Sunday marks the disaster’s five-year anniversary.
In 2011, the Kansas City Chiefs held a water-and-supply drive, sent a team to Joplin to help with cleanup and hosted the Joplin football team for a game at Arrowhead Stadium. A year after that, the Chiefs participated in a house-building project and built a playground in the city.
Last Friday, former linebacker and Chiefs Ambassador Shawn Barber, K.C. Wolf, Red Coaters and the Chiefs Community Caring Team returned to Joplin to visit the Joplin Family YMCA in order to host a Fit Kids Army class and present a grant to the YMCA administration.