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Operation Breakthrough is partnering with Crossroads Charter Schools and DeLaSalle Education Center to provide in-person summer school for 200 more students in Kansas City’s urban core. Coronavirus restrictions on social distancing have forced many sites not to offer face-to-face summer education. For others, class sizes and duration have been significantly reduced to allow for social distancing, health, and safety.  The...Continue reading 

On a quiet Sunday night, Semahj Ware sat at her kitchen table waiting for a call she hoped would bring good news. “Until the moment the phone rang, I still wasn’t confident in myself or that I won,” says Semahj.  As she answered the phone, Lindsey Horan appeared on the screen to tell Semahj she was the U.S. Women’s National...Continue reading 

Eight-year-old Makenzie stacks five cans into a tower of green beans and briskly carries it to the veggie shelf in Operation Breakthrough’s food pantry. Mykia, age 9, slits open taped cartons of pancake mix with a door key. Sorting, stacking and stuffing – our students have quickly become expert helpers! As a childcare provider, Operation Breakthrough is exempt from...Continue reading