Mission: St. Louis is a non-profit organization seeking to transform the city of St. Louis by meeting the needs of - and restoring dignity to - people living in at-risk communities. Mission: St. Louis rightfully engages community members as experts in their communities by addressing needs raised by community members in everyday conversations. Programs are designed with an understanding that conversations cannot and will not occur without first intentionally building relationships between residents and staff.
Mission: St. Louis serves residents of several at-risk neighborhoods in greater St. Louis, namely Forest Park Southeast, Hamilton Heights, Peabody, and Edwardsville. These are areas that generally have higher-than-average poverty rates and traditionally have many needs.
Descriptions of our programs are available via our school, neighborhood, and events pages. If you would like to see which neighborhoods we serve, please visit Where We Serve.
Descriptions of our programs are available via our school, neighborhood, and events pages. Please fill out our volunteer interest form here. A staff member will get in touch with you shortly after you complete the form.
Visit our schedule here. We are also always looking for office and special event volunteers. Email with any questions and a staff member will get in touch with you shortly.
It depends. Our Community Loop work days are open to new volunteers and ongoing volunteers. These are one-day events that involve doing home repair. Our special events are also a great way to volunteer for one day and not have an ongoing commitment. For most of our other programs, such as our education programs or community programs, we do ask that you commit to serving on a continual basis.
Families can serve primarily through our Community Loop or Summer Sports Camp programs. We require that, if you are bringing your child/children to a service activity, you please attend to your children. There is potential to bring your children to other service activities, but we ask that you first contact a leader to find out if a specific program is appropriate for children.
You do not need a specific background in order to volunteer with any of our programs. Our education volunteers have a variety of experiences. People with teaching backgrounds and people who have spent time in inner-city schools are more than welcome to volunteer with us, but you certainly do not need that sort of background to be a valued member of our education team.
Mission: St. Louis currently works closely with The Journey (all campuses), Trailhead Church in Edwardsville, and August Gate in Soulard. We are always looking for churches to partner with - will you join us? Email for more information.
While we do love our Journey volunteers and encourage all Journey attenders to serve with us, we have volunteers from all sectors of society and would very much like to have you serve with us.
You can donate by going to our Support Us web page and reading more about our giving opportunities. Alternately, here is a direct link to our paypal site.
All donations are deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. We provide tax letters every January containing details for all of an individual's/family's donations. If you have remaining questions, please contact a tax professional.
Mission: St. Louis receives its funding from a variety of sources. We receive grants from foundations, sponsorships from corporate partners, private donations from individuals, and revenue from special events we host. For a specific financial breakdown, please visit our financials page here.
Mission: St. Louis has been in existence since 2006. Read our history here.
Mission: St. Louis has six full-time and one part-time staff members. We also have six full-time volunteers through the AmeriCorps*VISTA program and two graduate interns. See our staff page here.
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