P.R.I.D.E. of Mid-Missouri, Inc.

About P.R.I.D.E.

Our Mission

P.R.I.D.E.'s mission is to provide positive and helpful assistance toward health, education, recreation, and socialization for all citizens of the community, and to develop lifelong experiences that promote a safer and healthier community with respect for diversity and freedom from bigotry, and intergroup harmony.

Our Dream

The P.R.I.D.E. dream is to maximize healthy community potential through the blending and crossover of community organizations’ services with the universal attraction of sports and play at its core. To achieve this dream, the P.R.I.D.E. facility will be centrally located within the city, house offices for various community organizations, provide free access to those and other community organizations and their services, and provide all community members free access to the facility’s gym, boxing gym, weight room, commercial kitchen, additional classrooms, and multipurpose room.

Our Purpose

To establish a central city community facility to provide common space for recreational, educational, health, and social activities together with offices to house various community organizations to ensure all people have the opportunity to be provided a service.

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All children deserve positive influences in their lives and people who believe in them so they have the best possible chance for success. P.R.I.D.E. is a 100-percent volunteer-operated, public 501(c)(3), tax exempt non-profit organization with a board of directors that includes community leaders and representatives from non-profit organizations who believe in collaborating with others for a more powerful, positive impact on crucial issues such as crime, poverty, health, and educational achievement gaps.

That’s why P.R.I.D.E. is currently undergoing its Give ‘Em A Shot capital campaign to build a central city facility where various community service organizations can operate under one roof, providing free access and services for all with the universal attraction of sports and play at its core. There, children will benefit from healthy social interaction through basketball, wrestling and boxing while they have fun playing in a safe, positive environment and find educational tools they need for success. In addition, the cooperation and outreach of the organizations through P.R.I.D.E. will contribute toward correcting prevalent social, economic, racial and educational problems that exist throughout the city and make our community even better than it is today.

"P.R.I.D.E. is about creating an Impact!Center in the heart of this community that represents Columbia in the most positive way:
•A place of diversity where people of all ages, races, religions,
economic backgrounds, and neighborhoods come together
•A place that connects city, county, and the region through sports,
recreation, art, education, health, social interaction, fun and play"

-Ellen Wiss, Co-Founder of P.R.I.D.E

P.R.I.D.E. is also about working together to better the lives of our fellow citizens and our community as a whole while cherishing the joy of youth and providing our children with positive experiences and the chance to play and learn in Columbia’s First Ward, where access is available to all.

Learn more about P.R.I.D.E.'s Give ‘Em A Shot capital campaign >

Membership Organizations

Columbia Boxing Club

First Ward Ambassadors

Rising Stars Sports Association

Successful Neighborhood Resource Center

How to Donate

To Give 'Em A Shot Capital Campaign

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