August 2022 Winner
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  Reno Ranch
   ÂReno Ranch exists to help stop the overpopulation of pets, and to provide assistance and advocacy for pets who are in danger. They believe that homeless pets deserve the best chance at a forever home; they believe that the best way to accomplish this is through rescue, advocacy, and education in our community to prevent animal abuse and promote quality care.
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     ÂJuly 2022 Winner
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  Melissa's Second Chances
   ÂMelissa's Second Chances finds homes and safe refuge for animals in need of a second chance to be a beloved family pet.
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     ÂJune 2022 Winner
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  HELP Humane
   ÂHELP 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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     ÂMay 2022 Winner
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  LL Dog Rescue
   ÂLL Dog Rescue specializes in helping small dogs in the Greater Kansas City area including both Missouri and Kansas. Many of their dogs are owner turn-ins; those from puppy mills; others are adopted out of local shelters if their time is up.
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     ÂApril 2022 Winner
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  Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary Inc.
   ÂThe mission of Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary is to provide senior furry friends a home in a loving, healthy living room setting. Here they can comfortably live out their lives, be they measured in weeks, months or years.
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     ÂMarch 2022 Winner
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  Kitty Cat Connection Inc.
   ÂKitty Cat Connection, Inc. is a non-profit, humane organization dedicated to reducing suffering and overpopulation among feral and abandoned cats and fostering and finding caring homes for all rescued cats.
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     ÂFebruary 2022 Winner
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  Pawsitive Tails Dog Rescue
   ÂPawsitive Tails strives to be something different in the animal adoption community. They help dogs and puppies find new homes by matching the right dog to the right family.
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     ÂJanuary 2022 Winner
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  Shep's Place Senior Dog Sanctuary
   ÂThe goal of Shep's Place Senior Dog Sanctuary is to operate a sanctuary for homeless senior dogs in the Kansas City area. They believe senior dogs deserve to live out their lives in a safe, loving environment. Their facility and volunteers are dedicated to caring for these dogs, to give them the support and attention they have lost.
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     ÂDecember 2021 Winner
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  Lantz Tucker Memorial Fund
   ÂThe Lantz Tucker Memorial Fund was created with the goal to help owned dogs in urgent need get the care they need and stay with the owners who love them.
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     ÂNovember 2021 Winner
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  Transformation Visitation Home
   ÂTransformation Visitation Home was formed so that families involved with the Family Court system in the Kansas City metro area can have a safe home-like facility for supervised parent-child visits and rapid reunification services. Their mission is to provide a safe and loving environment to foster rapid reunification services for families.
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     ÂOctober 2021 Winner
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  Lucky 13 Rescue
   ÂLucky 13 Rescue is dedicated to the rescue and aid of homeless and neglected dogs in the Kansas City metro and surrounding rural areas. They do not limit their efforts to a specific breed, but rather strive to assist any dog that is facing neglect, homelessness, abuse or death. Their ultimate goal is to rehabilitate each canine in their care through placement in loving foster homes until they can be carefully matched with adoptive families.
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     ÂSeptember 2021 Winner
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  Unleashed Pet Rescue and Adoption
   ÂUnleashed Pet Rescue is a licensed, non-profit animal shelter founded in 2011 that works to save the lives of homeless pets and strives to improve the image of bully breeds in society.
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     ÂAugust 2021 Winner
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  Chain of Hope
   ÂChain of Hope's mission is to reduce pet overpopulation by spaying and neutering all pets and encouraging others to do the same. Our ultimate goal is to break the chain of ignorance, break the chain of suffering, and break the chain of unwanted litters.
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     ÂJuly 2021 Winner
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  Pawportunities
   ÂHelping pets in unfortunate circumstances find forever homes through getting them up to date on vaccinations, microchipped, and spayed/neutered.
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     ÂJune 2021 Winner
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  Sugar Kittens Cafe and Cattery
   ÂSugar Kittens Café and Cattery is a cat café and rescue with a mission of finding loving homes for as many cats and kittens as possible. The café has 15-20 adoptable cats and kittens to cuddle and play with while you enjoy a cupcake, ice cream, full espresso menu, bubble teas and more!
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     ÂMay 2021 Winner
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  HELP Humane
   ÂHELP 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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     ÂApril 2021 Winner
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  Melissa's Second Chances
   ÂMelissa'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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     ÂMarch 2021 Winner
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  Furry Kids Refuge
   ÂFurry 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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     ÂFebruary 2021 Winner
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  Midwest Animal ResQ
   ÂMidwest 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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     ÂJanuary 2021 Winner
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  Choose 2 Live;
   ÂChoose 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.
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     ÂDecember 2020 Winner
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  Sherry's Kitten Rescue
   ÂSherry'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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     ÂNovember 2020 Winner
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  Paws 4 Autism
   ÂPaws 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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     ÂOctober 2020 Winner
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  Blue Springs BMX
   ÂBlue 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.
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     ÂSeptember 2020 Winner
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  Burge Bird Rescue
   ÂBurge 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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     ÂAugust 2020 Winner
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   Starting New At Golf
   ÂStarting 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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     ÂJuly 2020 Winner
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   Drumm Farm Center for Children
   ÂDrumm 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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     ÂJune 2020 Winner
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   Hero Fund USA
   ÂHero 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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     ÂMay 2020 Winner
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   Shep's Place Senior Dog Sanctuary
   ÂShep'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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     ÂApril 2020 Winner
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   Community Services League
   ÂCommunity 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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     ÂMarch 2020 Winner
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   Melissa's Menagerie's Second Chances
   ÂMelissa'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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     ÂFebruary 2020 Winner
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   Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri
   ÂGirl 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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     ÂJanuary 2020 Winner
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   LL Dog Rescue
   ÂLL 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.   Â
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     ÂDecember 2019 Winner
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   Furry Kids Refuge
   ÂFurry 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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     ÂNovember 2019 Winner
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   Pawsitive Tails Dog Rescue
   ÂPawsitive 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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     ÂOctober 2019 Winner
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   Transformation Visitation Home
   ÂTransformation 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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     ÂSeptember 2019 Winner
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   Missouri German Shepherd Rescue
   ÂMissouri 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.
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     ÂAugust 2019 Winner
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   Kitty Cat Connection
   ÂKitty 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.
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     ÂJuly 2019 Winner
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   Help Humane Society
   ÂHELP 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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     ÂJune 2019 Winner
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   Hero Fund USA
   ÂHero 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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     ÂMay 2019 Winner
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   Blue Elk District HOAC
   ÂThe 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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     ÂApril 2019 Winner
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   Unleashed Pet Rescue & Adoption
   ÂUnleashed 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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     ÂMarch 2019 Winner
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   Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas
   ÂMake-A-Wish serves a unique, and vital, role in helping strengthen and empower children battling critical illnesses.
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     ÂFebruary 2019 Winner
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   Melissa's Menagerie's Second Chances
   ÂMelissa'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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     ÂJanuary 2019 Winner
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   Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue & Rehab
   ÂWild 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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     ÂDecember 2018 Winner
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   All Pet Brigade
   ÂThe 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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     ÂNovember 2018 Winner
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   Midwest Animal ResQ
   ÂMidwest 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.
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     ÂOctober 2018 Winner
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   Furry Kids Refuge
   ÂFurry Kids Refuge works with area shelters to rescue domestic pets and to provide safe haven for these abandoned, abused, or unwanted domestic animals.
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