Grant Spotlight: Little Sisters of the Poor - KC

The Little Sisters of the Poor at the Jeanne Jugan Center in Kansas City, Missouri receiving the Order of Malta Federal Association grant funds from the Kansas City Chapter Project Chairmen. Standing left to right are: Sister Kateri, lsp; Mother Dora, lsp; Jan Knopke, DM; Dave Knopke, KM; Sister Caroline, lsp; and Sister Chantel, lsp.

The Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Center in Kansas City, Missouri was thrilled to receive a Federal Association grant in the amount of $24,687 to purchase much-needed equipment for the care to their residents. The major acquisition was a therapeutic walk-in bath.

The Kansas City Region carries many projects with the Little Sister of the Poor, including transporting residents to the chapter anointing service, reading to the residents, and doing a spring and fall clean-up of the Jeanne Jugan Center campus gardens.

Mother Dora, lsp proudly showing the Kansas City Chapter Project Chairmen, Jan Knopke, DM and Dave Knopke, KM the walk-in therapeutic bath equipment to be used to provide care for the residents of the Jeanne Jugan Center.