by Sarah Knopf-Amelung | Mar 19, 2024 | Blog, In The News
Today, MacKenzie Scott and Yield Giving announced Amethyst Place as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Amethyst Place received $2 million, which will support its...
by Sarah Knopf-Amelung | Dec 19, 2023 | Blog, In The News
Soon, affordable housing and recovery supports for women and children in Kansas City, MO will nearly double thanks in part to new funding from the Shepard McCaskill Foundation. In December 2023, the Foundation announced that Amethyst Place was one of a handful of...
by Sarah Knopf-Amelung | Oct 13, 2023 | Blog
By Sarah Knopf-Amelung, Director of Strategy & Growth “Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.” – Thom Jones It’s hard to believe it’s been a month since a scruffy little black...
by Sarah Knopf-Amelung | Feb 4, 2022 | Blog
On December 22, 2021, Amapola’s life was forever changed by the tragic loss of her 16 year-old son, Carlos, to gun violence. Carlos was a tenth grader at Wyandotte High School and leaves behind his mom and four siblings, Itati, Luis, Isabella, and Jordan; his...
by Sarah Knopf-Amelung | Sep 24, 2021 | In The News
90.9 The Bridge – #GiveBackFriday Listen Here Show Summary: September is National Recovery Month, and I was joined by Sarah, Starla, and Christina from Amethyst Place to discuss their mission, the importance of recognizing Recovery Month, and their upcoming...
