Each year, COMO magazine publishes it’s “Impact COMO” edition, which celebrates the passion and generosity of the people, organizations and companies that work to make the Columbia area a better place. This year, Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries’s Founder and CEO, Larry McDaniel, was named COMO’s “Most Impactful Executive Director.”
Here is the article from the November, 2020 non-profit issue of COMO.
In 1991, Larry McDaniel and his wife founded Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries Children’s Home. In those 29 years of operation, Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries has cared for over 600* children, worked with veterans through the organization’s equine program, started Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries’s Foster Care Services, established an office in Columbia, Missouri and is working to establish an office in Jefferson City, Missouri to name a few milestones. Larry’s not slowing down, either. His upcoming goals for Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries are focused on expansion — expansion into the Jefferson City area, expansion of foster care services to other parts of rural Missouri counties, and expansion of the organization’s equine program for veterans.
With so much success and potential for the future, Larry credits where the organization is today to the enormous generosity of the Columbia community, and of course, to the dedicated and loyal staff of Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries.
“It takes the best people to do what we have accomplished, and the people that serve at Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries give 100%,” Larry says. “They bring their A-Game every day.”
Being a nonprofit with a heavy focus on children, it’s no surprise that children and making positive changes in the lives of generations to come is what keeps Larry motivated to continue giving back to the community. “I am a firm believer that everything one can invest into the life of a child today will be re-invested by the child into the lives of their own marriage, their own children, their own community,” he says.
As the years go on, Larry would like to see Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries Foster Care Services expand statewide, and he’s eager to watch how Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries will grow on past his legacy and to see what new leaders have in store for the organization. In the coming years, keep an eye on the bookshelves — you just might see Larry McDaniel as an author.
*the correct number is over 500 children, not over 600
For more reports from local news media about Coyote Hill Foster Care Ministries or the people who work and serve here, check out our In the News page.
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