Members of the Liberty Missouri Stake banded together to help kids in need this National Day of Service 2025. Members were asked to clean out their bookshelves and find gently-used books to donate to the Kansas City charity Operation Breakthrough. Each of the eight congregations in the stake donated books in late August til early September, donating hundreds of books for children and adults.

Another way in which stake members helped Operation Breakthrough was helping with the necessities of life. Members of the North Brook Park Ward collected toiletries such as soap, toilet paper, diapers, shampoo, toothpaste and tooth brushes.

Liberty Stake members who serve in public affairs and communication threw an event in September with the Liberty-area Ministerial Alliance [the second annual “Meet & Greet,” an event promoting dialogue between faith leaders and local elected officials in the Liberty-area], asking attendees to bring a birthday gift for Operation Breakthrough to fill their “Birthday Closet.” Nearly 50 gifts were collected.

Each year September 11 is celebrated as a National Day of Service.

Operation Breakthrough is a not-for-profit corporation providing a nurturing and safe environment for children of the working poor that began in 1971 by Sister Corita Bussanmas and Sister Berta Sailer. The organization responded to the need for quality child care and provided a nurturing and safe environment for children in poverty. Operation has grown and expanded over the years but the vision has been for all children to have the opportunity to achieve their full potential.