www.theleaven.com | Newspaper of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas | Vol. 31, No. 38 may 14, 2010
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OELAND PARK — Some people donate items to a charity garage sale. Tom and Pat Allegri, on the other hand, have donat-
ed the sale. The benefit will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 21 and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 22 at 4440 Bell in Kansas City, Mo. For sale will be much of what the Allegries have accumulated over a lifetime — toys, office chairs, desks, fine designer clothes, lanterns, couches, rugs, baskets, books, and other items. All the items for sale in the garage, and a few in the house, have been donated by the couple to raise funds for the revived St. Agnes Parish youth ministry.
members of the parish since 1964, Times are tough. This ministry rehave never lived at the house on Bell ally needs the cash. “For me, this is absolutely huge,” Street. “We purchased it way back in the said Erika Deniger-Hagman, St. Agnes late 1970s, and I was godirector of youth minising to turn it into a shop try. “I’ve been trying and — kind of a design shop,” trying, racking my brain Story by said Pat. “But then my to think of ways to fundJoe Bollig husband went into priraise for our ministry. vate practice as a physical “And here we have Photos by therapist and my career a couple say, ‘Here you path changed as well. go.’” Susan I began to work for his “All the money we McSpadden company.” raise will go directly to In the meantime, both provide a ministry for Tom and Pat became acthe kids,” Deniger-Hagtive in the parish, and all seven of their man continued, “whether it’s scholarships for retreats or for basic events we children went to St. Agnes School. have that will get the kids interested Pat was on the school board and and bring them in, so we can teach even served a board president. She was them about living their faith on a daily also a member of the parish council, basis.” Turn to “youth” on page 4 Tom and Pat Allegri, who have been
From left, youth group member Zach Fiskin, volunteer Jeremy Ruzich, youth group member Isaac Chicoine and youth group leader Erika DenigerHagman had fun sifting through boxes of National Geographic magazines in preparation for a garage sale. The oldest they found was an issue from 1913.
Youth group member Nathalie Hauser can’t resist paging through one of the books she is cleaning in preparation for a garage sale benefitting the St. Agnes youth group.