The Vesper Community Center volunteers will be hosting the annual Memorial Day Luncheon in Vesper on Monday, May 27th from 11:30am to 1:30pm for travelers who are out visiting memorials around the county.
This year the menu includes sloppy joes, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole, a choice of dessert and beverages. “Thank you for your service” artwork made by area youth to thank local veterans for their service will be on display inside the center. The Memorial Day Luncheon is the community center’s biggest fundraiser of the year. A donation is appreciated to cover the cost of the meal and to help maintain the all volunteer run community center. If you would like to donate a dessert, volunteer or participate in the “Thank you for your service” artwork display, please contact Jodie Weibke at the community center - (785) 524-2466 or sign up using the link on the vespercc. org website.
Last year, over 150 visitors came out for the meal and to see the artwork. Volunteers are needed this year to help prepare or serve the food. Tables will be set up inside and outside the facility for guests. A new feature this year will be the “In the Wind” mural on the building, one of the largest outdoor landscape paintings in Kansas. The artist, Matthew Miller, recently completed another outdoor mural at the Lincoln Art Center, and his paintings are now on display and for sale at the Lincoln Art Center this month.
Financial support for the mural has been provided by Kansas Department of Commerce (KDOC) Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, the National Endowments of the Arts, KDOC Office of Rural Prosperity, KDOC TEFI/SEED, LCEDF and the Dane G Hansen Foundation.
The facility is supported by private donations and grants from Dane G Hansen, Post Rock Community Foundation, Lincoln County Wind Economic Benefit fund and local businesses, so be sure to thank Kansas Homes and Movers, Seirer’s Clothing, Citizens State Bank & Trust, Meyer Tire and Lube, the Bank of Tescott, Lincoln Building Supply and S&S Auto service and towing, 181 Ag Supply and Bennington State Bank when you patronize these businesses.
