Partners

Stiles Roofing has been serving the Ozarks for a hundred years

Through their partnership with L-Life Food Pantry, Convoy of Hope provided snacks for both of our summer pool parties.

158 pillowcases. A truckload of food from Salt Lake City. Christmas morning for 42 foster families. They don’t wait to be asked twice.

It’s the kind of partnership that doesn’t always get seen from the outside, two organizations working together so families never notice a gap.

Two summers, two pool parties, one park department that said yes both times.

We’re grateful this community believes the bills matter as much as the beautiful moments they make possible.

That’s the thing about this community. Ask and people say yes. Every single time.

Paving the Way doesn’t happen without a place to stand. This year, Jubilee was that place.

Rotarians don’t just say “service above self”, they live it.

The Laclede County Sheriff’s Office works with our Paving the Way students, demonstrating how to interact with law enforcement and what a positive traffic stop can look like.

Journey Christian Church helped the Fostering Hope Closet with a Summer Donation Drive!

Cedar Ridge Church, in Long Lane, saw a need in our community and showed up to meet it. A great group showed up to the Closet, ready to work, and they got more done than we can even list.

Page Office Supply delivered and set up a printer that was donated to us, a job they normally bill for, and didn’t charge us a thing. In the Ozarks, this is what stewardship looks like.

Last week, Pillar Insurance upgraded their office equipment. They immediately thought of us. In the Ozarks, this is what stewardship looks like.

CKMD Army is a network built to connect foster families to real help in all fifty states.

Bass Pro Shops outfitted fifty kids with their very own fishing pole, free of charge, so no child showed up to the lake empty-handed.

Tracker Marine opened their private lake at Uncle Buck’s right here in Lebanon for a free catch-and-release fishing morning.

Garner & Smith Insurance has been part of this community for nearly fifty years. Long enough to watch a lot of Yellowjacket football games. They know most of the families in those stands by name.

We are grateful for partners who see the whole picture. That caring for kids doesn’t pause when the school bell goes quiet. It just looks different.

Year after year, the same church, the same posture. Show up. Serve. Repeat. Thank you, Family Church, for being a steady partner in this Holy work.

Driver education is expensive. For young people who have experienced foster care, it is often completely out of reach. MoDOT recognized that and did something about it.

Kids’ Harbor serves Laclede County and nine surrounding counties, providing coordinated support and healing for children who have experienced abuse.

Fred Hynes, State Farm Insurance Agent, has been a longtime friend to this community.

MU Extension in Laclede County does a financial simulation at Paving the Way. Groceries, housing, health insurance, transportation, and all the things that make adult life go.

Insurance isn’t just about policies. It’s about helping people understand what they have and why it matters.

FSCB volunteers work with students on budgeting, credit scores, debt, saving money, and the financial decisions they’ll face as they step into adulthood. The kind of information most adults had to figure out the hard way.

Jasha Conner lost her son Jaden in a reckless driving crash. She could have responded with anger. Instead, she chose grace. And now she and Eva Sherrer stand together in front of teenagers and talk about what decisions behind the wheel can cost.

Nancy Moore from H&R Block works with our Paving the Way students to walk them through the basics of filing taxes.

Proclamations. Events. The moments when something just needs to get done and someone needs to show up ready to work. B.A.C.A. is there. Every time. With huge smiles and hearts to match.

The Cross Christian School is built on people who show up.

Kids become adults whether anyone prepares them for it or not.

Community is only as strong as the relationships between the people working in it. When the network holds together, kids don’t fall through it.

For kids coming into foster care, a dental appointment is often one of the first things that hasn’t happened in a long time.

They built a tiny town on West Elm Street where kids can just be kids. A general store. A post office. Cars to drive. Room to imagine.

Vintage Flower Market is where you go when you are grieving. When you can’t wait to celebrate. When your heart is so full it feels like it may burst out of your chest.

Very few things outlive the person who started them.

Ninety-eight children are going home with a beach towel that has their name on it. Richland Lodge covered the cost.

Serving your community is just what you do when you’re part of something bigger than your business.

Ozark Fiber understands something simple. Connection isn’t optional. Belonging isn’t a feature. It’s what holds a place together.

Foster families needed a night to breathe. This community made it happen.

They know what it feels like when a community decides you belong in it.

Elevate Lebanon joins Paving the Way to add additional workforce readiness, resume skills, and guaranteed employer interviews to the program.

This is what it looks like when a company sends the right person into a community and trusts her to be exactly who she is.

Not just a restaurant. A place where people meet, stay a little longer, and truly belong.

They know what community looks like. They’ve been feeding it for years.

When you walk in here, you can feel what it was like in 1927.

Today, Oakland Community Church is still on that hill. Every month, they give to the children of the Ozarks.142 years of giving. And counting.

JustServe shows up for what matters most in our community.

CarePortal connects real, local needs to people who are willing to help meet them right when it matters.

There are churches… and then there are churches that live it out every day.