HBHA ON TV — Last week 41 Action News (KSHB-TV) covered HBHA’s Destination Imagination, Inc. team as the students prepared to attend the DI Global Finals at the University of Tennessee beginning May 22. During the week-long competition, these teams will present their regional project and compete in open-ended challenges. These challenges require the team to solve a problem using a holistic approach of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) knowledge, improvisation, theater arts, writing, project management, communication innovation, teamwork and community service, in one of seven challenge categories. Here’s the link to the complete story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5uT2q_rIc4&feature=youtu.be.
BRGR BURGER BATTLE — Our own David Small’s burger creation is one of six chosen to compete in BRGR’s Burger Battle. The burgers will be on the BRGR menu through the month of May. The burger ordered most often during that time will be added to the restaurant’s menu and its creator will receive one free burger a week for the rest of the year! Small’s burger is called the KC Butcher Burger and features a BRGR patty, hanger steak (cooked medium), Boursin horseradish cream cheese, caramelized onions, roasted garlic, sourdough and an onion ring.
MOTHER’S DAY IS SUNDAY — We all know mothers are the true heart of a Jewish family and If you didn’t get an appropriate card or gift for your mother yet, there’s still time to send her a Jewish Women International Mother’s Day e-card. Each $25 contribution allows JWI to send a Mother’s Day card to the woman of the sender’s choosing as well as for JWI to send bouquets of flowers and baskets of OPI beauty products to domestic violence shelters. SAFEHOME in Overland Park is one of the beneficiaries this year. Cards can be ordered at jwi.org/fp or by phone at 800-343-2823. Established in 1999 and officially known as the Flower Project, each year an average of 6,500 women and children who live in domestic violence shelters across the country have been positively impacted. Over this 15-year period an estimated 100,000 women and children have been touched, encouraged and inspired by the project.
LIBRARY FEATURES PAUL RUDD — In recent years the Kansas City native, featured in the Chanukah Jewish Life magazine, has become a comedy icon, thanks to his regular gig on TV’s “Friends” (he played Phoebe Buffay’s boyfriend, Mike) and high-profile roles in big-screen hits from the likes of Judd Apatow (“Knocked Up,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “This Is 40”). This summer the Kansas City Public Library will celebrate Rudd’s career with “Paul Rudd: Home Town Hero,” the “Off-the-Wall” series shown on the third Friday of the month at the Central Library on the Rooftop Terrace, 14 W. 10th Street in Kansas City, Mo. All the movies are free and the first is set for Friday, May 17. Most titles are recommended for adult audiences only. For more information visit kclibrary.org or call 816-701-3407.
