More Things To Do -- Before the Sale, At the Sale, and After the Sale!

Plants

A wide variety of house plants, bedding plants, perennials, grasses, bulbs, roots, shrubs and trees are sold in a section known as Plants and Things in the Sunflower South Building.

Pocket Pennies = Clean Water

Mennonite children are encouraged each year to take up a collection for Mennonite Central Committee Penny Power program--pennies standing for pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, lose bills or checks of any amount. but promising peace has taken hold in Angola. The coins assisted by funding The collection teaches children that no matter how small the donation, God can work wonders with lose change.

Last year, the Penny Power collection generated over $300,000 throughout North America. MCC earmarked the donations for assisting Angolan Mennonite churches in helping rebuild their society. After 30 years of war, an uneasy education, medicine, food, clothing and peace training.

This year's Kansas Relief Sale Penny Power collection is targeted to assist MCC's Water Works projects. MCC Water Works projects seek to provide clean water for individuals throughout our world. According to the MCC Giving Project 2003-2004 booklet, "When water is clean and plentiful, people often drink, irrigate their crops and wash their clothes and bodies without much thought. In places where water is scarce, people--usually women and children--must walk long distances to fetch it. Contaminated water causes suffering and diseases. You can help work for a world in which clean and plentiful water is available to everyone."

Three of MCC projects include school yard wells in Laos, cisterns in Brazil and irrigation in Bolivia. For more information on these and other MCC projects, refer to the MCC Giving Projects Catalog for 2003-2004. Catalogs are available for free at the MCC Central States office, 121 E. 30th St., North Newton, e-mail centralstates@mcc.org or call 316-283-2720.

Kansas Mennonite Men's Chorus 'sings that other may live'

Two concerts of sacred music by the Kansas Mennonite Men's Chorus (KMMC) are scheduled Sunday, April 11, at Wichita Century II Convention Center and Sunday, April 25 at Bethany College, Pressor Hall, Lindsborg both at 7pm.

The KMMC, consisting of about 350 to 400 male voices, annually presents spring concerts benefiting Mennonite Central Committee. Free will offerings are taken at the concerts, and the revenue from the sale of tapes is also donated to MCC. "We sing that others may live," continues as the KMMC motto.

Directing the chorus is Ron Graber, Hesston, professor of choral music at Butler County College.

Run for Relief

Contribute $15 ($18 at sale time) to run, jog, or walk five kilometers in the Run for Relief at Hutchinson on Saturday, April 17. The fun run starts at Rice Park Shelter House (not at the fairgrounds) at 8am. Registrations postmarked before April 3 assure entrants a T-shirt.

Those wishing to participate may register by mail using This Form, or sign up in the quilt building at the fairgrounds the evening before (April 16), or at Rice Park 7-7:30am Saturday morning.

Entrants may also solicit their own sponsors (vs. paying entry fee) to raise additional money for MCC.

Play golf and give

Tee-off for the annual MCC benefit golf tournament, a four-person scramble, is set for a shotgun start at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, May 1, at the Hesston Golf Course. Call Gregg Dick, 316-283-1366 (e-mail greggd@bethelks.edu) to pre-register. More information and a registration form is available here. Last year's participants garnered $5,700 for Mennonite Central Committee.

House Against Hunger

This year's House against Hunger is scheduled for completion in May. It is being construction near last year's home in the Campus Woods Addition in North Newton. The above rendering is a perspective of the hunger house.

The 11th House Against Hunger is being constructed in the Campus Woods Addition in North Newton at 500 Witmarsum West. The house is scheduled for completion in May.

The ranch style home is 1,711 square feet on the main floor with three-bedrooms and two and one-half baths including a whirlpool bath in the master bath. It features custom oak cabinets, 9 foot ceilings throughout the main floor plus a raised ceiling in the living room. It will also have a brick front and a deck in the rear. The basement will feature an additional 800 finished square feet. It will include a bathroom as well as a living room and bedroom. The living room and bedroom each feature a daylight window.

Normally about half of the house's selling price is donated to MCC. The large profit margin is realized through cash donations, donations of materials and services (either free of charge or at greatly reduced prices), and volunteer labor.

Bruce Ediger, Bruce Ediger Construction Inc. of Hesston, is serving as general contractor.

The House Against Hunger is listed with Hamilton Associates Real Estate, Hesston. Call 620-327-3100 for sales information.

Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Volunteers

MCC is the service, development and relief agency of North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches.

Each year some 250 people enter MCC assignments in more than 50 countries in North America, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. About 860 board-appointed MCC workers serve in assignments such as community development, education, health, food production, emergency response and administration.

The printed KJRG book lists a dozen recent Kansas volunteers.

Visit MCC's Service Tree to see other service opportunities at MCC.