Mission

Ballard Community Services is a non-profit organization that provides a high quality, affordable early education program and essential basic life assistance for families andindividuals in need.

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Ballard Community Services

Central Office
:

Ballard Center
P.O. Box 7
708 Elm Street
Lawrence, Kansas
66044
Phone: 785-842-0729
Fax: 785-331-3714


Penn House
1035 Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 7
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Phone: 785-842-0440 Fax: 785-842-9688


Emergency Service Council
P.O. Box 7
Lawrence, Kansas
66044

Phone: 785-842-0729


Special Points of Interest
Did You Know that for $1 million you can pay for.....

-22 minutes of playing time by Matt Hasselback, quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks.
- 133 children to attend Head Start.
-One television show performed by Oprah Winfrey.
-480 minutes of work from Capital One Financial CEO Richard Fairchild
OR
-36 early childhood lead teachers salaries for one year.


What Do We Need?

We are in need of the following:
STACKABLE WASHER/DRYER for early education program!
Diswasher for Early Education Program - Residential!

Diapers and canned vegetables like green beans and corn, dry cereals, baby formula and peanut butter. Your donations make a big difference!


We are looking for qualified volunteers to serve in many different areas. If you are interested in serving on a committee, volunteering in a classroom or helping at one of our sites, please call Hannah at 785-842-0729.


Are You Interested In Knowing About Being a Board Member?
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If you would like to be on our mailing list or if you would like to receive further information regarding our programs, please email us at:


dianne@ballardcenter.org



 

 

Ballard News



Thank You For Helping Us Last Year....

Feed
5400 people, one half of whom were children.

Keep
3,400 families warm, one hundred percent of these families include children.

Provide
180,000 hours of early education services to toddlers and preschoolers.

Give
700 children the confidence that they needed to start their school year
equal to their peers by providing all of the supplies that they needed.

Ensure
That 3,000 children and their parents had a place to sleep every night.

AND,

YOU
Helped Ballard Community Services help more than 25,000 people in 2007 with more than 1 million needs.

YOU

HELPED US HELP OTHERS IN NEED!


 

Are you interested in learning more about the Douglas County United Way agencies?
You will find a listing of all member agencies at www.unitedwaydgco.org:

"It is one of life's greatest
compensations, that we can
not sincerely try to help
someone without helping ourselves."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

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