WEST SPRINGFIELD – On June 29, the Multicultural Resource Center of Massachusetts will host the 14th annual Kalinka, a multicultural festival that celebrates the cultures of Russian-speaking immigrant communities in the area. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. the public is invited to share in the entertainment, food, and traditions at the Morgan Road Pavilion in West Springfield. The festival is in honor of World Refugee Day, which is June 20.

The festival “will offer [the] opportunity to enjoy the food, music, games, raffles, activities for kids and other cultural aspects of the local diverse communities,” states the event’s Facebook page.

The Kalinka will feature food from Sultan Family Restaurant and Crepes Tea House, both of which specialize in Eastern European cuisine, said, Natalia Shtrom, the MRC director. The soundtrack to the festival will be popular Russian-language music, and there will also be raffles, kids’ activities, a bounce house, and games.

In 2005, the first Kalinka was held by the Russian Community Association of Massachusetts. In 2014, the organization reorganized itself into the Multicultural Resource Center of Massachusetts (MRC) in response to the diversity of immigrants in the area.

The MRC’s purpose is “to promote well-being of the community through providing assistance to immigrants and refugees with integration into the American society while preserving their cultural

The organization provides legal help with citizenship applications, green card applications, travel documents, alien relative petitions. They also aid refugees and immigrants in scheduling medical appointments, obtaining health insurance, registering for English as a second language classes, and citizenship classes.