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Youth program blends academics, athletics and life skills

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Deron Jones glances at the mural he created, and a modest smile breaks across his young face. “I can’t believe I did it,” the 16-year-old Grandview High School junior says of his work on a wall at the Education First, Athletics Second Coalition.

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Youth program blends academics, athletics and life skills

MORE GOOD CONNECTIONS

Sharing the harsh experiences of homeless youth

Nonprofit’s project is all about those who will work there

Boxing club helps young man fight through difficulty

Grants are music to nonprofit’s ears

Gardening program helps inmates’ smiles bloom

Friendly persuasion helps fight cystic fibrosis

Youth Friends program promotes mentoring relationships with e-mail

KKFI can use some volunteers

Couple lends support to new parents

Overland Park woman shares the positive aspects of living with Parkinson’s

Agency helps people stay connected to their faith

Program donates used prom dresses, suits to students in Kansas schools

Students go to church — for hot dogs

Project to demonstrate scope of pet overpopulation

Hospital Hill Run offers program for charities

Ameristar has special connection to Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City

Ailing faux finisher gets real help from rivals

Volunteers at heart of upscale resale shop’s success

Youth Volunteers Corps offers students many options to serve community

Students learn a skill, DeLaSalle Student Press generates income

More volunteer opportunities

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