Operation Breakthrough by Harper Johnson

Harper's Website

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-03-05 02:48:09 UTC

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

Lucy's Website

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-03-05 17:01:41 UTC

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

Bake Sale Photos

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-03-25 18:39:07 UTC

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

Bake Sale Photos

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-25 18:43:20 UTC

This is a photo from our bake sale.

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 15:52:49 UTC

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

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 15:57:51 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-03-26 15:59:44 UTC

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

Poverty Rates by Age

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-03-26 16:06:17 UTC

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

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:06:38 UTC

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

Operation Breakthrough's Website

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-03-26 16:07:41 UTC

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:13:44 UTC

You can donate money.

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:14:17 UTC

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

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:14:43 UTC

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

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:15:13 UTC

You can write greeting cards to the children.

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:15:52 UTC

You can buy christmas gifts for the children.

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You can give furniture to them.

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:17:25 UTC

They offer a safe loving and educational environment for children.

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:17:45 UTC

They provide education and emergency aid.

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:18:05 UTC

They care for more than 700 children.

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1 out of 5 children they care for are homeless.

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:19:42 UTC

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

lkoch27_1 — 2025-03-26 16:20:08 UTC

They provide parent programs and before and after school care.

Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-01 18:34:28 UTC

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.

Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-01 18:36:29 UTC

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.

Photos from Training at Operation Breakthrough

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-01 18:38:16 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-01 18:50:03 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-01 18:54:10 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:18:48 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:20:04 UTC

The main causes of poverty are job losses and divorces.

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:22:27 UTC

Many families in poverty lost their house during the pandemic.

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:24:57 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:35:53 UTC

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

Poverty Rate and Amount of People in Poverty

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:39:53 UTC

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

Poverty Rate by Race and Origin

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:41:58 UTC

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

Poverty Rate by Age Over the Years

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:44:29 UTC

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

Poverty Rates Depending on Family Structures

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-02 16:46:18 UTC

This shows the poverty rates of different family structures.

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-10 01:28:15 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-10 01:30:45 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-10 01:33:12 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-10 01:36:07 UTC

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

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-10 01:44:46 UTC

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.

Operation Breakthrough's Mission Statement

lkoch27_1 — 2025-04-15 18:46:00 UTC

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

History

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-16 15:52:01 UTC

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.

Harper's Video

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-04-23 16:28:47 UTC

Lucy's Video

hjohnson27_5 — 2025-05-12 15:30:38 UTC