Strategic Partners
Strategic Partners are organizations willing to work alongside ForColumbia to forward our mission.
Strategic Partners are organizations willing to work alongside ForColumbia to forward our mission, namely to bring Christians together to share God’s love by serving our community, side by side. Some organizations partner with us to identify individuals in our city who could most use the help of our volunteers. Others donate their time, talent and/or goods toward making it possible for us to do more. To these organizations and companies, we simply say “Thank you.” We could not possibly do everything we are doing without their willingness to partner.
Boone County Lumber is a family-owned business that has been serving Columbia and mid-Missouri since 1965. Now run by the second generation of the Eiffert family, this company has always seen relationships – with customers as well as employees – as key to its success. We appreciate BCL’s significant partnership with ForColumbia, providing discounted material and free delivery to each work site, as well as offering expertise in construction as we assess volunteer opportunities. We’re grateful for BCL’s commitment to help make ForColumbia a successful serving event.
City of Columbia-Office of Neighborhood Services helps us identify areas in our city where our volunteers might have the greatest impact. Every year, the city has donated supplies, mulch and other items to help us serve Columbia and even more significantly, works with us to identify homeowners who are struggling to maintain their properties. We are so appreciative of this annual partnership, working together again to love and serve our neighbors.
CLEL Containers and Midway Hauling: Many thanks to these two local companies who are stepping up again in 2023 and donating multiple large roll-off dumpsters free of charge to our efforts around town! For every dollar we save through partnerships with companies such as CLEL Containers and Midway Hauling, ForColumbia is able to fund more projects around our city. We are always thankful for our local businesses who are so willing to partner with us in our efforts!
Columbia Housing Authority provides affordable housing for hundreds of low-income families in our city, and ForColumbia is partners with CHA each year as a way of developing relationships and serving our neighbors directly. We are grateful to be able to partner with these folks who work hard all year long to care for those in need of sustainable shelter.
Johnston Paint and Decorating is a locally-owned business that has been serving Columbia since 1925. Their website emphasizes their commitment to our community and we can confirm that they are truly a company that lives it out. As an outgrowth of their commitment to our city, Johnston Paint reached out and proactively joined us as a significant partner in 2018. Since then, Johnston has donated paint, flooring and discounted products for our serving sites each year. This level of support by Johnston and other local businesses continues to stretch our funds such that we can do more work and serve more people in our city. We are very pleased to partner with Johnston once again.
The Junk Pirates are such a fitting addition to the ForColumbia team! They provide solutions for individuals and businesses looking to get rid of their junk in Columbia, Missouri. The Junk Pirates offer a wide range of services, including furniture, appliance removal, and cleanouts. They bring all of that expertise (and more) to our Annual Day of Service as well as help us with other projects throughout the year.
Love Columbia works in our city to mobilize local churches to transform lives and communities in the name of Christ; they do this by developing relationships with individuals in need and making connections between those individuals and churches, along with other local community resources. ForColumbia has partnered with this organization since 2015, and we are delighted to continue our annual efforts to identify individuals in our city in need of assistance.
A roof is more than just a structure; it is an essential foundation of shelter and security for the community. Midwest Roofing is committed to providing superior roofing solutions driven by a deep sense of connection with the people served. Midwest Roofing gives back and supports the places where they live and work in order to change lives for families and communities. Above all, Midwest Roofing upholds top-tier quality in everything they do; ensuring that every roof meets the highest standards of excellence and care.
Ratliff Tree and Stump Removal has worked with ForColumbia for several years, each year increasing their commitment to this effort as we meet homeowners at risk of a tree falling on their home, yet lacking the finances to do something about it. In 2021, Ratliff began serving on the day of our event, removing yard waste and brush from our serving sites. This is a huge help for homeowners, volunteers and our organizers!
Strawberry Hill is a local, family-owned business that since 1980 has been a source of flowers, vegetables and other plants to Boone County residents. In 2022, the owners of Strawberry Hill, Steve and Amy Sapp, began partnering with ForColumbia to provide discounted landscaping and gardening needs for the projects we completed. Partnerships like this with Columbia businesses help us to make our funding go further. We’re thrilled to be able to offer our project sites the best possible plants from a local business!
That’s a Wrap is a locally owned small business in Columbia with a BIG heart for service. If you’ve seen our ForColumbia trailer recently, you might notice it’s gotten a facelift, and that’s thanks to this local business. That’s a Wrap provides vinyl wraps, decals, and signage across Mid Mo, and they have come alongside us in 2026 to help make ForColumbia’s “roaming publicity” look fresh. They also donated the identity work done on our storage container along Wilkes Blvd. Their generosity has enabled us to care for our trailers while maximizing the funds we can reinvest in our community.
Westlake Ace Hardware has been an active supporter of ForColumbia annually, the first business to offer help for our efforts; we are so thankful for their ongoing support. Since 2016, Westlake has partnered with ForColumbia by providing discounted materials for the many, many projects our volunteers will be completing. Their partnership makes it possible for us to stretch our resources a little further and do a little more to love and serve our city.
