Members of the award-winning Missouri State Ad Team are in the beginning stages of turning their campaign into a reality. Kindness Empowers Youth, also known as KEY, has partnered with the Community Foundation of the Ozarks to launch a crowdfunding campaign to achieve their objectives for the project. KEY is an educational organization with the goal of empowering young students by providing resources that develop emotional intelligence, self-concept and community in all learning environments. KEY offers these resources for free to parents and teachers of third and fourth grade students, equipping them with critical skills for long-term development and success.

The crowdfunding campaign opens on January 1, 2021 and runs through January 30, 2021. To donate, visit the KEY campaign crowdfunding site. For more information about KEY and the resources it provides, visit their campaign website.