Antoinette Greer
Executive Director
Who we are
Three foster moms, one former foster kid, and a lot of casseroles
Porchlight started in 2017 on a front porch in Strawberry Hill. It's still run by people who have lived foster care from one side or the other.
Staff
The people who answer the phone
Four staff and about 280 volunteers.
Kelsey Amundson
Respite and Volunteers
Rafael Quiñonez
The Closet and Placement Bags
Bethany Okoro
Foster Parent Navigator
How it grew
Nine years, one porch light
2017
Bags on a porch
Antoinette and three foster mothers pack twelve duffels on her porch in Strawberry Hill.
2019
The first respite night
Eleven kids, two pizzas short, one exhausted and very happy volunteer team.
2021
The Closet opens
A basement on Central Avenue, shelved by a high-school woodshop class.
2023
Wrap teams
Nine churches and two offices each adopt a foster family for a year.
2026
Teen Launch
Mentors and a driving-lesson fund for young people ageing out of care.
Partners
Who helps keep the light on
Churches host, businesses donate, and other groups catch what we can't.
- St. Barnabas EpiscopalRespite host
- Wyandotte Kinship CircleGrandparent support
- StrawberryHillDiaperBankSince 2019
- Central Ave SudsWashes every donation
- Rosedale Bakery Co-opBirthday cakes
- Argentine LibraryKinship info nights
Get in touch
Talk to a person
Placement line answered 7 AM to 11 PM. Everything else within one working day.
- Address1127 Central Ave, Kansas City, KS 66102
- Phone(555) 017-4410
- Emailporch@example.org
- OfficePlacement line answered 7 AM – 11 PM, every day
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