School of the Ozarks freshmen travel to Kansas City for mission trip

POINT LOOKOUT, MO. — School of the Ozarks high school freshmen embarked on their eighth annual mission trip to Kansas City, Dec. 2 - 3.

The students assisted The Hope Center (THC), whose Executive Director and operator is Marvin Daniels, a former Branson resident, and helped clean the neighborhood. The S of O freshmen cleaned a building that THC owns and is leased to Kansas City Public school district for a K-5 school. THC also uses the building to provide a faith-based, after-school program to K-5 students. Additionally, the students provided deep cleaning of nearby office spaces. The students’ work did not stop there, as they continued into the neighborhood picking up trash along the streets and repairing a porch ceiling on a local house.

On Sunday, the students attended church at Mosaic Bible Fellowship to hear Daniels give the sermon. They finished out their day at the National WW1 Museum and Memorial in Kansas City adding history education to their trip.

“We feel it is important for our students to have a heart like Jesus when it comes to serving others,” said Dr. Brad Dolloff, dean of School of the Ozarks. “The freshmen class was remarkable in the way they served the residents of Kansas City’s east side by cleaning the school, picking up trash, and completing several other tasks for The Hope Center. As is usually the case, our students likely received the greater blessing in how they were served by The Hope Center staff under the leadership of Marvin and Angie Daniels.”

The above press release is from College of the Ozarks.