For Immediate Release: Kansas City Interfaith Youth Alliance, Cresent Peace Society, and Faith Always Wins Foundation Service Project

Kansas City area youth are coming together to change the conversation on faith and religion by engaging in interfaith cooperation through our shared value of service to others. This event will feature a service project called Project Neighborly Needs in partnership with Crescent Peace Society (CPS), the organizer of the event. Project Neighborly Needs started because members from CPS wanted to ensure that a family experiencing homelessness and/or unprivileged means is able to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday and keep warm in the cold winter months.

The youth are paired with individuals who are receiving items from the turkey and warm clothing drive and join them for a shopping experience. The recipients choose what items they would like to take home with them.

WHEN: Saturday, November 17, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

WHERE: Emanuel Community Center (3510 Prospect Ave, Kansas City, Missouri 64127)

Key Highlights:

· Service project from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

· Conversation and dialogue for the youth from 11:30-12pm: The youth will use this time to get to know one another and to reflect on

the importance of service from their own religious or nonreligious traditions.

Service Project Visuals:

· A real-world example of young people coming together to help others in need within their community by distributing frozen turkeys and warm clothing and engaging in conversation with community members.

· Emotional dialogue between young people of different religious and nonreligious identities regarding religious pluralism

· Inspiring stories from young people who are crossing religious diversity lines to solve real-world problems in their communities