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PITTSBURG —
A spaghetti feed Thursday offered an opportunity to eat a warm meal and to help a family have a warm home.
Habitat for Humanity of Crawford County, Kansas, hosted its annual spaghetti fundraiser at Memorial Auditorium in Pittsburg and had steady traffic despite slushy roads outside.
Christine Schindler, the organization’s president said attendance had been slightly lighter than many years, but steady.
Spaghetti was offered for dine-in or carry-out and Volunteer Lance Davis said about 120-130 individuals had eaten and about 70 lunches had been delivered part way thorough the lunch shift with a dinner shift still to go.
“We really aren’t off what we did last year at this time,” Davis said.
The meal included spaghetti, bread and butter, salad and a diverse selection of desserts.
Board member Beth Wells said she was dishing up almost every type of pie imaginable, and said annual attendees know the lunch shift is the best time to arrive if they want pie.
“This is one of our major fundraisers,” she said. “The other is the garage sale in April.”
Schindler said proceeds from the fundraisers go to help defray the costs of building Habitat houses, and Wells said some of the partner families help work at the events as part of their required hours for their “sweat-equity” investment in their homes.
“Some of our partners have been here working,” Wells said. “It’s a good, beneficial program.”
Volunteer Marti York said the Habitat program made an impact on her family and she enjoyed the opportunity to help out.
“My daughter lives in a Habitat house in Kansas City,” York said, adding that it helped her have a peace of mind about her daughter’s safety.
“It’s a way to give back,” she said.
A spaghetti feed Thursday offered an opportunity to eat a warm meal and to help a family have a warm home.
Habitat for Humanity of Crawford County, Kansas, hosted its annual spaghetti fundraiser at Memorial Auditorium in Pittsburg and had steady traffic despite slushy roads outside.
Christine Schindler, the organization’s president said attendance had been slightly lighter than many years, but steady.
Spaghetti was offered for dine-in or carry-out and Volunteer Lance Davis said about 120-130 individuals had eaten and about 70 lunches had been delivered part way thorough the lunch shift with a dinner shift still to go.
“We really aren’t off what we did last year at this time,” Davis said.
The meal included spaghetti, bread and butter, salad and a diverse selection of desserts.
Board member Beth Wells said she was dishing up almost every type of pie imaginable, and said annual attendees know the lunch shift is the best time to arrive if they want pie.
“This is one of our major fundraisers,” she said. “The other is the garage sale in April.”
Schindler said proceeds from the fundraisers go to help defray the costs of building Habitat houses, and Wells said some of the partner families help work at the events as part of their required hours for their “sweat-equity” investment in their homes.
“Some of our partners have been here working,” Wells said. “It’s a good, beneficial program.”
Volunteer Marti York said the Habitat program made an impact on her family and she enjoyed the opportunity to help out.
“My daughter lives in a Habitat house in Kansas City,” York said, adding that it helped her have a peace of mind about her daughter’s safety.
“It’s a way to give back,” she said.
