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OUR MISSION & COMMUNITY IMPACT
MISSION
Our mission is to empower and strength our community through accessible resources for mental health support and suicide prevention.
Kimberli’s Place Foundation is dedicated in planting HOPE by providing our community with resources, breaking the stigma through education, peer support, and connecting people to crucial often financially challenging services. Our focus is a healthy community, ensuring individuals seek help, and emphasizing that YOU and YOUR LIFE MATTERS!
HOPE IMPACT
OVERALL FAMILY & INDIVIDUAL IMPACT: 356
STUDENTS SERVICED in Union & Mecklenburg County: 40
ADULTS SERVICED: 28
VETERANS SERVICED: 25
LEVINE Children's TRAUMA/NICU IMPACT: 263 Families
GOAL FOR 2026: 800+
CONNECTION BEFORE CONTENT
We believe in creating meaningful experiences that inspire and connect. BACK TO SCHOOL 2026-2027 CONNECTING RESOURCES
Administrators
Supporting mental health starts at the top. Let's commit to creating a culture where teachers feel safe to voice their challenges, take mental health days, and receive realistic workloads. Exceptional leadership means protecting the well-being of the adults who guide our children.
Teachers
You cannot pour from an empty cup. This year, give yourself permission to set boundaries. Your mental health matters just as much as your student data. When you model healthy boundaries, you teach your students to do the same.
Students
Students support your own mental health during the back-to-school season, establish predictable daily routines, encourage open communication about anxiety, prioritize consistent sleep, and connect with others and admin, practice morning schedules early to reduce the stress of uncertainty.
THANK YOU QCLIFE WBTV for sharing OUR STORY of HOPE!
THANK YOU WINGATE for sharing OUR STORY of HOPE!
After the sudden passing of her close friend, Heather Klaus ’20 was moved to take action. What started as a small shop in honor of her friend has grown into Kimberli’s Place Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to suicide prevention and mental health support in Union County, North Carolina.
Heather, a Wingate psychology graduate, is using her education and experience to address critical gaps in care by providing counseling access, student support, and self-care services for families in crisis. Her work is a powerful example of turning compassion into impact.
THANK YOU WSOC-TV for sharing the IMPACT of HOPE!