April 2021 Winner
Melissa's Second Chances
Melissa's Second Chances is a non-profit animal shelter that strives to help find homes and refuge for animals in need of a second chance.
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March 2021 Winner
Furry Kids Refuge
Furry Kids Refuge is a no-kill, all volunteer animal rescue organization founded in 2003. They work with area shelters to rescue domestic pets and to provide safe haven for these abandoned, abused, or unwanted domestic animals. All animals in their care are spayed or neutered and receive all vaccinations and if necessary, life saving or necessary medical attention.
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February 2021 Winner
Midwest Animal ResQ
Midwest Animal ResQ's mission is "completing families one tail at a time" and they focus on taking the time to get to know their pets and their customers so they can make a perfect match.
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January 2021 Winner
Choose 2 Live;
Choose 2 Live; is dedicated to bringing hope and encouragement to those struggling with mental illness, depression, suicide, or self-injury. By raising awareness and providing resources, we can fight this together.
December 2020 Winner
Sherry's Kitten Rescue
Sherry's Kitten Rescue was formed for the humane rescue and treatment of felines, with a mission to rescue abandoned, unwanted, or found kittens and find them loving forever homes.
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November 2020 Winner
Paws 4 Autism
Paws 4 Autism's mission is to provide Autism Service Dogs and related services, including community outreach and education, service dog awareness, informational training, social skills classes, and innovative transitional job skills to youth and young adults who demonstrate autism spectrum behaviors.
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October 2020 Winner
Blue Springs BMX
Blue Springs BMX is Kansas City's oldest BMX racetrack, celebrating 36 years of BMX racing in 2020! Their mission is to maintain a high quality facility and provide a safe, fun, and competitive racing environment for racers and their families.
September 2020 Winner
Burge Bird Rescue
Burge Bird Rescue is dedicated to finding homes for birds that need a new place to live. They take a special interest in birds with medical needs, and will never turn away a bird due to medical issues.
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August 2020 Winner
Starting New At Golf
Starting New At Golf's mission is to get people physically active by introducing them to golf in a fun and easy way that encourages a lifetime of positive experiences and relationships; and to address the demographic, geographic, economic, and educational barriers that prevent the masses from participating in this lifetime sport.
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July 2020 Winner
Drumm Farm Center for Children
Drumm Farm Center for Children's mission is to provide a nurturing environment that inspires and yields lifelong success of children and young adults.
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June 2020 Winner
Hero Fund USA
Hero Fund USA provides funding for preventative measures and equipment such as bullet-proof vests for police officers, infrared cameras and GPS locators for firefighters as well as funding for the safety needs of first responders.
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May 2020 Winner
Shep's Place Senior Dog Sanctuary
Shep's Place Senior Dog Sanctuary is a refuge for abandoned old dogs in the Kansas City area. They are a small, private shelter that focuses on the care of senior dogs. They hope to find the dogs new families, but that is often difficult for seniors, so if they can't, they will be their permanent, loving home.
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April 2020 Winner
Community Services League
Community Services League's mission is to assist communities in reaching their potential by providing immediate relief to people in need, assessing their situations, and providing solutions that lead to economic stability.
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March 2020 Winner
Melissa's Menagerie's Second Chances
Melissa's Menagerie's Second Chances is a non-profit animal shelter that strives to help find homes and refuge for animals in need of a second chance.
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February 2020 Winner
Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri
Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri's mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.
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January 2020 Winner
LL Dog Rescue
LL Dog Rescue is dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and finding new homes for dogs. They provide pre- and post adoption education on care and maintenance of their pets, from veterinary needs to behavioral issues.
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December 2019 Winner
Furry Kids Refuge
Furry Kids Refuge is a no-kill, all volunteer animal rescue organization founded in 2003. They work with area shelters to rescue domestic pets and to provide safe haven for these abandoned, abused, or unwanted domestic animals. All animals in their care are spayed or neutered and receive all vaccinations and if necessary, life saving or necessary medical attention.
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November 2019 Winner
Pawsitive Tails Dog Rescue
Pawsitive Tails Dog Rescue's mission is to foster pets who need a 'hand up', in their homes, provide medical care (exams, treatments, vaccinations, spay/neuter surgery, deworming and heartworm preventative), microchips and find forever families for each of them.
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October 2019 Winner
Transformation Visitation Home
Transformation Visitation Home was formed so that homeless families involved with the Jackson County Family Court system can have a safe home-like facility to for meaningful supervised parent-child visits.
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September 2019 Winner
Missouri German Shepherd Rescue
Missouri German Shepherd Rescue's mission is to save and rehab homeless, unwanted, abused and neglected German Shepherds in need - including tough behavior and medical cases.
August 2019 Winner
Kitty Cat Connection
Kitty Cat Connection, Inc. is a humane organization dedicated to reducing suffering and overpopulation among feral and abandoned cats, to fostering cats, to finding caring homes for all rescued cats, and to promoting spay/neuter and adoption as a way to address the problem of homeless cats.
July 2019 Winner
Help Humane Society
HELP Humane is committed to ending the suffering and killing of homeless, abused and neglected animals by rescuing, sheltering, rehabilitating and seeking forever families for these animals and educating the public on proper pet guardianship and the importance of spaying and neutering.
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June 2019 Winner
Hero Fund USA
Hero Fund USA provides funding for preventative measures and equipment such as bullet-proof vests for police officers, infrared cameras and GPS locators for firefighters as well as funding for the safety needs of first responders.
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May 2019 Winner
Blue Elk District HOAC
The Blue Elk District HOAC prepares the young people of eastern Kansas and western Missouri to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law.
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April 2019 Winner
Unleashed Pet Rescue & Adoption
Unleashed Pet Rescue and Adoption is a licensed, non-profit animal shelter that works to save the lives of homeless pets and strives to improve the image of bully breeds in society. They also work daily with high kill shelters in the Kansas City area to pull "unwanted" pets to safety.
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March 2019 Winner
Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas
Make-A-Wish serves a unique, and vital, role in helping strengthen and empower children battling critical illnesses.
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February 2019 Winner
Melissa's Menagerie's Second Chances
Melissa's Menagerie's Second Chances is a non-profit animal shelter that strives to help find homes and refuge for animals in need of a second chance.
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January 2019 Winner
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue & Rehab
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehab rescues, rehabilitates and releases orphaned, sick or injured native wildlife mammals in Missouri due to a lack of resources.
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December 2018 Winner
All Pet Brigade
The All Pet Brigade is a networking effort to educate the community on animal safety. Their mission is to bring awareness to the lost pets of Oak Grove & the surrounding areas.
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November 2018 Winner
Midwest Animal ResQ
Midwest Animal ResQ's mission is "completing families one tail at a time." They focus on taking the time to get to know their pets and their customers so they can make a perfect match.
October 2018 Winner
Furry Kids Refuge
Furry Kids Refuge works with area shelters to rescue domestic pets and to provide safe haven for these abandoned, abused, or unwanted domestic animals.
