Kansas Children's Service League
The Football and Cheerleading Club of Johnson County has created an alliance with the Kansas Children's Service League to assist in promoting their program and services. FCCJC encourages all club families to learn more about this organization.
The Kansas Children’s Service League is a statewide not-for-profit agency with over 100 years of experience protecting children and strengthening families. The League serves over 40,000 children and their families each year through a variety of services, advocating for children, and collaborating with other public and private agencies for increased effectiveness, efficiency and quality. Among their services in the Kansas City Metro area are adoption, foster care, and Healthy Families. The League also sponsors the statewide Parent Helpline and resources for parents, caregivers and professionals through the Community Resource Library.
Kelsey Smith Foundation
Kelsey’s Story
Kelsey Smith was a beautiful and passionate eighteen year-old who was active in her school marching band, choir and theatre. Kelsey had graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School and was looking forward to attending Kansas State University in the fall. On June 2, 2007, just nine days after graduation, Kelsey was abducted by a total stranger, in broad daylight from a department store parking lot in Overland Park, Kansas. After an exhaustive search by law enforcement and volunteers, her body was found four days later, twenty miles from where she was abducted. She had been sexually assaulted and murdered.
Kelsey Smith Foundation
On July 7, 2007, one month after Kelsey was found her parents, Greg and Missey Smith, established the Kelsey Smith Foundation as a way to continue the passion of her life by helping others “by empowering families, friends, and communities to proactively protect one of its most precious resources, namely its youth and young adults.” One of the key components of the foundation is to provide education to help protect the youth of our communities from violent crime. SAS (Safety Awareness Seminars) seminars concentrate on the emotional and mental aspects of safety, providing simple, common sense techniques that are easy to implement and with practice become a part of a daily routine. SAS seminars have been presented to thousands since its inception. Over $25,000 worth of safety whistles have been given away to thousands of high school girls in conjunction with the SAS presentation. The Kelsey Smith Memorial Scholarship, established in Kelsey’s honor along with Kansas State University, is an annual scholarship awarded to a Shawnee Mission West High School graduate continuing in marching band. For more information visit: www.kelseysarmy.org
Kelsey Smith Act
In July of 2009, the Kelsey Smith Act was enacted into law by the Legislature of the State of Kansas. The Kelsey Smith Act states that upon request of a law enforcement agency, a wireless telecommunications carrier shall provide call location information concerning the telecommunications device of the user to the requesting law enforcement agency in order to respond to a call for emergency services or in an emergency situation that involves the risk of death or serious physical harm.
Many other states have requested information on the Kelsey Smith Act and it is anticipated that over the next few years most states will seek to enact this type of legislation.
Kelsey Smith Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 40393
Overland Park, Kansas 66204-0393
913.383.1751