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Central Avenue Day of the Dead celebration to be Saturday

The Central Avenue Betterment Association is celebrating the Central Avenue Day of the Dead on Saturday, Nov. 6.

The event will include a parade and focuses on remembering family members and friends who have died.

It will take place on Central Avenue from 10th to 18th Street. Some activities are in Bethany Park at 11th and Central.

On the list of planned activities are high school marching bands from noon to 2 p.m.; Art in the Park from noon to 9 p.m. at Bethany Park; offrendas from noon to 9 p.m.; face painting from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; DJ music from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.; beer gardens from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; walking Catrinas from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.; live music from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.; food and vending from noon to 6 p.m.; the parade from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.; with all activities ending by 9 p.m.

There are 10 stages along the route.

Masks are strongly recommended at the event.

For updates and more information, including maps of the stops, visit https://www.facebook.com/CABAKCK.

Fall food drive to be held Saturday

The Thrivent Member Network Kansas and Missouri and Caring for Kids Kansas City will collect non-perishable food items from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 6, at four locations, including one in Kansas City, Kansas.

Donations will be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Avenue of Life, 500 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

The food drive will help ensure that children and their families have access to meals, according to a spokesman.

Caring for Kids KC requests donations of the following food items:

• Canned ravioli
• Canned fruit and vegetables
• Canned soup
• Rice and pasta
• Instant oatmeal
• Peanut butter and jelly
• Granola bars
• Goldfish and Cheez-Its
• Ramen noodles
• Applesauce
• Macaroni and cheese

Each donor who brings a bag of groceries to one of the drop-off sites will receive a free pancake breakfast from Chris Cakes, courtesy of the Thrivent Member Network Kansas and Missouri. Chris Cakes is based in Edgerton, Kansas, and has been cooking up pancakes in the Kansas City area since 1984.

Caring for Kids KC is not affiliated with Thrivent.

Free turkeys, free flu shots, free hoodies to be given away Saturday

Hoodies will be given to the first 200 people who attend the “Boo to the Flu” event Saturday, Oct. 30, at Mercy and Truth, 721 N. 31st St. There will also be flu shots and turkeys, along with chili fixings.
Food boxes will be available to the first 200 people who attend the Mercy and Truth “Boo to the Flu” event on Saturday, Oct. 30, at 7405 Quivira Road, Shawnee, Kansas. There will also be flu shots, hoodies and turkeys, along with chili fixings.

Mercy and Truth Medical Missions will hold “Boo to the Flu” on Saturday, Oct. 30, in Kansas City, Kansas, and Shawnee, Kansas.

Each location offers 200 free flu shots,200 free turkeys, 200 free hoodies and 200 free bags of chili fixings, just in time for Monday Night Football.

The Shawnee event will also give away 200 food boxes, sponsored by Church of the Resurrection. The giveaways are all contactless.

“Boo to the Flu” runs from 9 a.m. to noon (or while supplies last) at the KCK location and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (or while supplies last) in Shawnee.

The KCK location is the Mercy and Truth clinic at 721 N. 31st St. The Shawnee location is 7405 Quivira Road in the Westbrooke Shopping Center parking lot.

Anyone can participate, regardless of residence or legal status. Spanish translations will be available.