FIVE PRINCIPLES
EMPOWER: Create an environment that helps PowerUps live up to their potential and live their dreams in rural Kansas.
CONNECT: Connect PowerUps online and/or face to face within communities and across the state to improve social interconnectedness.
ENGAGE: Stimulate all generations with PowerUp leadership in rural communities.
SUSTAIN: Build an inclusive network of peers to give PowerUps a collective voice on important community and statewide rural issues.
ENJOY: Help create a quality of life that is desirable to PowerUps.
FIVE CORE VALUES
POSITIVE YET CONSTRUCTIVE: PowerUps are constructive speakers and thoughtful listeners.
ACT WITH PURPOSE: PowerUps aim to be proactive and take deliberate steps to sustain the viability of rural communities.
RESPECT IDEALS: PowerUps respect the ideals of others by remaining neutral in terms of political, religious and social views.
APPRECIATE HISTORY: PowerUps appreciate and respect the builders of our communities.
LOCAL SUPPORT: PowerUps believe in supporting locally-owned businesses.