!! Congratulations !!

Working together; companies, commitment and compassion has made quite a change.

Thank you to Kate Wind & Marsha Hoffman for beginning the Project and dreaming of the Change!

Challenge Four

May 2009 - Nurture the Children

Working with the Thompson Center & KCART

Project: Hosting "Border Challenge for Autism" benefiting the Thompson Center & KCART .

Challenge Leaders: Mike Christianer, Marsha Hoffman & Kate Wind (SFS Architecture), Bonnie (encompass).

Status: Mike, Marsha, Kate & Bonnie have been meeting tirelessly to set up a great event. They have organize a wonderful night of rivalry & fun for a good cause, at Boulevard Brewing Company.

Thursday May 28th 6:00-9:30 PM
@ Boulevard Brewing Company
$35 for a Ticket *
*includes fight songs, bragging
rights, sports highlights
and all the boulevard beer &
wine you can drink

All proceeds go to the Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders @ MU & the Kansas Center for Autism Research & Training @ KU.

Come to support the Cause, come to raise Awareness, come to show School Spirit, come to have a Drink, come to Awaken KC.
Buy your ticket Now!

Challenge Three

April 2009 - Save the Planet

Working with Community LINC

Project: Plant a Rain Garden and installing a French Drain to help with drainage and create a Community Garden at Community LINC. ***ACCOMPLISHED***

Challenge Leaders: Matt and Lisa (Patti Banks Associates) & Melody and Patti (sfs architecture)

Status: Matt, Brett, Melody and Patti visited the site to see what was feasible to assist with drainage issues and developing a community garden. Thanks to some dedicated volunteers from Church of the Reserection a 12" x 12" trench was dung during one of the last (or not...) snows of the season. Matt, Lisa, Melody and Patti are working on a plan and contacting organizations that might be interested in partnering on the community garden.

We will be installing a French Drain, planting a Rain Garden and creating a community garden at Community LINC. The French Drain will be located at the south side of the buildings, where the parking lot and a down spout drains along the side of Building 6. There is an obvious drainage problem, causing flooding to occur in the basement of one of their buildings. Patti Banks Associates has already laid out a plan to drain the water towards the street and the future Rain Garden. To date we have the trench dug, Applied Ecological Services is graciously donating plants for the Rain Garden, we are still looking for organizations that might be interested in partnering on the community garden or donating.

Challenge Two - Complete

March 2009 - Warm the Homeless

Working with Community LINC

Project: Renovating the Teen Space at Community LINC.

Challenge Update: 90% Complete

Status: Early in March a group of dedicated volunteers and Team Members cleared the space and prepped it for pouring concrete. Together AL Huber, Wallace Engineers, Lankford Engineers, LaFarge and Western Fireproofing poured a beautiful topping on the current 1" thick slab. The last two weekends of March have been used to paint and finish the space. Stone walls were painted by hand, walls were repaired, chairs were recovered, track lights were wired & hung and a chalk board has been installed in the bathroom! The unveiling of the space to the teens was Thursday April 2nd, 2009 (as seen on the 10pm News).

CF Wood Products did the new counter tops, Gragg's Paint generously donated an incredibly large quantity of paint, and George G. Shaw Construction finished, saw cut and sealed the beautiful new concrete floor in in the basement.

Materials were donated from everyone previously mentioned & the following;
Baer Supply
ISC Surfaces
Albert Tramm Lumber
Patcraft Design Weave
Johnson County Custom Upholstery

Challenge Two

March 2009 - Warm the Homeless

Working with Community LINC

Project: Renovating the Teen Space at Community LINC.

Challenge Leaders: Dean, Randy, Jaime (AL Huber), Mike, Darcey (Wallace Engineers), Linsay & Greg (Lankford Engineers).

Status: Randy Huber & Mike Hurd visited Community LINC and went through the list in person to see what projects we want to include for this Challenge.

We will be renovating the Teen Space at Community LINC. The space is located in the basement of one of their buildings and is very depressing right now. AL Huber has already secured a sub-contract to redo the concrete floor in the basement. Together AL Huber, Wallace Engineers, Lankford Engineers, LaFarge and Western Fireproofing will be pouring a topping on the current 1" thick slab. Simultaneously SFS Architecture and Encompas will be working on the interiors, to make this a fun space for the kids to hang out and study. To date we have met with the Teens to get their ideas and input on their future meeting space, as well as begun the process of prepping the space for renovation.

Challenge One

February 2009 - Feed the Hungry

***VOTES ARE IN!!!***

For the month of February, the monthly award categories and winners are:

1. Best Event Documentation (Submission): Team Awaken KC!

2. Most innovative and Creative Project: WE HAVE A TIE!!! Can you believe it?:

Team Awaken KC and VML Spark Squad!!

3. Largest number of Participants in event: Small Beginnings!! ( Over 200! )

Congratulations Team!!! A big Thank You to AIPC for helping make this possible!!! I know we are keeping up the great work on Warm the Homeless, lets just keep that momentum for Save the Planet!

Congratulations to all the teams for all the hard work and all the Change that is happening in our community because of Project Change! Keep it up!

Working with Community LINC

Project: Food collection to stock up new resident apartments/education on how to cook economically. Donation of pasta and ingredients, cooking class and recipe cards for economical/healthy dishes.

Challenge Leaders: Laura Daggett (American Italian Pasta)

Status: AIPC made a generous donation of pasta, other ingredients and monetary help (Laura Daggett helped facilitate this donation). Laura pulled in house recipes from AIPC and other recipes from the team's home kitchens. We worked with Cecile to coordinate the appropriate times to meet with residents for cooking classes. Pasta 101 included information on cooking pasta, tips from our own kitchens, and a lively discussion of how to eat the foods we love cheap and easily.

Our Team '09

corporate team members....

sfs architecture

lankford engineers

encompas

a.l. huber construction

wallace engineers

patti banks associates

american italian pasta co.

la farge

western fireproofing

cf wood products

gragg's paint

george g. shaw construction

panel systems plus

applied ecological services

individuals from...

liquid 9 media boutique
husch blackwell sanders
apple bus company
midwest block & brick

donations from...

baer supply
isc surfaces
albert tramm lumber
patcraft design weave
johnson county custom upholstery

working with...

community linc
the thompson center for autism and neurodevelopmental disorders
the kansas center for autism research

and growing...