KANSAS CITY, Mo. — March is Ladies’s Historical past Month, so KSHB 41 requested viewers to appoint girls of their lives who’re making a distinction within the Kansas Metropolis group.
Listed here are just a few of the various nominations we obtained highlighting girls doing essentially the most to offer therapeutic and promote hope.
Beverly Brewington
Nominated by Harris Deutsch
“Bev has a ardour for serving to folks within the native Cass County space nicely because the larger Kansas Metropolis space. She is hands-on in each trauma coaching and hands-on feeding and seeing [that] these in want get what they want from socks [to] toiletries. She additionally holds trauma workshops across the space. I first met Beverly at a neighborhood gymnasium. She is a folks particular person certainly.”
Kharissa Forte
Nominated by Lauren Conaway
“Kharissa is a well being and wellness advocate by her firm Grace & Grind, specializing in Black girls. She is so sort, good and her coronary heart is big! Plus, she’s loads of enjoyable!”
Michelle Graff
Nominated by Amy Sielaff
“Michelle’s embraced her entrepreneurial spirit and cemented her position in native KC affect by creating her personal firm Cultivating Human Resiliency. Michelle trains and consults all around the state of MO for state departments and native nonprofits in addition to some nationwide work associated to compassion, resilience and organizational growth. She hosts interactive coaching for serving to professionals and wrote her personal research-backed guide and corresponding workbook ‘The Compassion Fatigued Group.’ Michelle has embraced all alternatives to assist raise others up and promote compassionate connective care.”
Megan Gustafson
Nominated by Roger Gustafson
“Megan Gustafson, my daughter-in-law and mom of two, is a nurse practitioner at Kids’s Mercy Hospital Complete Epilepsy Heart in Kansas Metropolis. As well as, she’s a board member at Mosaic, a nationwide group dedicated to empowering individuals with mental disabilities.”
Caroline Hammond
Nominated by Lauren Conaway
“Caroline does unbelievable work by her nonprofit Protected In Hurt’s Means and thru her consulting work with Epizon Methods. She helps join home abuse survivors with assets and help and has impacted numerous lives!”
Nadia Igram
Nominated by Lauren Conaway
“Nadia is each a household legislation lawyer and a delivery doula. Via her work with Divas and Doulas, she offers maternity schooling and assist! She’s an unbelievable, considerate human being with a concentrate on fairness and accessibility for all folks in our group!”
Jessica McCallop McClellan
Nominated by Lauren Conaway
“Jessica works so arduous to finish interval poverty, assist most cancers sufferers, assist home abuse survivors and supply scholarships by her group Giving Hope & Assist! It looks like she is Superwoman — she does all of it!”
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Marena Mitchell
Nominated by Taryn Wright
“Marena Mitchell is the kindest, most uplifting girl you’ll ever meet. She is filled with optimistic vitality and encouragement. She has devoted her grownup life to offering speech companies to youngsters with further wants. In her skilled profession, she not solely offers herself 100% to the youngsters who want her most, however she’s at all times there with a hug, smile and assist to the dad and mom of these children. She makes everybody she meets really feel like they matter. As well as, she runs a remedy enterprise stuffed with different girls who she frequently leads together with her uplifting positivity.”
LeTysha Montgomery
Nominated by Ok. Montgomery
“LeTysha is an creator, podcaster, speaker and jewellery designer! Her mission is to teach and produce consciousness about endometriosis which impacts one in each 10 girls. She advocates for herself and others who’re challenged with endometriosis. Via her private journey, she understands that this invisible illness just isn’t at all times straightforward to diagnose and/or deal with. Her objective is to teach others on what steps to take to get to the right medical professionals. She is a co-author of 5 books which embody three #1 Amazon Finest Sellers. I’m very happy with the work she does and her accomplishments!!”
Nicolette Paige
Nominated by Stella Flannery
“Nicolette emanates love and works for the therapeutic of the various nations and the world in some ways. Her Beelicious KC honey is native honey infused with herbs to assist mind well being, promote rest and construct the immune system. She can also be a healer and private guide with a enterprise referred to as Soul Baby Awakenings. She offers free meditations for an hour every week earlier than her courses on the introduction to religious sciences. She can also be a therapeutic massage therapist and a demise doula, serving to folks to move over with peace and dignity. Every little thing she does is for therapeutic and constructing a stronger unity amongst folks. Did I point out she is a reggae star?”
Sharon Butler Payne
Nominated by Kate Sweeten
“Sharon based Bra Couture KC in 2010, a nonprofit group that gives important assist to uninsured and underinsured most cancers sufferers throughout Kansas Metropolis. She continues to work tirelessly for this group and is extremely captivated with supporting most cancers sufferers of all ages, gender and monetary want. Underneath her management, Bra Couture KC is nearing a serious milestone of $3 million in contributions raised for most cancers assist and prevention, most cancers companies and most cancers survivorship.”
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Karin Shaughnessey
Nominated by Lynn Driggers
“I’ve recognized Karin for about 50 years. We grew up in the identical church north of the river. Karin was identified with breast most cancers final 12 months [and] has maintained grace and tenacity. She and her husband adopted two toddler youngsters from Ukraine — her daughter is now a freshman at MU and son is a sophomore at Liberty North Excessive College. Karin needed to be courageous for her daughter throughout Megan’s senior 12 months in highschool final 12 months. Karin has completed her chemotherapy and radiation, [and] her beginning-to-grey hair is simply rising out, [which she] embraces as her badge of being a survivor.”
Nancy Simons
Nominated by Chyane’ Simons
“My grandma has labored locally for over 30 years with youth within the inside metropolis. In the course of the pandemic, she and Blue Valley on the east aspect of KC delivered a whole bunch of containers of meals, garments and medication. In 2003, she obtained the Factors of Mild award from President Bush.”