KindCraft Chosen as the Baron Cares Spotlight and Featured on Fox News Great Day KC
January 2026
KindCraft was chosen for "Breakfast on Baron" as part of Baron Cares monthly spotlight on nonprofits doing good work in KC! Thank you for recognizing our work and helping to spread our mission Baron BMW. You can check out our segment that was featured on Fox News' Great Day KC here.
KindCraft in the News
KindCraft President named Give SevenDays 2025 Ripple of Kindness Finalist.
April 2025
We are thrilled to announce that our Co-Founder and President, Courtney Boyle Smith, was nominated and named a 2025 Ripple of Kindness Finalist!
Every year, Give SevenDays recognizes individuals throughout our community who have gone above and beyond in demonstrating kindness.
Presented by Give SevenDays, a 501c-3, the Ripple of Kindness Award recognizes an individual who lives and/or works in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and who has gone above and beyond in demonstrating kindness through their actions and words over the course of the past year.
KindCraft Awarded Most Loved Local Charity
- HulaFrog
February 2022
The Most Loved Awards™ honor the local businesses that parents adore most. KindCraft is the winner of the Most Loved Local Charity Award for 2022.
Kindness Counts
Written by Julie Collett
August 26, 2021
Kind kids. Parents can likely agree this is a top characteristic we want our children to possess. Yes, honesty, integrity, generosity, courage, resilience (the list could go on for ages) are all important characteristics too. But there is something about kindness ... it leaves a lasting impression and sticks with us, sometimes for years. Read full article.
Scheels Community Campaign chooses KindCraft to receive first $1000 from their Community Campaign.
July 2020
KindCraft awarded the first $1000 recipient of Scheels Community Campaign. Scheels is giving away a total of $10,000 to local non-profits to help continue strengthening our community during this time!
KindCraft Awarded Most Loved Local Charity
-Hulafrog
February 2020
The Most Loved Awards™ honor the local businesses that parents adore most. KindCraft was the winner of the Most Loved Local Charity Award for 2020.
KindCraft’s Founder and President Awarded Kindest Kansas Citian
-Synergy Services
May 3, 2019
KindCraft’s Co-Founder and President, Courtney Smith, was recognized as one of the Top 20 Kindest Kansas Citians at Synergy Services 29th Annual Kindest Kansas Citian event The North Club at Arrowhead Stadium. Courtney was nominated by Addie Pivinski, a second grader from Cottonwood Point Elementary School in Blue Valley. “Courtney helps make other families feel special and makes their hearts big by having KindCraft events.” -Addie
KindCraft earns Community Supporter Award at 2019 Inspire-A-Girl Expo
-Girl Scouts of NE Kansas and NW Missouri
April 7, 2019
KindCraft was honored with the "Community Supporter Award" for its contributions to Girl Scouts of NE Kansas and NW Missouri. The Community Supporter Award recognizes a group in the community who has partnered with Girl Scouts and whose service has resulted in outstanding benefits to the girls.
Kansas City’s Nonprofit Voice
-KC Cares 328 Episode KindCraft Podcast
March 25, 2019
KindCraft’s Founder and President, Courtney Smith, and Treasurer, Theresa Stoker, were guests on Charitable Communication’s KC Cares radio show-Kansas City’s NonProfit Digital Resource. Listen to the podcast to find out how KindCraft got started and their mission to create a community of kind kids.
KC Kids spread the love by painting kindness rocks with KindCraft
-KCPT tweet
October 13, 2018
KindCraft was invited by KCPT to participate in their Be My Neighbor Day at the Toyota Plaza at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, KS. KindCraft provided a station for families to paint kindness rocks.
KindCraft Teaches Kids the Joy of Giving Back to Community
- The Kansas City Star
Written by Jill Sederstrom
May 29, 2018
A helping hand, even if it's tiny, can make a big difference.
Claire Rossow, a pre-kindergarten student at Heritage Elementary, saw that as she hauled a large cardboard box through the gymnasium at Sunnyside Elementary. Read full article.
JCCC Features KindCraft in blog post about Community Based Learning
December 7, 2017
KindCraft was featured as a place to volunteer with young children in the Johnson County Community College Blog in an article written by Community Based Learning Coordinator, Tara Karaim.
Kids get in the giving spirit on Thanksgiving and every month of the year
-41 KSHB Kansas City News
Report by Terra Hall
Nov 24, 2016
The hospital can be a scary place for a kid. Just ask 9-year-old Addi Whisner.
"I had an asthma attack and couldn't breathe," said Addi.
That asthma attack sent her to the hospital. While much of the visit is a blur, what she remembers most is an act of kindness that was waiting for her on the bed. Read full article.
Teaching Kids Kindness: Service Organization Helps Families Give Back
-41 KSHB Kansas City News
Report by Terra Hall
October 3, 2016
You're never too young to start giving back. That's the message 7-year-old Bo wants other kids to know.
"If I didn't have any food, I would get starving so that's why I am helping," said Bo Leever, a second grader. "The poor kids, if they don't have any food they could get really hungry so that's why you should come to this." Read full article.