The Golden Scoop:

The Golden Scoop is a life changing, non-profit ice cream and coffee shop. We provide innovative and meaningful employment for people with unique abilities and delicious ice cream and coffee to the Kansas City community. Every scoop from our made from scratch ice cream, cup of coffee, or inspired event is carefully designed to bring joy and purpose to the lives of all involved!

Shadow Buddies:

The mission of the Shadow Buddies Foundation is to provide emotional support through education regarding illness, disability, or medical treatments. The foundation accomplishes this through unique programs designed to enhance the lives of children and adults and increase compassion. 

Improving lives through charity for 30 years - The Shadow Buddies Foundation is a Kansas City based charity dedicated to supporting children with severe illnesses and disabilities, providing hope, love, and confidence. Each doll "Buddy" is carefully crafted and researched to represent each child's medical or emotional condition, offering children the companionship of a Buddy "just like me". The Buddies not only teach children and raise awareness of their illness but provide them psychological support and a tangible item that allow them to do play therapy and work through their emotions. 

Giving The Basics

Giving The Basics mission is to bring improved health, hope, and dignity to struggling children and adults through the procurement, fulfillment, and distribution of hygiene products. Products include shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, deodorant, and much more.

Since its launch in 2011, they have teamed up with over 700 locations, including local schools, pantries, police departments, and senior centers to distribute much-needed hygiene products that are not covered by government assistance to those in need in the Kansas City metro. They are now reaching over 400K people on a regular basis. They believe every person deserves to have an opportunity for dignity and being able to feel and look clean and presentable which can drastically change the trajectory of that person’s life. 

Special Olympics Kansas:

Special Olympics Kansas is dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive, and respected members of society through sports competitions, health and nutrition programs and leadership development. Offering year-round initiatives to children and adults with intellectual disabilities, Special Olympics Kansas is a platform for acceptance and inclusion as well as one of the largest advocates for healthy lifestyles in the state – regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, or cultural differences.

It is our belief that participation in sports enables challenges and opportunities to be introduced to the participants, teaching them teamwork, decision making, leadership, goal-setting, perseverance, commitment and sportsmanship, while developing self-confidence, self-esteem, character and integrity.

If you would like to support any of these organizations furthermore, please contact Mick Deaver - mdeaver@kcmavericks.com