Category: Events

Free haircuts for kids offered Monday

Free haircuts for students in kindergarten through 12th grade will be offered from noon to 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28, at the One Touch Building Maintenance office building, 221 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

Up to 150 kindergarten through 12th grade students who attend a Wyandotte County school may receive a free haircut, according to a spokesman.

The event next month is sponsored by the Jegna Klub and Purple Label Barbershop.

Students will get a free haircut from a licensed barber, and there will be food, a hygiene pack and shoe giveaways.

Moses Wyatt Jr., a teacher at Grant Elementary School who is the CEO of the Jegna Klub, said the event will help youth know that there are people in the community who care for them. A new haircut may help the youth feel better about themselves.

“We’re looking to provide some self-esteem, some haircuts for community youth,” Wyatt said. That may have a positive effect on their development and educational success.

There is a shoe drive going on, with new and lightly used shoes being collected at five stores, to be given away at this event, he added.

“It’s a trying time, a lot of people lost jobs, we’re just trying to provide some help,” he said.

Participating barbers include Purple Label and Surrcutts.

Community partners in the project include One Touch Building Maintenance, Open Arms, Initial, DVA%, Reset KC, Gallery by Volume 1ne, Taste of Flavor Popcorn, Bridge of Hope and Helping Hands.

More information on the event is available from Wyatt at 913-721-6570 or info@thejegnaklub.org. See https://www.facebook.com/TheJegnaKlub.

Public asked to submit questions

The public is being asked to submit questions that could be asked of candidates running for the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate.

Business West, in cooperation to Kansas City Kansas Community College, will sponsor a Candidates’ Forum via Zoom.

Candidates running for House of Representative seats will be at the forum Wednesday, Oct. 7; candidates running for the Kansas Senate will be at the forum Thursday, Oct. 8.

Persons wishing to ask questions should send them to murrel@mcbconsultinginginc.com.

Kansas City Kansas Community College will record the forum. It will be played back on the college’s public access channel and You Tube before the general election Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Grinter Place Friends plan Sip ‘n Shop fundraiser Sept. 24

The Grinter Place Friends are planning a Sip ‘n Shop fundraiser from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at 1400 S. 78th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

There is no admission charge to the event, which is open to the public, according to a spokesman.

There is a charge for wine tasting – $5 – and for items that are purchased at the event. Rowe Ridge Winery will be in charge of the wine tasting.

According to Pat Spencer of the Grinter Place Friends, there are expected to be about 20 community vendors of handmade jewelry, jams and jellies, honey, Tastefully Simple products and several one-of-a-kind items. Vendors will be located outdoors near the Grinter Barn.

There also will be a silent auction, she said.

The Grinter Quilters currently are working on an opportunity quilt for the end of the year that is pretty well along, she said.

Sip ‘n Shop will be an in-person event, with everything held outdoors. As Wyandotte County is in Phase 3 of the reopening plan, masks and social distancing will be required, she said. Their insurance requires everyone to follow the guidelines, she added. There will be hand sanitizers placed around the area, she said.

She said this fundraiser is taking the place of the Grinter Applefest, since they couldn’t have it this year.

If it rains, the Sip ‘n Shop will be rescheduled to Oct. 1, she added.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/GrinterPlaceFriendsInc or call 913-334-2500.