{"id":2569,"date":"2023-05-12T20:07:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T20:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bluekc.com\/blog\/?post_type=blue_agent_articles&#038;p=2569"},"modified":"2023-06-27T08:48:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T08:48:45","slug":"may-2023-blue-kc-caretaker-playmaker","status":"publish","type":"blue_agent_articles","link":"https:\/\/www.bluekc.com\/blog\/blue_agent_articles\/may-2023-blue-kc-caretaker-playmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2023 Blue KC caretaker &amp; playmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The past month has been busy for Blue KC as we assumed a familiar role of caretaker of the community and a novel role of Playmaker for the Draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Employees volunteer across Kansas City<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During the week of April 17 \u2013 Volunteer Appreciation Week \u2013 employees infiltrated the Kansas City community to do one of the things we do best \u2013 care for Kansas City. Logging 424 hours, 11 nonprofits, and a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/independentsector.org\/resource\/value-of-volunteer-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">volunteer value<\/a> of $12,700, we are honored to be part of making KC a better place to live, work, and play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue KC employees volunteered at: G.I.F.T., Giving the Basics, Harvesters, Hope House, Junior Achievement BizTown, Kanbe&#8217;s Markets, Penn Valley Clean Up, Ronald McDonald House Charities, School of Economics, Sleepyhead Beds, and The Whole Person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"GoPro of Blue KC Whole Person volunteer event, VER 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDDXTjeilqM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blue KC supports the Draft<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue KC is proud to have supported the Draft from our headquarters, which sits squarely in the hub of where the action was. As a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportkc.org\/playmakers\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Playmaker<\/a>, we joined other corporate partners to maximize the Draft\u2019s community impact by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Making our parking lot available to national media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosting KSHB-TV to broadcast the Draft perched above the action in our corporate offices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using our lobby and patio for a VIP event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue KC\u2019s Jenny Housley, Senior VP and Chief Revenue Officer, expressed our enthusiasm best in this interview with KSHB-TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Blue KC is proud to be a Playmaker for the NFL Draft!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ACWcuxgSfFc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2570,"template":"","blue_agent_categories":[32],"tag":[44],"class_list":["post-2569","blue_agent_articles","type-blue_agent_articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blue_agent_categories-news-for-all","tag-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>May 2023 Blue KC caretaker &amp; playmaker - The Blueprint Blog - Blue KC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"May 2023 Blue KC caretaker &amp; playmaker - The Blueprint Blog - Blue KC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The past month has been busy for Blue KC as we assumed a familiar role of caretaker of the community and a novel role of Playmaker for the Draft. 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