GLASER GIRLS ACT, RAISE MONEY — Last week Overland Trail Middle School presented the musical “Annie.” The opening night performance benefitted The Abby Glaser Children’s Heart Fund. The Abby Glaser Children’s Heart Fund supports the study of the causes, prevention and treatment of viral myocarditis and sudden cardiac death in children.
Abby Glaser was a 5-year-old girl from Overland Park who died unexpectedly in 2001 from viral myocarditis, a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in children. The OTMS cast chose The Abby Glaser Children’s Heart Fund as its beneficiary as two of Abby’s sisters, Olivia Glaser and Grace Glaser, were actresses in the musical. Many local restaurants and businesses graciously donated toward this important cause.
ISRAELI BLUES BAND COMING TO KC — The Ori Naftaly Band will perform at The Trouser Mouse in Blue Springs on Friday, March 14. They’ve been voted the Best Israeli Blues Act.
In a very short time this extremely talented band has gained international recognition and support by the international blues community and by an extended fan base, located in the United States, India, Germany and other countries all over the world.
Within the course of two years The Ori Naftaly Band has twice toured the United States and the Netherlands, won the Israeli Blues Challenge Competition, and was the first Israeli band ever to have reached the semi-finals of the International Blues Competition in Memphis, Tenn. They have released two live studio albums and are currently working on their third new album.
Ori Naftaly — founder, producer, composer and lead guitarist of the band — has been leading and managing the band since November 2011, together with songwriter, composer and lead vocalist Eleanor Tsaig. Their album “Happy for Good” conveys the band’s journey since the beginning of its activity.
The Trouser Mouse is located at 410 S. 7 Highway in Blue Springs, Mo. Call 816-220-1222 for ticket information. The performance starts at 9 p.m.
CANCER CENTER OPENS — The Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center at Truman Medical Centers opened for patient care last week. In June of last year, Truman Medical Centers announced the $2.3 million gift by the R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation creating the first cancer care center in Kansas City, Mo, to bear the family’s name.
The Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center at TMC focuses on state-of-the-art quality care, comfort, safety and providing a healing environment for patients and their families.
“The opening of the new cancer center is another in a long line of examples of the Bloch family’s dedication to improving and expanding the quality, not just of cancer care, but all of healthcare in the Kansas City area,” said TMC President/CEO John W. Bluford. “TMC’s goal is to provide our community with the best healthcare, in the best environment, with the best clinicians and positive outcomes possible and this new center delivers on that goal to our patients.”
