NewsJune 30, 2019

Locals turned out for the Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau. "This Sunday, because it happens to be Pride Month, we decided at Cape Pride as well as Cape PFLAG that we were all gonna team up together and put on this block party for our community," said Amber Moyers, who works at the church and is president of Cape Pride. "We just want to bring people together."

Dimitri Gann, originally from Herndon, Virginia, and now Cape Girardeau, hands out a piece of watermelon while serving food next to Lea Happe of Sikeston, Missouri, middle, and Lisa Dale of Jackson, left, during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau. 
Dimitri Gann, originally from Herndon, Virginia, and now Cape Girardeau, hands out a piece of watermelon while serving food next to Lea Happe of Sikeston, Missouri, middle, and Lisa Dale of Jackson, left, during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau. 
Blake Kaylor of the Jackson, Mississippi, area, sports a hat during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
Blake Kaylor of the Jackson, Mississippi, area, sports a hat during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
Michelle Morris and her daughter Brenna Morris, 9, originally of Little Rock, Arkansas, and now Cape Girardeau, play a game during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
Michelle Morris and her daughter Brenna Morris, 9, originally of Little Rock, Arkansas, and now Cape Girardeau, play a game during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
William MacKenzie, 7, originally of Lawton, Oklahoma, and now Cape Girardeau, smiles after getting a dragon painted on his face during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
William MacKenzie, 7, originally of Lawton, Oklahoma, and now Cape Girardeau, smiles after getting a dragon painted on his face during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
Cape Pride president Amber Moyers laughs during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
Cape Pride president Amber Moyers laughs during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
Cherish Pullett, 5, of Cape Girardeau, and her brother Jermiah Washington, 10, of Cape Girardeau, play during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
Cherish Pullett, 5, of Cape Girardeau, and her brother Jermiah Washington, 10, of Cape Girardeau, play during a Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau.
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Locals turned out for the Red Door Summer Block Party and Community Meal on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Christ Episcopal Church in Cape Girardeau. "This Sunday, because it happens to be Pride Month, we decided at Cape Pride as well as Cape PFLAG that we were all gonna team up together and put on this block party for our community," said Amber Moyers, who works at the church and is president of Cape Pride. "We just want to bring people together."

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