Hotdog Ministry - First Christian Church of North Kansas City
0 Comments Published by Melissa Thoenen on Friday, April 18, 2008 at 2:45 PM.
For North Kansas City High School students, hump day is now known as Hotdog Wednesday; and the First Christian Church of North Kansas City is branded as The Hotdog Church. These notorious nicknames are due to the fact that every Wednesday, for the last 3 years, the church has generously served complimentary hotdogs, chips and soda pops to the North KC High School students.
The program began with the assumption that if the church were to offer free food, the neighboring students would come into the church. The founders of this hot dog program had hopes that the church would eventually become known as a safe place for the young students to visit whenever they needed some where to go.
The program was originally sponsored by an anonymous donor but quickly became so popular that additional funds were needed. The church generously offered to fund the weekly program in hopes to continue to make the local students feel welcome and comfortable with coming into the church at any given time.
Along with the financial funding of the food and materials, this programs success is also due to the tremendous amount of time the church members volunteer to preparing and serving the lunch to the students. Each week over twenty volunteers make this event possible.
The program has recently hit a huge milestone of serving its 100,000th hotdog. With an average of serving about 1,000 hotdogs each week, it is inevitable that the church is earning trust and comfort with the young students it serves.
This ministry has succeeded in its mission to become well known in the North Kansas City area as a warm and friendly place where everyone and anyone are welcome. It seems that with the success of Hotdog Wednesdays the First Christian Church of North Kansas City has earned its stripes as a safe place for the students of North Kansas City High School.
So, if you are ever in the neighborhood, on a Wednesday and are looking for a place to have lunch stop in, have a hotdog and enjoy the warm and comfortable atmosphere that First Christian Church provides the North Kansas community!
NetStandard is a proud supporter of Hotdog Wednesdays and is more than happy to hear about other events and/or organizations that are doing their part to better the greater Kansas City area. So, if you have a program that you would like to increase the visibility and recognition of, then please contact me, Melissa Thoenen at NetStandard and we will do our best to get the word out about your efforts to increase the quality of our community. My contact information is:
Melissa Thoenen
NetStandard Inc.
Marketing and Public Relations
2000 Merriam Lane
Kansas City, Kansas 66106
p. 913.262.3888 ext: 253
c. 913.952.1766
f. 913.262.0660
The program began with the assumption that if the church were to offer free food, the neighboring students would come into the church. The founders of this hot dog program had hopes that the church would eventually become known as a safe place for the young students to visit whenever they needed some where to go.
The program was originally sponsored by an anonymous donor but quickly became so popular that additional funds were needed. The church generously offered to fund the weekly program in hopes to continue to make the local students feel welcome and comfortable with coming into the church at any given time.
Along with the financial funding of the food and materials, this programs success is also due to the tremendous amount of time the church members volunteer to preparing and serving the lunch to the students. Each week over twenty volunteers make this event possible.
The program has recently hit a huge milestone of serving its 100,000th hotdog. With an average of serving about 1,000 hotdogs each week, it is inevitable that the church is earning trust and comfort with the young students it serves.
This ministry has succeeded in its mission to become well known in the North Kansas City area as a warm and friendly place where everyone and anyone are welcome. It seems that with the success of Hotdog Wednesdays the First Christian Church of North Kansas City has earned its stripes as a safe place for the students of North Kansas City High School.
So, if you are ever in the neighborhood, on a Wednesday and are looking for a place to have lunch stop in, have a hotdog and enjoy the warm and comfortable atmosphere that First Christian Church provides the North Kansas community!
NetStandard is a proud supporter of Hotdog Wednesdays and is more than happy to hear about other events and/or organizations that are doing their part to better the greater Kansas City area. So, if you have a program that you would like to increase the visibility and recognition of, then please contact me, Melissa Thoenen at NetStandard and we will do our best to get the word out about your efforts to increase the quality of our community. My contact information is:
Melissa Thoenen
NetStandard Inc.
Marketing and Public Relations
2000 Merriam Lane
Kansas City, Kansas 66106
p. 913.262.3888 ext: 253
c. 913.952.1766
f. 913.262.0660
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