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HANNIBAL â Kids in Motion is heading into 2021 with a characteristic Douglass Community Services Youth Services Director Jared Moore has seen in abundance â resilience.
âWe serve students who have had to be resilient in life, who have faced difficult situations theyâve had to bounce back from already,â Moore said. âThat skill of resilience is something that I feel like Kids in Motion does a great job with.â
KIM, a program of Douglass Community Services and supported by funding from United Way, adapted its traditional eight-week summer work program to an online format for 2020 due to the pandemic. Moore said kids were eager and ready for the changes, performing service projects including cleaning up the hiking trails at Hannibal-LaGrange University and making Christmas cards for residents at Country View Nursing Facility. Members are gathering at First Presbyterian Church for after-school programs, and volunteers are being sought.