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Mazuma & Ozanam’s “Fill the Shoe Box” Shoe Drive
Mazuma Credit Union and Ozanam
are turning 60 and are celebrating by helping the youth of Ozanam put
their best feet forward.
You can help by dropping off new shoes in custom-built shoe boxes at
any Mazuma branch
location or on Ozanam’s campus. New shoes of all sizes and
types – dress, casual, boots and athletic – will be accepted.
Help Us Fill the Shoe Box!
Mazuma & the Shoe Box
The shoe box is a symbol of Mazuma’s humble beginning. In 1948, J.J. Pinkerton took Mazuma’s first deposit of $5 in a shoe box. For years the shoe box served as a place to keep financial documents and money as it moved from location to location, all the while providing security for Mazuma Members.
As Mazuma celebrates its 60th Anniversary, the symbol of the shoe box returns and serves as a reminder of the growth the Credit Union has achieved from its humble beginning.
Click here to learn
more about the history of the Credit Union.
About Ozanam: Our Benefactor
Ozanam, located at 137th & Holmes in south Kansas City, welcomes Mazuma’s partnership with open arms and barren feet! Ozanam works with youth ages 12-25 who have behavioral, emotional, social and spiritual needs.
- Approximately 70 girls and boys live and go to school on the Ozanam campus while participating in the Residential Treatment Program.
- 50-60 girls and boys are bussed to the Ozanam campus each day to receive education and care in the Day Treatment Program.
- Young adults who are at risk of being homeless are involved in Ozanam’s Pathways Transitional Living Program in Kansas City and Wichita. The Pathways Program provides shelter and transitional living services for young adults between the ages 16-25, including young mothers.
- BIST (Behavior Intervention Support Team) is an outreach program that helps teachers, administrators and parents keep at-risk students in a community school. BIST is provided in more than 50 school districts throughout the Midwest in more than 300 schools.
History of Ozanam
Ozanam began in 1948 when founder Al Allen began caring for children in his home after noticing that there were few places in the Kansas City-area where emotionally disturbed adolescent boys could be given long-term care, education and guidance. With support from the community, he developed a home named after Frederick Ozanam, a 19th Century scholar who started the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
The home started with six boys, and within a year's time, requests for admission were so frequent that the need for relocation was imminent. The home was moved to Independence, Missouri. In the early 1950’s, the newly formed Ozanam Boys’ Home and the Ozanam Women’s Auxiliary relocated the boys and staff again to a 38-acre site in south Kansas City. That site has since expanded to 95 acres, and Ozanam is now a comprehensive treatment center for children and their families.
From the single building and surrounding property that Ozanam first
occupied in 1950, the agency has grown to include two dormitories, a
campus group home, a special education school, indoor and outdoor recreation
facilities, an administration building, and a spiritual life center.
In addition, Ozanam has a swimming pool, greenhouse and Creative Arts
classroom.