GeoRell , the youngest member of the 2010-2011 Ranger class, was featured in a story published in the November 14, 2010 STAR Magazine Teens say they’re judged by their appearance. How wrong is that? To read about GeoRell, click on... read more

On August 6, 2010, family, friends, board members and staff celebrated the graduation of the Summer Ranger Class of 2010. The event was held at the Southeast Community Center, Kansas City, MO. Three of the 30 Rangers received special awards:... read more

On June 7, 2010, 36 young men, 14-18, began Orientation Week for the summer program. During the week they will learn close order drill, will do 2, 4, 6 and 8 mile hikes, and will be evaluated for their physical... read more

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver and Rev. John Wandless, Urban Ranger Corps (URC), toured the Ranger’s “Model Block” (10 homes in the 3300 block of East 60th St, in Kansas City). Congressman Cleaver was interested the URC strategy of rehabbing and landscaping... read more

KANSAS CITY, MO. – They’re learning a trade, cleaning up their neighborhood and staying out of trouble. Kansas City’s Urban Rangers Corps are teens learning to be successful in life.

About 35 teens between the ages of 14 and 18... read more

Each summer, a group of teenagers from troubled neighborhoods in Kansas City, Missouri learn new skills and give back to their community by fixing up local homes.

The Urban Rangers Corps targets young men and women between the ages of... read more

The Urban Rangers were out in the 64130 zip code cleaning up vacant yards and picking up trash. The Urban Rangers Corps was started by Father John Wandless, as a way to give you a positive way to spend their... read more

When school lets out, the Urban Ranger Corps will begin its fifth year of providing at-risk teens with summer jobs.

The rangers, young men 14 to 18, rehabilitate homes near the program’s headquarters at 5908 Swope Parkway. They learn by... read more

KANSAS CITY, MO – Two things badly needed work in the Swope Parkway neighborhood surrounding St. Louis Parish: homes, particularly those of the poor and elderly, and the neighborhood’s young men.

Four years ago, St. Louis pastor Father John Wandless... read more

KANSAS CITY, MO – It is an unusual story of urban renewal. A millionaire priest is using his own money to reclaim one block of a blighted inner-city neighborhood.

The Rev. John Wandless has a vision that goes beyond the... read more