2017 Rainbow Summer Program Scholars

Upcoming Dates

Finale: July 20, 2017 at 6 pm at the Vox Theatre

Program dates: June 12-July 21, 2017

Rainbow Summer Program is a six-week summer enrichment program for 100 children who have completed grades K – 8. Curriculum emphases include:

• • literacy and reading
  • leadership development
  • health and nutrition
  • cultural enrichment
  • parental involvement
  • social action and community service

Rainbow Summer Program is located in Rosedale, a neighborhood of Kansas City, KS, which is ethnically diverse and mostly low-income. The children who attend reflect the diversity in the surrounding community. Rainbow Mennonite Church has hosted a Summer Program since 2007. The program costs $90,000 annually and is funded through a combination of generous donations from the community, grants and program fees.