KOOTASCA Community Action
Founded by local citizens in 1965, KOOTASCA Community Action helps individuals, families, and communities fight the multiple causes and challenges of poverty.
- Through comprehensive crisis support, anti-poverty services, and partner referral, we help people to help themselves make meaningful change in their lives and journey out of poverty.
- Our mission, “Building Community to End Poverty,” is a collaborative effort with our community to change attitudes and mindsets about poverty, to change the systems that affect people in poverty, and to engage all community members in creating a community that provides opportunities for everyone.
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Joys belongs to everyone.
Poverty doesn’t just make birthdays hard; it reshapes what a birthday means. For many parents, a birthday becomes a moment of emotional accounting of what they want to give my child, what they can actually afford, and what this gap says about them as a parent. The gap creates guilt, shame, and heartbreak. This isn’t because parents don’t care, but because poverty forces them to choose between survival and celebration.
KOOTASCA believes that every person deserves the joy of feeling special. If you have a child, adult, or senior citizen in your life with a birthday coming up, we can help by providing a birthday cake kit that contains cake ingredients, a pan for baking, candles, and decorations. Contact KOOTASCA’s Community Engagement services at 218-910-5486.
And Happy Birthday! Feeling special shouldn’t depend on income.
Thank you to Boy Scout Pack 51 for providing supplies to launch this project.