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OUR MISSION & COMMUNITY IMPACT
MISSION
Our mission is to bridge the gaps in our community for mental health support and suicide prevention services. We want to ensure that no one faces life's challenges, transitions, and temporary stages alone. Our purpose is to plant HOPE in the community to help everyone know how important their life is.
Kimberli’s Place Foundation is dedicated in planting HOPE by providing our community with resources (partnered services), breaking the stigma through education, peer support, and connecting people to crucial often financially challenging services. Our one of many goals, is empowering our community, ensuring individuals seek help, and emphasizing that YOU and YOUR LIFE MATTERS!
HOPE IMPACT
OVERALL FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL IMPACT: 280
STUDENTS SERVICED in Union & Mecklenburg County: 25
ADULTS SERVICED: 20
VETERANS SERVICED: 1
LEVINE Children's TRAUMA/NICU IMPACT: 234 Families
GOAL for 2026 : 500+
Since 2024 our foundation has been working diligently on limited donations, but we are still making a sustainable impact in our community. We are fundraising to grow our HOPE PROGRAM to bridge the gaps in our local areas for mental health support.
THANK YOU QCLIFE WBTV for sharing OUR STORY of HOPE!
THANK YOU WINGATE for sharing OUR STORY of HOPE!
After the sudden passing of her close friend, Heather Klaus ’20 was moved to take action. What started as a small shop in honor of her friend has grown into Kimberli’s Place Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to suicide prevention and mental health support in Union County, North Carolina.
Heather, a Wingate psychology graduate, is using her education and experience to address critical gaps in care by providing counseling access, student support, and self-care services for families in crisis. Her work is a powerful example of turning compassion into impact.
THANK YOU WSOC-TV for sharing the IMPACT of HOPE!