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Metro Lutheran Ministry has launched a fight against hunger in the Kansas City area through March 31. MLM’s food pantries in Wyandotte County, Kansas City, Mo., and the Northland help hundreds of people supplement their existing grocery budgets. Families and individuals are provided with about 20 meals a week. MLM is asking the community to help raise $140,000 to fully fund all three emergency food pantries for the next 12 months. Each dollar given between now and March 31 will be doubled, thanks to a matching gift from Blessings Abound Thrift Store in Overland Park. MLM’s food pantry in Wyandotte County is on the campus of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church. As part of this campaign, the sixth annual 3B – Basketball, Barbecue and Beer event – will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15, at Boulevard Brewing Co., 2501 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri. At the event, there will be samples of Boulevard beers, Joe’s KC Barbecue and those attending may watch the NCAA tournament games on large-screen televisions. For more information or to contribute, visit www.mlmkc.org.
Parkway Baptist Church, 12320 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas, will hold a Community Blood Center blood drive from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 23 in the church classrooms. To schedule a donation, visit www.esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.
A rosary rally in honor of Our Lady of Fatima will be held from 3 to 4:15 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 708 N. 4th St., Kansas City, Kansas. The rosary will be prayed.
St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1086 N. 94th St., is holding Friday fish dinners in Lent from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Fridays, March 16 and 23, in the parish center at 94th and State Avenue. The cost is $10-11 for adults, $5 for children, and $30 per family. Baked cod, fried catfish, fried shrimp and boiled shrimp are available.
Members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan., will observe the Stations of the Cross at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 16.; a soup supper will follow in the parish hall. The parish will observe the fifth Sunday in the season of Lent at 10 a.m. March 18.
Wyandotte United Methodist Church, 7901 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold a Community Blood Center blood drive from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. March 27 in the Fellowship Hall. To schedule a donation, visit www.esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.
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