On February 24, 2011, I took my first steps into the world of Mission: St. Louis. At that point, our offices were located in The Luminary, we had four full-time and four part-time staff members, and I was their very first AmeriCorps*VISTA. Since then, we've been moved into our own office space for ...
On October 15th, Mission: St. Louis hosted its annual fundraiser, Night for the Town. Now in its fourth year, the event was held at Grand Center's Moto Museum and once again provided a wide variety of silent auction items, great food, and dancing to the tunes of Jake Gehret & the Brokedown ...
Fall is a busy time at Mission: St. Louis. Our annual fundraiser, Night for the Town, was held on October 15th at the Moto Museum and was a smashing success. Our Empower Sports Camp for the Roosevelt Basketball team occurred last week. Jobs for Life is planning its first ever graduation. We're ...
My last blog was all about how I loved Morning Reading and getting to know the two girls I worked with twice a week. Since school let out for the summer and Morning Reading is not in session, I have started to build relationships with some of the Forest Park Southeast/Botanical Heights kids at ...
At 5:45am on Thursday, April 14, a contingent of Mission: St. Louis staff and interns, The Journey staff, and pastors from August Gate Church in Soulard gathered at Mission: St. Louis's new office in Forest Park Southeast. We were headed to Chicago for the day to catch the 2011 Gospel ...
As of this coming Friday, I will have worked at Mission: St. Louis for exactly one month. I'm the newest full-time addition to the M:StL staff and am participating in the AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) program. I was hired by Mission: St. Louis to be a member of the ...