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KMBC Cares Bowling for Operation Breakthrough Toilet Paper

The charity fundraiser helped provide funds for the charity and toilet paper to the families sponsored by the program

KMBC Cares Bowling for Operation Breakthrough Toilet Paper

The charity fundraiser helped provide funds for the charity and toilet paper to the families sponsored by the program

♪ KRIS: SOME PEOPLE SPENT THEIR EVENING BOWLING FOR A GOOD CAUSE TONIGHT. IT WAS PART OF A TOURNAMENT FUNDRAISER FOR THE GROUP OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH WHICH PROVIDES A SAFE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN IN POVERTY. PEOPLE COULD BOWL INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A TEAM AT WARD PARKWAY LANES. VOLUNTEERS ALSO COLLECTED TOILET PAPER FOR FAMILIES THAT OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH SERVES. >> YOU CANNOT BUY TOILET PAPER WITH FOOD STAMPS, SO WE HAVE A FOOD PANTRY AND OUR PARENTS COME TO THE FOOD PANTRY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE THINGS THEY NEED THEY , AND CAN’T BUY TOILET PAPER WITH FOOD STAMPS. KRIS: OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH SERVES MORE THAN 700 CHILDREN FROM INFANTS TO 18-YEAR-OLDS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA. AND OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH IS PART OF OUR NEW INITIATIVE KMBC CARES FOR KIDS. WE’LL BE RAISING MONEY FOR THE ORGANIZATION ALL YEAR. YOU CAN CAN MAKE A DONATION TO OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH RIGHT NOW BY SCANNING THE Q.R. CODE ON YOUR SCREEN OR BY GOING TO KMBC.COM SLASH COMMUNITY. ONCE YOU’RE THERE CLICK ON KMBC CARES FOR KIDS
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KMBC Cares Bowling for Operation Breakthrough Toilet Paper

The charity fundraiser helped provide funds for the charity and toilet paper to the families sponsored by the program

People in Kansas City spent their evenings having fun for a good cause. An evening of bowling for charity.It was part of a tournament fundraiser Operation Breakthrough, which provides a safe, educational environment for children in poverty.People could bowl individually or as a team at ward parkway lanes.Volunteers also collected toilet paper for families that operation breakthrough serves."You cannot buy toilet paper with food stamps. They can't buy toilet paper with food stamps," Director of marketing and events Lee Duckett said. Operation Breakthrough serves more than 700 children - from infants to 18-year-olds - in the Kansas City area.

People in Kansas City spent their evenings having fun for a good cause.

An evening of bowling for charity.

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It was part of a tournament fundraiser Operation Breakthrough, which provides a safe, educational environment for children in poverty.

People could bowl individually or as a team at ward parkway lanes.

Volunteers also collected toilet paper for families that operation breakthrough serves.

"You cannot buy toilet paper with food stamps. They can't buy toilet paper with food stamps," Director of marketing and events Lee Duckett said.

Operation Breakthrough serves more than 700 children - from infants to 18-year-olds - in the Kansas City area.