Alexis Padilla

1 month ago | ksn.com | Alexis Padilla

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Each step up the stairs represents a bigger success for Miketo Kirk. Before joining the Greater Wichita YMCA’s Livestrong program, a flight of stairs could’ve been a mountain. “When I first got here, I was just so weak you cannot even imagine,” she explained. “This chair right here. I couldn’t even get up and down out of it.”In spring 2024, Kirk was diagnosed with head and neck cancer. “I had 37 rounds of radiation and six rounds of chemo,” she said.

1 month ago | ksn.com | Alexis Padilla |Ryan Newton

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Justice Together is a Wichita nonprofit organization that focuses on serving the community and works to bring significant changes and solutions to social issues. “What keeps you awake at night when you think about what’s going on in Sedgwick County,” said Rev Lory Mills, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. The group uses the community’s feedback to create goals for the year. Then they will do do intensive research on the topic.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alexis Padilla

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Justice Together is a Wichita nonprofit organization that focuses on serving the community and works to bring significant changes and solutions to social issues. “What keeps you awake at night when you think about what’s going on in Sedgwick County,” said Rev Lory Mills, St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. The group uses the community’s feedback to create goals for the year. Then they will do do intensive research on the topic.

1 month ago | ksn.com | Alexis Padilla

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – One in four pregnancies ends in a loss of some sort. It’s an experience that many families don’t know how to process until it happens to them. AgapéCare Cradle provides guidance, resources, and support to parents who are experiencing the crisis of losing a child. Shawn and Jeni Lehecka’s lives changed in a matter of minutes. “We’re having all these conversations, like, oh, three girls, and like what are we gonna do?” Shawn said.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Alexis Padilla

MCPHERSON, Kan. (KSNW) – Someone’s trash is another’s treasure. The ReUse It Center is offering a twist to the old saying. “Not everybody can get out there and afford new stuff,” said Curt Deneke. Deneke fixes up donated items at the center to be sold at lower prices. “Keep stuff out of the dumpster. If it’s got a chance to be reused, then do that,” he explained. The McPherson nonprofit opened in 2011.