EnvistaCares Challenge Helps Raise over $200,000 in 2023

In an effort to support and give back to the local community, Envista Federal Credit Union has helped raise $211,503 in 2023 for 12 local non-profit organizations through the EnvistaCares Challenge – a program designed to raise awareness and community support.

Each month the EnvistaCares Challenge provides one local organization with a one-month media package valued at $10,000 to share their story and ask the community for support. Through this program, Envista Federal Credit Union provides a dollar-for-dollar match, up to $2,500.

During 2023, the community gave $181,503 to 12 different organizations to secure the EnvistaCares Challenge match of $2,500 for each organization. In total, $211,503 was raised in 2023 to help local organizations.

“Our goal at Envista is to make an impact with our giving,” said Ashley Esquibel, Chief Administrative Officer at Envista. “It’s incredible to hear about the work being done by these organizations and then to see the outpouring of support they receive during the EnvistaCares Challenge. We can’t thank our community enough for joining us in providing funds to these vital programs.”

The following is a recap of the 2023 EnvistaCares Challenge:

• Foster Village: The community gave $2,500 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Foster Village with a total of $5,000. Foster Village bridges the gap between foster families, caregivers, and those who want to help, meeting practical needs and providing holistic support beyond the foster care system.

• Project 2 Restore:  The community contributed $3,150 and Envista gave $2,500 providing Project 2 Restore with a total of $5,650. These donations helped provide shelter, safety, medical assistance, education and more for victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking.

• Kansas Children’s Service League:  The community gave $4,237 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Kansas Children’s Service League with a total of 6,737. This helps KCSL build awareness, educate, organize activities, and lead advocacy efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect.

• Positive Bright Start:  The community gave $2,500 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Positive Bright Start with a total of $5,000 that will go toward hiring additional therapists and funding childcare scholarships for Douglas County families in need.

• Rise Up Reno:  The community gave $4,200 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Rise Up Reno with a total of $6,700. Through these contributions, the organization is able to continue their mission of promoting healthy youth behaviors in Reno County through mentoring, substance use prevention, suicide prevention, strengthening families and youth leadership.

• Kansas Suicide Prevention HQ:  The community gave $3,485 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Kansas Suicide Prevention HQ with a total of $5,985. These donations help support their mission of supporting safety, reducing suicide, and building resiliency across the state of Kansas.

• SENT Topeka:  In combination with their reoccurring monthly donations, the community gave $89,328 and Envista matched $2,500 providing SENT Topeka with a total of $91,828. By supporting SENT Topeka through the EnvistaCares Challenge, the community has helped our education pillar provide a quality K-12 seat for every child in our neighborhood, assisted in making mental and behavioral health both available and accessible, and supports our proactive approach to health, ensuring families have access to healthy food options through our local market.

• Hospice & HomeCare of Reno County:  The community gave approximately $32,000 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Hospice & HomeCare of Reno County with a total of $34,500 to support their mission of providing a comfortable, alternative setting for patients and their families.

• Van Go, Inc.:  The community gave $17,171 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Van Go Inc., with a total of $19,671 to help support teens and young adults through an arts-based employment program.

• Topeka Symphony Orchestra:  The community gave $11,975 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Topeka Symphony Orchestra with a total of $14,475 to support their mission of encouraging and cultivating appreciation and support for fine music in northeast Kansas.

• Freedom Home:  The community gave $4,457 and Envista matched $2,500 providing Freedom Home with a total of $6,957. Donations to Freedom Home Ministry helps to provide transitional housing, a weekly hot meal to the homeless, and helps carry the gospel to the lost.

• Community Thanksgiving Dinner Foundation:  The community contributed $6,500 and Envista gave $2,500 providing Community Thanksgiving Dinner Foundation with a total of $9,000. The foundation provides and shares a Thanksgiving meal to those in need.

Since 2019, the EnvistaCares Challenge has supported more than 40 local organizations and helped raise $796,842.