Ladies of Charity Volunteer information
2022 – 2023 Volunteer Chairperson: Maggie Streff, email
Beneficiaries:
1. Seton Center
2816 East 23rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64127
https://www.setonkc.org/
Seton Center is a Catholic-sponsored social service agency providing help to inner city residents who are living in poverty or at risk. Services include food pantry, Blessed Day shop, has a low-cost dental clinic and offers social services such as rent assistance and pharmacy vouchers.
We help in the food pantry, sorting clothes and household items for the Blessed Day shop, and staffing the Blessed day shop. There are also special multi-day events, the Back to School and Christmas Sharing, that we help staff. Loom knitting hats for clients.
Krista Harper, email, 816-581-4764
Mary Pat Sullivan, email
Sorting for Blessed Day shop: Mondays 9am-12 noon
Blessed Day shop: Tuesdays 9am-12 noon and 1:00pm-3:00pm
Pantry: M, T, W, F 9:00am – 11:30am
2. Villa St. Francis
16600 West 126th St., Olathe, KS, 66062
https://villasf.org/
Villa St. Francis is the largest not-for-profit nursing home facility in Kansas, providing care for all people regardless of their ability to pay. Their services include long term care, short term rehabilitation and a memory unit.
We help by transporting residents to daily Mass and weekly Christian services, staffing the gift shop, helping with Bingo, and sewing wheelchair and walker caddies for residents.
Brad Hendrick: Chairman of the Board, email
Matt Kemnitz: Chief Mission Officer, email
Karen Brinker, email
Daily Mass resident transport: 9:30am-10:45
Christian worship resident transport: Tuesdays 1:30pm – 2:15pm
Carol Hackett, email
Gift shop attendants: Thursdays & Saturdays 1:00pm-3:00pm* (flexible)
3. Caritas Clinic/Duchesne Center
Duchesne Clinic and Marian Dental Clinic
636 Tauromee, Kansas City, KS, 66101
https://www.caritasclinics.org/
Duchesne Clinic offers medical services to the Medicare/Medicaid patients. The uninsured and those with limited income in Wyandotte County, KS. The Marian Dental Clinic offers dental services at market rate costs and has financial assistance for those who qualify.
Our hands-on help is limited to those who are nurses. It is their role to set up any necessary follow up treatment and ensure patients complete tests, etc. prior to any follow-up appointment with the doctor.
Ann Muncino: Director, email
Debbie Lieurance, email
