Leadership Independence

🌟 Leadership Independence Class of 2025 — Supporting Our Community’s Future Athletes! 🌟

The Leadership Independence Class of 2025 set out with one goal in mind — to give back to the kids of our community and support the future of youth sports here in Independence. 🖤🧡

With a shared passion for promoting recreation and youth activities, the 2025 class focused their project on helping the new Central Sports Complex make its inaugural season a success! Along with their class funds, they helped secure additional grant funds through Victory Project — a program that believes all kids should have access to the sport of soccer. With the combination of these funds their class was able to help provide the Independence Recreation Commission with new soccer goals and ball stops for the soccer complex and purchase new catcher’s gear that local youth ball teams used throughout the summer season. ⚽️ 🥎

As teams wrapped up the Fall 2025 soccer season, members from their class spent the morning handing out snacks and drinks to the kids playing in the championship games. Even with the rain and delays, they stuck it out — because showing up for these kids and cheering on their hard work is what their project was all about. 🌧️

The 2025 class is especially proud that two of their classmates are now involved with the Independence Recreation Commission, continuing their mission of supporting youth sports and giving back to the community. 🌟

Learn more about Victory Project here: https://www.victorykc.org/grant