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Remember how much you loved to hear your favorite stories growing up? How exciting it was to get new shoes? How much you looked forward to the holidays?

The children at Operation Breakthrough are no different. The little things that thrilled you when you were small, light up their faces today. With small gifts of time or goods, you can help them create happy childhood memories, too.

Learn How You Can Help

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Remember how much you loved to hear your favorite stories growing up? How exciting it was to get new shoes? How much you looked forward to the holidays? The children at Operation Breakthrough are no different. The little things that thrilled you when you were small, light up their faces today.

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They provide parent programs and before and after school care.

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They offer a safe loving and educational environment for children.

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They provide education and emergency aid.

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This is Harper's website where you can find more information about her Service Project and Operation Breakthrough.

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Service Quote "Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it." -Mother Teresa

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1 out of 5 children they care for are homeless.

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This is Lucy's website where you can find more information about her Service Project and Operation Breakthrough.

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“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” - Martin Luther King Jr.

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They care for more than 700 children.

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This is a photo of Harper Grace and Lucy's bake sale to raise money for Operation Breakthrough.

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This is a photo from our bake sale.

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About 9 million kids in America live without access to basic needs like food, shelter, and healthcare.

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During COVID 19 children poverty went up from 5.2% to 12.4%.

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Children who are Hispanic or African American are more likely to experience poverty than white children.

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This shows that a large percentage of people in poverty are children.

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The U.S is ranked one of the worst in child poverty rates.

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You can donate money.

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You can donate clothing and food at the Cortina’s Place on Harrison between 9 am - 5:30 pm.

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If you are over 14 you can take volunteer, although you do have to go through training first.

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You can write greeting cards to the children.

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You can buy christmas gifts for the children.

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You can give furniture to them.

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Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

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Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

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We went on Monday to do training at Operation Breakthrough. Although, we are not old enough to volunteer yet we have done training. When Lucy and I are 14 years old we will be ready to volunteer.

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Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

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Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

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This is a photo of us in the Ignition Lab at Operation Breakthrough. The Ignition Lab is wear teenagers can sign up to convert gas powered cars into electric cars.

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Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

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Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

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This is an image of us with Jason Kelce's car! They are working on converting it from gas powered to electric powered.

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Children in poverty face many different challenges that can impact their growth, like hunger, malnutrition, housing insecurity, and much more.

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Children in poverty often can have behavioral problems and have a hard time concentrating or paying attention.

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Children in poverty often have limited access to healthcare and education.

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The main causes of poverty are job losses and divorces.

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Many families in poverty lost their house during the pandemic.

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Mississippi is highest in poverty rates in the USA at and 18.8% poverty rate.

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In 2023 poverty rates dropped to 11.1% which means 36.8 million people in the USA are in poverty.

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Poverty Rate and Amount of People in Poverty

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Poverty Rate and Amount of People in Poverty

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This shows how the amount of people in poverty has fluctuated in the past years.

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This shows the percentages of people who are in poverty by race.

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This shows the amount of people in poverty depending on how old they are starting in 1959.

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Poverty Rates Depending on Family Structures

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Poverty Rates Depending on Family Structures

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This shows the poverty rates of different family structures.

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Children who grow up in poverty have poorer mental and physical health.

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Children who grow up in poverty are more likely to attend lower quality schools.

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Children in poverty are more likely to live in neighborhoods with fewer employed adults.

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Children in families with only mothers are three to six times more likely to live in poverty.

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They care for kids from ages 6 weeks to 18 years old.

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Our action plan to help Operation Breakthrough was to have a bake sale at Loose Park to raise money. Then, we went to Operation Breakthrough for training, and we asked what was in large demand. With the money, we bought goods from Costco, and we dropped them off at Operation Breakthrough.

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Operation Breakthrough was started by two nuns in 1970, Sister Corita Bussanmas. Operation Breakthrough was started as a response to requests from parents in Kansas City as a quality child care for children of the working poor.

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Operation Breakthrough provides a safe, loving and educational environment for children in poverty and empowers their families through advocacy, emergency aid and education.