Category: Events

KCK Night Out Against Crime planned tonight

The KCK Night Out Against Crime is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, at the Dr. Thomas Burke Technical Education Center at Kansas City Kansas Community College, 6565 State Ave.

The free community event is sponsored by the Neighborhood Crime Prevention Patrol.

Food, kids’ activities, neighborhood group showcases, community organization booths and door prizes are planned.

The event is free and open to the public.

Partners in this event include the Livable Neighborhood Task Force, KCKCC, Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department and Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department.

Community health forum planned tonight

A Unified Government Health Department community health forum is planned from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, at the South Branch Library, 3104 Strong Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The forum is one in a series that is being held as part of a community health assessment in Wyandotte County.

The forums are open to anyone who lives in Wyandotte County.

The forums will ask people who live in Wyandotte County about the biggest health challenges facing the county and ways to make Wyandotte County a healthier place to live for everyone.


The forums are one part of the community health assessment process, which also includes surveys and focus groups to collect additional data. Input collected through the the assessments will be used to help set specific goals for a five-year Community Health Improvement Plan.


Refreshments will be provided at each event. An RSVP is not required.

There will be a Spanish interpreter on site at the Aug. 1 forum.

Health screenings planned tonight

Health screenings are planned from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, at Donnelly College, 608 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas.

They are part of the African American Community Forward response through the Unified Government Health Department.

Included will be financial planning, free health screenings, job training and job-hunting assistance, health and nutrition information.

COVID testing, vaccinations and boosters will be available. Free physical and mental health screenings also are available.

Organizations participating in these events include the Kansas Black Farmers Association, Reliance Credit Union, Donnelly College and Wyandotte County Workforce Partnership.

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/UGHealthDept.