See our calendar and menu for August 2010.

For a more detailed description of our calendar and activities.

The NWCDC sponsors several “Special Events” at the Fairmount Community Center throughout the year. Approximately 125 children and their parents visited this year’s annual Christmas Open House. Christmas music, cookies and punch, and a visit with Santa are the highlights, parents are encouraged to bring their own cameras and take as many pictures of their children and Santa as they like. Each child received a stocking full of goodies, and we noticed many families taking group pictures with Santa in front of the tree.

Neighborhood families as usual enjoyed the Annual Family Festival, this year we partnered with St. Ann’s Church, food, drawings and games were a hit. National Night Out Against Crime was well attended by several block watch groups and neighborhood families.
Center Point Hospital assisted Fairmount Community Center in holding our first annual Health Fair this past fall. Well attended by area community members, specialists in many health areas participated. Many of these specialists are scheduled to hold Health Seminars in the coming year. February: Osteoporosis, May: Spine and Back Pain, August: Stroke Prevention and in November: Neurosciences.

Blood Drives are held quarterly at the Community Center, continuing to grow, we feel this project helps to bring our communitytogether for a worthwhile cause, partnering with the Community Blood Bank insures that donations help people in our own community. Kansas City Spay and Neuter Clinic held a Pet immunization and chipping Clinic here both in the spring and the fall. Almost 200 animals received their shots at a reduced rate. Harvesters held nutrition-cooking classes for seniors, the next class is accepting reservations, participants learn nutrition facts, recipes and prepare a meal as a group, and leave the class with 15 lbs of food. Flu Shot Clinics are held each year with the Red Cross, enabling local residents to get their shots in their own neighborhood.