Monday, May 20, 2013

Summer Festival, June 2, to benefit Sisters, Servants of Mary

By THERESE HORVAT

Members of the community are invited to enjoy good food and fun at the Summer Festival to benefit the charitable works of the Sisters, Servants of Mary on Sunday, June 2, noon to 5 p.m., on the beautiful grounds of the Sisters’ Convent, 800 North 18th Street, Kansas City, Kan.

Homemade tacos and tamales, Italian sausage and barbecued beef sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, and Spanish desserts will be served. There will be games for children and booths including povitica; dolls from Mexico; a drawing for cash prizes; a variety booth; and totebags and cookbooks for sale.

The Sisters, Servants of Mary are a community of women religious who provide nursing care to persons in their homes. The Sisters offer their services at no charge to individuals or families.

They are nurses and serve people throughout the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The Kansas City, Kan., location is their “mother house” or headquarters for their convents in the United States and Mexico.

For more information about the festival, call 913-371-3423.