Apr 10, 2024 Sports Partnerships 2024 Blue KC Coaches With Character Honoree Mari Foster – month of April Blue KC and the Kansas City Royals have announced Lincoln Prep Dance Coach Mari Foster as the Blue KC Coaches With Character honoree for April Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) and the “C” You in the Major Leagues (CYITML) Foundation have announced Lincoln Prep Middle & High School Dance Coach Mari […]
Apr 10, 2024 Sports Partnerships 2024 Blue KC Sporting Samaritan Honoree Kari Rowe – month of April Blue KC and Sporting KC have announced Line Creek Elementary School teacher Kari Rowe as the Blue KC Sporting Samaritan honoree for April For the past 23 years, Kari Rowe has been a staple in the Park Hill School District. She’s worked at three different elementary schools within the district and taught a combination of second, […]
Apr 3, 2024 Sports Partnerships Not Good Enough documentary – Training Module Free training for coaches, parents and athletes to learn about the mental toll perfectionism places on youth athletes Launched in March of 2024, this online, self-guided course was proudly created in partnership by the Kansas City Royals and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC). The curriculum’s purpose is to increase the […]
Apr 2, 2024 Sports Partnerships 2024 Blue KC Answering the Call Honoree Katarina DeSchepper – month of April Blue KC and the Kansas City Royals have announced North Kansas City Police Department Community Interaction Officer Kat DeSchepper as the Blue KC Answering the Call honoree for April. The April recipient of the Blue KC Answering the Call award, sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, is “Officer Kat,” Katarina DeSchepper, a […]
Apr 2, 2024 Sports Partnerships 2024 Blue KC Gamechanger Honoree Tammy Buckner – month of March Someone Like Her Tammy Buckner had a good job in a field she loved. She was a successful software engineer, project manager and business analyst. But she still felt alone. She had good co-workers, but as she looked around, none of them looked like her: a Black female in a white male-dominated industry. So, when […]