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 Oropeza and O’Leary with donations for the resource drive.

UMKC’s Bloch Heritage Hall hosts Resource Drive through November 21

Liv Centa, Staff Writer
November 8, 2024

 The new Uplift Resource Drive in the Bloch School wants to provide resources to the unhoused population of KC, and Alice Oropeza is ready to take action.    Community members will be able to donate items until Nov. 21 and the supplies, such as hygiene items, will go directly...

Lisette as a patient at Children’s Mercy. (Lisette Tischner)

UMKC hosts toy drive for Children’s Mercy Hospital

Gabe Bartholome
December 7, 2021

“I’ve known this place since I was a baby.” Lisette Tischner was among many children who grew up as patients at Children’s Mercy Hospital. At just 12 weeks old, doctors diagnosed her with hydrocephalus, a condition where excess fluid builds up in the brain. Since...

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