Events:
Mark your calendars for the annual SMCHA Banquet!
When: Thursday, October 10 at 6:00 pm
Where: Faith Mennonite Church in Newton.
We will be featuring an ethnic German buffet style meal catered by the Breadbasket. A return of our ‘bohne beroggi’ made by authentic Schweitzer cooks will occur again. At this event we will focus on thanking those that coordinated the 150th anniversary of Schweitzers coming to the United States. A panel discussing our future will also occur during the evening.
The cost of the annual banquet is $25 to be paid at the door. RSVP to Nancy
Stucky by October 7 with a text or phone call to 620-532-5693. Come and enjoy!
About Us
The Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association (SMCHA) is a nonprofit organization comprising descendants of immigrant Mennonites who came to the USA in the 1870s from what is now the Ukraine. Their ancestors originated in Switzerland passing through many countries in Europe including France, Germany, Austria and Poland on their way to the Ukraine.
Major purposes of the SMCHA are to educate descendants of the Swiss Mennonites on the origin and culture of this group through various cultural events, research activities, maintenance of historic places, etc. There are several thousand of such descendants, many of them located in central Kansas, South Dakota, and other mid-western states.
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Interested in donating to the Immigrant House Building Fund?
Funds will be put toward the Immigrant House museum project to preserve the Swiss Mennonite culture for future generations.
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