Trivia teams answer the question about how to help youth in need

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Those who wish to donate to the Holy Family Special Needs Foundation may visit hfsnf.org.
How many Trivia Nights has the Holy Family Special Needs Foundation held?
One.
“Everyone told us they had a lot of fun but that the questions were really hard,” Jessica Lopez said.
Lopez, the director of the Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, said over 200 took part in the inaugural event Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Wichita Country Club.
The event raised funds for the Holy Family Special Needs Foundation, which in addition to funding the Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, provides inclusion grants to diocesan Catholic schools to foster the intellectual and spiritual growth of persons with disabilities.
“We planned Trivia Night because we realized there was a need to increase our fundraising to support the growing number of inclusion grant requests from our schools,” Lopez said. “We landed on Trivia Night because we wanted to do something fun for couples and families that would engage the community in a meaningful way.”
Unfortunately, the reality is, that some children with special needs are turned away from attending a Catholic school because the school doesn’t have the resources to adequately educate those children, she said. “By increasing the Holy Family Special Needs Foundation’s ability to give, we can help close the gap of students turned away, as well as, giving schools access to much needed resources.”
Christine Ostroski, the president of the Holy Family Special Needs Foundation Board of Directors, said the board prayed for the intercession of St. Margaret of Castello for a successful event.
“Little Margaret didn’t disappoint,” Ostroski said. “I was astonished that our first-ever fundraiser was almost sold out! St. Margaret was severely physically disabled and she proved to our board that persons with disabilities can do mighty things.”
She described the foundation as “another beautiful facet of this jewel that is our diocese.”
“While the world often rejects those with disabilities, as did St. Margaret’s own parents, the Wichita diocese keeps working to embrace them,” Ostroski said. “We hope even more donors will come forward to help us in this precious work.”