FULFILLING THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN

L3 | LOVE LITERACY LIFE began in the fall of 2014. Former Mark Twain Elementary teacher Kimberley Montini noticed children at her school did not have adequate winter shoes or coats. She knew that the vast majority of these students qualified for free breakfast and lunch at school, and that these meals often were the only food they eat all day.  During winter break, many students would go without these meals and efforts by the staff and teachers at the school to help provide food and clothing always came up short.

Montini confided her concerns in her friend Sherianne Schow. This simple conversation generated idea after idea, quickly becoming an organized effort to gather the resources and energetic volunteers necessary to impact the lives of all Mark Twain students. On the last day before winter break of that year, each child went home with two heaping bags of groceries—most food items those which children could easily prepare if a parent or caregiver was not available. 

More opportunities over the years to serve have come.  From clothing drives to school supplies and uniforms to summer enrichment programs, L3 | LOVE LITERACY LIFE has been ready and willing to help the students not only at Mark Twain Elementary but other elementary schools in Kansas City, KS.

Over the 10 years since our founding, L3 | LOVE LITERACY LIFE programs have expanded and our influence has increased to include children at four elementary schools in the Kansas City, KS area, over 1,000 students!!! Nonetheless, our goal remains the same: meeting the physical, educational, and emotional needs of students.