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Banking on KC

Aug 31, 2022

On this episode of Banking on KC, Ann Spivak, executive director of First Tee Greater Kansas City, joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how the organization uses the game of golf to teach local youth life skills that will serve them well into adulthood.

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  1. How Kansas City golf legend Tom Watson was...


Aug 24, 2022

On this episode of Banking on KC, Greg Finkle and Kevin Birzer of The Giving Grove join host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how the Kansas City-based organization helps to provide healthy food, strengthen communities and reinvigorate urban environments.

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  1. Grew from a simple idea to...


Aug 17, 2022

On this episode of Banking on KC, Dr. Marion Pierson, founder of MO Hives KC, joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss how apiaries help to clean up blighted areas, strengthen the food chain, promote STEM careers, drive economic opportunity and increase threatened honeybee populations.

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  1. How Dr....


Aug 10, 2022

On this episode of Banking on KC, Mollie Beck, founder of Continue Good, joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss her candle manufacturing company, which she designed to spread to kindness in the community and to shed light on human trafficking.

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  1. How each candle is specially designed to make it easy for...


Aug 3, 2022

On this episode of Banking on KC, Kathryn Mahoney, president of Wayside Waifs, joins host Kelly Scanlon to discuss Wayside Waifs’ mission as a comprehensive, no-kill animal welfare organization.

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  1.  How the organization has changed over the years from an emphasis on birds to dogs and...