EVENTS
Mark your calendars now for these events in 2024!
June 7 (Friday) - 14th Annual Sheffield Place Golf Tournament will be held at Shoal Creek Golf Course. This fun-filled day will include breakfast, a gourmet lunch by Scout’s BBQ, a program, silent and live auction items, awards, hole prizes, raffles and so much more! All proceeds raised will benefit Sheffield Place. To register your team, or reserve your sponsorship, visit one.bidpal.net/spgolf24. To view the brochure, click here.
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS!
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The video below is from the 12th Annual Sheffield Place Golf Tournament on June 10, 2022. The event sold out and was a record-breaking year!
Save the Date for the Off the Wall Art Gala 2024!
Sheffield Place’s Annual Off the Wall Art Gala will take place on Saturday, October 5, 2024 at The LEX at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, MO. The evening will feature dinner, drinks, a program, live art, a wine pull, whiskey plinko, silent and live auctions, a photo booth, and so much more!
Watch for details!
News & Videos
Northeast News features Sheffield Place Expansion - February 28, 2024
Read the story here.
Northeast News features Sheffield Place Client and Holiday Bazaar - November 29, 2023
Read the story here.
America’s Health Care Advocate, Cary Hall, interviews Sheffield Place CEO/President Kelly Welch - October 2023
Listen to the podcast here.
KMBC features Sheffield Place Volunteers from James Madison University - March 16, 2023
Watch the coverage here.
KSHB features Sheffield Place Volunteers from James Madison University - March 16, 2023
Watch the coverage here.
KMBC/KCWE features Sheffield Place on Community Days - April 29, 2022
Watch the coverage here.
Trailblazers: Kansas City Women spotlights Sheffield Place - March 19, 2022
Read the story by The Independent: Kansas City’s Journal of Society here.
Board Member and Off the Wall Chair, Missy Andeel, named a ‘2022 Rising Star of Philanthropy’
Read the story by The Independent: Kansas City’s Journal of Society here.
Auto auctions raises money for local charities - December 16, 2021
View the story on KSHB here.
Sheffield Place dedicates new SEVI house
View the story from the Northeast News here.
Housing Expansion nearly complete
View the story from the Northeast News here.
Expansion of services at Sheffield Place
View the story from the Northeast News here.
Homeless mother’s trials, tribulations, and new home
View the story from the Northeast News here.
Hard Hats and Hammers at Sheffield Place - March 5, 2020
View the story on Northeast News here.
Local shelter for women and children is expanding with new facility near 10th and Newton - March 5, 2020
View the story on Fox 4 News here.
Molycop spotlights Sheffield Place with a video - February 2020
Sheffield Place participates in the Opportunity Pass program
View the story on KSHB here.
Kansas City Chiefs, Derrick Nnadi, Chris Jones, and Alex Okafor host Thanksgiving dinner for the families of Sheffield Place - November 26, 2019
View the story on KMBC 9 here.
KCPD Officers offer safety training to the mothers at Sheffield Place
View the story here.
Golf Committee Chair, Ben McAnany, named ‘2019 Rising Star of Philanthropy’
Read the story by The Independent: Kansas City’s Journal of Society here.
Steven St John discusses Sheffield Place on Sports Radio 810 WHB - April 26, 2019
Listen here.
Amazon 'sleigh' delivers gifts for families at Sheffield Place during its one stop in KC - December 2017
View the story from KSHB here.
A formerly-homeless mother has a home for her family - December 6, 2017
View the story from KSHB here.
View the story from the Northeast News here.
Sheffield Place dedicates 6th unit of permanent housing on May 3, 2017.
View the story from the Northeast News here.
Sheffield Place Client Profiled
The success of a Sheffield Place client is highlighted in this story on the value of community. KCUR shares the story here.
Sheffield Place dedicates renovated house
Read the Northeast News coverage of the most recent house Sheffield Place renovated for a client family and see photos from the house here.
Sheffield Place dedicates its 5th unit of permanent housing - Fox 4 News
Sheffield Place dedicated its fifth of ten units of permanent housing for homeless families in May 2016. See the house and meet the mom who will live there with her family by clicking here.
Sheffield Place mother finds employment and success
The Northeast News article available here, highlights the success of a Sheffield Place mom who faced many barriers to success - addiction, felony convictions, etc. - and is succeeding.
Dedication of a renovated duplex to house two families
In December 2015, Sheffield Place dedicated a duplex that the agency renovated to house two families. Through the permanent housing program, the agency will renovate 10 houses for client use. To learn more about the program and one client's experience as told by Fox 4 News, please click here.
Excellence in fundraising award
Sheffield Place received the 2015 Excellence in Fundraising Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Mid America Chapter. Click here to view the video.
“Pictures of Hope” returns to Sheffield Place
For the second year, the national 'Pictures of Hope' program returned to Sheffield Place and empowered homeless children to capture theirs with a camera. Children received a camera and went into the community with adult mentors to photograph their hopes. WDAF Fox4 provided coverage. Click here for video
Graduation at Sheffield Place
KMBC Channel 9 and WDAF Fox 4 both provided coverage of the graduation in June 2014. Learn about the achievements of homeless mothers who completed the Sheffield Place program. Fox 4 News - Click here for the video. KMBC - Click here for the video.
A client's dreams come true
Robyn has completed her stay at Sheffield Place, she has achieved two years of sobriety, she is completing her GED, and she will start college this fall. Click here for the video.
Client Stories
Nina and her children
Nina and her children are representative of the families Sheffield Place serves and those that benefit from your investment. Nina came to Sheffield Place after a long-term addiction to meth, after being arrested on federal drug charges and serving time in prison, after experiencing an abusive relationship, and after being separated from her three adolescent children. Once she was released from prison, she lived on the streets of Kansas City for months.
