About Us

Engaged citizens build a strong community.

StandUp Blue Springs, launched in 2002 as Blue Springs WellLink, engages citizens in health, safety and community enrichment initiatives.    

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Let’s Move! Saturday events in Blue Springs, May through August 2012 (pdf of calendar)

Program Goals:

  1. The agency’s health initiatives improve access to quality healthcare for the uninsured and underserved in the Blue Springs area.
  2. The agency’s health initiatives educate children and families on healthy lifestyle activities.
  3. The agency’s citizen engagement initiatives provide an open forum and serve as an incubator for citizen ideas to improve the quality of life in Blue Springs.
Our agency serves 4,000 children and families in Blue Springs and Lake Tapawingo, and portions of Grain Valley, Independence and Lee’s Summit each year.  Volunteers are drawn from Eastern Jackson County. 
 
Our flagship program, Dental for Kids, serves more than 2,100 children annually with free dental care, dental education, outreach and supplies. 

Our newest initiative, Let’s Move! Blue Springs, is a local collaborative program that joins the national Let’s Move! framework with local resources to promote physical activity and healthy eating.  
Current StandUp Blue Springs activities include: