working together to save lives, empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find the cures.
Cancer Action
Cancer Action is a community based non-profit agency offering a comprehensive array of programs and services addressing the physical, social, emotional, financial and spiritual needs of persons with cancer, their family, and friends. As a caring community of professionals and volunteers, we offer support, education, empowerment, hope and comfort to those touched by cancer in our community. Cancer Action programs and services are free of charge.
The Children's Place
Since 1978, The Children’s Place has been committed to meeting the developmental and mental health needs of the very youngest victims of child abuse, neglect and other trauma. Within the Kansas City community and beyond, the agency’s specialized expertise in working with traumatized young children has made The Children’s Place a recognized leader in the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.
YMCA (Paul Henson)
A Team Dedicated to Serving the Community. The YMCAs of Greater Kansas City are governed by a volunteer board of directors working closely with the executive staff on local programs to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities. In addition, more than 2,000 staff members serve the community at locations throughout the greater Kansas City area. The YMCA is committed to measuring program participation and outcomes, constantly evaluating their impact on the community.