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A future Wichita exploration path
Wichita, Kansas · launching first
Building grateful kids, one city at a time.
Grateful City helps families explore their community, discover local causes, serve together, and experience what it means to give back.
GRATEFUL CITY EXPLORERS
Explorer passport
Scout’s first stop
A field guide for noticing, helping, and reflecting together.
EXPLORE · SERVE · DISCOVER · GIVE
A family adventure in giving back
Start with curiosity. End with a stronger connection to your city.
01
Discover
Meet the people and places helping your community.
02
Understand
Learn what is happening and why it matters.
03
Serve
Choose a hands-on mission your family can do.
04
Give
Share time, supplies, encouragement, or resources.
05
Grow
Reflect together and discover what your child cares about.
GRATEFUL CITY EXPLORERS
Small explorers.
Brighter communities.
Animal Advocate
Helping Hands
Earth Protector
Earn experiences, not points.
The kid experience
An Explorer Passport makes every helpful step feel like an adventure.
Kids follow real community stories, pick family-friendly missions, collect badges across causes, and make space to notice what moved them.
Discover causes they care about
Complete meaningful missions
Track visits, giving, and reflections
Grow from Community Curious to Champion
Coming first: Grateful City: Wichita
A family guide to the causes that make Wichita stronger.
We’re thoughtfully building the first guide. The planned categories below show where families will be able to begin exploring.
Hunger & food
A future Wichita exploration path
Children & families
A future Wichita exploration path
Homes & neighbors
A future Wichita exploration path
Earth & outdoors
A future Wichita exploration path
Learning & culture
A future Wichita exploration path
Start the Explorer experience today.
Try the privacy-safe Wichita City Quest, printable-first challenges, badge gallery, and future-ready Discovery Map—no directory claims or facility visits required.
Built for the whole community
More ways to help kids find their place in the story.
Families
Turn values into shared, real-world experiences.
Nonprofits
Help families understand your work and ways to contribute.
Schools
Bring service learning beyond the classroom walls.
Community sponsors
Invest in the next generation of local changemakers.
A free family starting point
10 Ways Your Family Can Give Back This Weekend
A simple, no-pressure list of ways to start noticing, helping, and talking together—right where you are.
Wichita beta families
Help us build the first city adventure.
We’re looking for Wichita-area families who want to share thoughtful feedback as the guide and Explorer experience take shape.
You’re expressing interest—not signing up for a finished product.