DeLaSalle Education Center, 3740 Forest Ave., held a groundbreaking ceremony to launch its $6.2 million expansion and renovation project. Students, faculty, staff, capital campaign committee members, elected officials, volunteers and Troost street businesses attended the event.
I would like to invite everyone to visit and consider helping to work in and market the neighborhood around Habitat's Pritchard Place project (1456 E 66th Terrace). As most of you know, Habitat is building seven houses here. We demolished two blighted houses and built on a vacant land trust lot, (the result of a recent City demolition) thus improving the neighborhood.
Kansas City community partners present the annual Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 2, 6-9pm, in Swope Park (Meyer and Swope Parkway). Mark Alford from Fox 4 News will emcee the event. There will be food, music and fun. Please Give Blood at this event! Community Blood Center will have a Blood Mobile on site!
The Rockhurst University Neighborhood Committee is collecting unused school supplies for the 2nd Annual Back to School Rally. Please donate unused school supplies - pens, pencils, markers, wide-ruled notebooks, 24 pack crayons and loose leaf paper.
Donations can be dropped off at the Rockhurst University Community Center, 5400 Troost Ave., 8:30am - 7pm in the donation bin, no later than Aug. 1 or call Alicia Douglas, (816) 501-4306 for pickup. Financial donations made out to Rockhurst University are also acceptable and can be mailed to Alicia Douglas' attention at Rockhurst University, 1100 Rockhurst Rd., KCMO 64110.
The supplies will be distributed to more than 300 neighborhood children at the Back to School Rally on August 6th.
You are invited to participate in the House of Heavilin Beauty College's 4th Annual "Back to School Cut-A-Thon benefitting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on Tuesday, August 9th, 10a-4p at 5720 Troost Ave.
All of the services are performed by supervised students. There will be raffle prizes donated by local organizations and businesses. All specified services and raffle proceeds will be donated to the NCMEC Center. Fun games, dancing, and other activities will be provided during the day. For more information, call 816-229-9000.
The Waldo Area Business Association's Property Committee selected Dave Smith the Lamp Maker, 7432 Wornall Rd., for the July Waldo Best Award. Owners and managers, Dave and Bette Smith, have been in business for 43 years. The shop is like three businesses within one. They repair lamps, fixtures, sconces and make unusual items into lamps. They are one of the largest retail lighting stores in the Midwest that stocks more than 10,000 new lampshades for replacement shades for customers. And, they have a large retail decorating showroom with more than 200 lamps, mirrors, pictures, tables and lots of other decorating accessories. The store hours are Tuesday-Friday 9-5:30 pm, Saturday. 9-5pm and closed Sunday and Monday. The shop employs 8 people.