THELEAVEN.ORG | VOL. 38, NO. 33 | APRIL 7, 2017
‘WE’RE FEEDING HIM’
Leawood parishioners host food packing party to combat area hunger
From left (with Royals shirt), Beau, Blake and Cindy Barnes take part in a packing party in the gymnasium of Curé of Ars School in Leawood. Workers poured cups of rice, soy, vegetables, vitamins and cheese into a bag that would be distributed later by the organization Something to Eat.
Story by BOB HART Photos by JOE MCSORLEY
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EAWOOD — On a chilly and rainy Saturday morning in March, they descended on the Curé of Ars school gymnasium. The youngest arrived in the arms of a parent or toddling on their own. The oldest were helped to their stations by their grandchildren, entire multigeneration families having come
NO LEAVEN AFTER EASTER
together on a morning when sleeping in might have seemed an easier and more appealing option. The attraction? A Lenten “food packing party,” organized in conjunction with the local organization Something to Eat, which in the past eight years has packed more than four million meals for
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For more information To donate to Something to Eat, visit the website at: somethingtoeat.org/donate. Parishes, as well as businesses, schools, civic or social organizations and others interested in the possibility of hosting a food packing party, can call (913) 262-3900.
HELPING IMMIGRANTS LEGALLY
Greg Bole is working through the Catholic Charities La Luz Center to help find immigrants a path to citizenship in the United States. Page 3