Her life changed when she came to Sheffield Place. Nina maintained sobriety, began healing from trauma, secured full-time employment and permanent housing. She got her children back.
Like Nina, her children struggled with the deep trauma of the domestic violence they witnessed, of the addiction that surrounded them, and of the separation from their mother. One of the children witnessed a horrific tragedy that involved a member of his friend group. The children received intensive therapy that continued once they left the residential program and began receiving community-based aftercare services.
After less than a year at Sheffield Place, Nina received a Section 8 housing voucher and now has a home for her family. She is even saving for a down payment on a house of her own. Nina shared her story with the audience at the agency’s fall gala, Off the Wall.
Today, Nina has been sober for more than three years and has held a responsible job for more than three years and now trains new hires. Her oldest child is taking college classes while working part-time, her middle child graduated from high school in 2021, is working, thinking about vocational training, and coaching his little brother’s football team.
Nina recently sent a text message to the Sheffield Place case manager she has worked with: “Sitting here in my house with my kids enjoying a cup of coffee after making them a huge breakfast and thinking of how lucky I am. Wishing there were words to express my gratitude for the impact you’ve made on my life. Thanks again for believing in me and supporting me.”
Rayna’s Story
I was neglected at a young age which put me in the system. I was adopted around the age of 2, didn’t necessarily have a bad childhood but it did have its troubled times such as divorced parents. I was in a psychiatric facility for about 3 years from ages 15-18 for suicidal ideation.
Once I got out of facility I got into my first domestic violence relationship, sex trafficking, and had my oldest son. I broke free of that after I had my son. Shortly after getting away from that situation I found myself in a reoccurring pattern of domestic violent relationships. My third relationship ended up with my three children taken. Once again I broke free from that relationship only is was too late because I lost my boys were gone from me. I then ended up pregnant with my daughter which helped initiate a reason for me to get clean.
I came to Sheffield Place when I had my daughter and needed a safe and stable housing arrangement. I craved help to become a better version of myself. Another agency suggested I call Sheffield Place. I did and within a couple days I moved in.
Since being at Sheffield I have gained skills needed to remain sober, learned how to actually be in active recovery and not just sober without truly being in recovery. I’ve also learned skills to help better manage my life, get a schedule and routine back so I can be successful in the future. I am now 9 months clean and my daughter is in my custody.
Gena and Elijah
Gena and her four children (fictitious names) are representative of the families who make their way to Sheffield Place from homeless shelters, addiction recovery centers, domestic violence agencies, and increasingly through self-referral from the internet. Gena experienced chronic physical and sexual abuse from the youngest age. She and her mother, a chronic meth user, did not develop a maternal-child bond.
Gena grew up in foster care. In her teens, she ran away from home and did what she had to do to survive on the streets and to feed her own addictions. Over several years, Gena has four children and weak maternal bonds with them. Gena is one of many mothers at Sheffield Place with multiple barriers to success – low educational attainment, little work experience, felony convictions, and a history of addiction and domestic violence.
Her 3-year old son, Elijah, expressed his utter hopelessness and lack of human connection by standing each day in the children’s program and screaming nonstop for three full hours. He had no vocabulary to express his feelings or expectation that his needs would be met. Working as a team, the therapists, case managers, and teaching assistants worked with Elijah to teach him self-soothing techniques. They also worked with Gena to help her understand the need to respond to her children.
Gena is learning to heal from the severe trauma she has experienced, to become an effective and positive parent, how to find and keep employment, and how to function in society. Her children are enrolled in elementary school and daycare. Soon the family will transition to permanent housing in the community with continued case management and other supportive services provided by Sheffield Place.
Addy and Miranda
Addy and her daughter seven year old daughter, Miranda, are representative of the families that come to Sheffield Place from addiction recovery centers, homeless shelters, domestic violence agencies, and increasing from the internet. Addy grew up in home where her parents were addicted to meth. She followed them into addiction. More than once, Addy was brutally assaulted by her partner in front of Miranda.
Addy spent time in prison for drug possession and Miranda was placed in foster care. The prison time was the first time since early adolescence that she was not able to use drugs. She came to Sheffield Place where she and Miranda were reunited. The therapists and case managers are working with both mother and daughter to heal from the deep and persistent trauma they have experienced and to adjust to their new life. Addy plans to continue her recovery, find a job, and move with Miranda into a home of their own.
Mickie and Jada
Mickie and Jada were clients several years ago. Mickie recently stopped by Sheffield Place to say hello to the staff she knew here. She shared that since leaving Sheffield Place, she has remained in recovery from a 20-year addiction to meth and other substances. She works two jobs and she and her daughter, Jada, have maintained the same apartment since leaving the facility. Mickie owes her success to having the courage and tenacity to break the generational cycle of addiction, poverty, and homelessness. The skilled therapists and case managers empowered her in that difficult journey.
Shona and her children
Shona and her four children ages 12, 11, 9, 5, and a baby on the way came to Sheffield Place nine months ago. They had lived in their car for three months before that. They suffered from severe trauma. Shona struggles with depression. The children, Shona remarked, had never had beds. The two boys acted out sexually and required intense supervision during the children’s program. The therapists worked with Shona and the children as a family and as individuals. The family made progress and transitioned to permanent housing in the community. Shona continues to receive case management and supportive services through the aftercare program. At Sheffield Place, Shona and the children have gained skills to help them heal from the trauma of their lives as they strive to become self-sufficient.
