About 25 vendors, offering jewelry to wine tastings to Tupperware, are planned for the annual Spring Sip n’ Shop fundraiser from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Grinter Barn.
All proceeds from the fundraiser will go toward programs at Grinter Place historic state museum at South 78th and K-32, according to Pat Spencer of the Grinter Place Friends.
Vendors will be inside and outside the Grinter Barn. Spencer said Don Antonio’s at 78th and State Avenue is bringing a food truck to the event, serving food for purchase.
A $5 admission charge will receive a ticket that includes wine tastings. There also will be cheese and crackers to sample. Door prizes are part of the event.
Rowe Ridge Winery will be in charge of the wine tasting, she said.
Other vendors at the Spring Sip ‘n Shop will include Pampered Chef, Paparazzi and Premiere Jewelry, Color Street, Next to Nature honey products, clothing vendors, home interior items, Damsel in Defense items, Avon and crafters, she said. There also will be massages.
The Grinter Place Friends have helped the state museum with funding for the school programs, furnishing flour for biscuits made during those programs, soap for washing clothes and also has helped pay various museum bills, she said.
The Spring Sip ‘n Shop will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Grinter Barn, 1400 S. 78th, Kansas City, Kansas.