Rebuilding Houses, Lives and Neighborhoods in Greater Kansas City

Christmas In October was started in 1984 by Dick Miller and John McMeel, the founders, along with about 100 volunteers, including friends, family and students from Rockhurst High School. They worked on 20 houses their first year. Since then, the program has grown to include thousands of volunteers from hundreds of different organizations from throughout the metropolitan area working on over 400 houses each year. It is one of the largest volunteer programs of its kind in the United States.