Independence Center is committed to providing a comprehensive system of high quality programs and services that assists adults in the St. Louis metropolitan area with serious and persistent mental illnesses to live and work in the community, independently and with dignity. To accomplish its mission, the Center promotes rehabilitation and employment, provides educational, social and housing opportunities and offers training in its approach to community based care.
The 4522 Club, aka The Lindell Club, is a private social club that hosts a variety of Twelve Step recovery meetings. We are supported by our members, guests are welcome.
Cornerstone endeavors to prepare students for a lifetime of positive social interaction and learning. We believe that children learn best from active involvement with all aspects of the world. From their earliest days at Cornerstone, students explore the beginnings of reading, writing, math, art and science as they play in water, pound on playdough, draw and paint, sing and dance, or cook and bake. Through "hands on/minds on" learning, they build the early foundations of autonomous behavior, taking responsibility for their learning, and accepting the natural consequences of their decisions.
Our work is guided by the Seven Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: 1. Life and Dignity of the Human Person 2. Call to Family, Community, and Participation 3. Rights and Responsibilities 4. Option for the Poor and Vulnerable 5. The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers 6. Solidarity 7. Care for God's Creation
According to U.S. Census information from 2000, there were some 11,700 responsible for raising their grandchildren in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. Our program will serve those grandparent caregivers, great- grandparent caregivers in St. Louis and St. Louis County that need assistance or resources to raise their grandchildren to be healthy and productive.
Person by Person, as People for People, we make good choices to help people make their own. This is the belief that drives our programming of empowerment. We uphold a mission of hope: MPM Haiti works directly with individuals and families in Haiti in programs of self-empowerment and essential relief through such programs as: • Education scholarships • Microcredit small business startups for entrepreneurial women • Vocational education and training in a highly competitive job market • Water purification and health education for families • Direct relief, such as nutrition, clean water, medical referral and adequate shelter for those in greatest need
The Optimist Club of Metro St. Louis is a service club affiliated with the non-profit organization, Optimist International. This club chartered on September 25, 2013. We participate in volunteer work and fundraising that will benefit underprivileged members in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. We also work with Optimist International's Childhood Cancer Campaign (http://www.optimist.org/ccc) to provide support to cancer research, to healthcare providers, to families, care partners and to cancer patients. Optimist International has already met a $1 million commitment to fund an Endowed Research Fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Last year (2012-13) a new pledge of $500,000 was made to Johns Hopkins in the new Cure Childhood Cancer Campaign.
Located at 1126 S. Kingshighway in St. Louis, MO, Little Bit of Haven provides a home away from home for families traveling to St. Louis from afar with a seriously ill or injured family member requiring a hospital stay. Since St. Louis is recognized as having some of the best doctors in the nation, it is not uncommon for families to travel hundreds or thousands of miles away for the best care. We offer a 6 bedroom, 3 story home, available 24 hours a day, within walking distance to St. Louis Children's and Barnes Jewish Hospital. Allowing family members to stay close by enables them to communicate with doctors as well as be there for their loved one at any time of day. Being so close is just as important as the actual medical care they receive. When families are faced with a medical crisis, the last thing they should have to think about is where they can afford to stay, where they will do their laundry, where they will get their next meal or where they can lay their heads. A Little Bit of Haven seeks to provide just that, rest and peace, at little or sometimes no cost, depending on the situation. We are part of the Acts 1:8 Mission Society which is a 501(c)3 and recognized service organization under the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. For more information please e-mail us at [email protected]
Person by Person, as People for People, we make good choices to help people make their own. This is the belief that drives our programming of empowerment. We uphold a mission of hope: MPM Haiti works directly with individuals and families in Haiti in programs of self-empowerment and essential relief through such programs as: • Education scholarships • Microcredit small business startups for entrepreneurial women • Vocational education and training in a highly competitive job market • Water purification and health education for families • Direct relief, such as nutrition, clean water, medical referral and adequate shelter for those in greatest need
We are a federal tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation. We meet regularly with our Board of Directors and as of January 2007, we send newsletters to our LGBTQ email list, which includes current Center-sponsored events and volunteer opportunities.
FREE ADMISSION -- The Saint Louis Science Center is one of the top five science centers in the United States. Recently named one of the Top 10 Science Centers for Families by Parents magazine and one of America's most visited museums by Forbes Traveler Magazine - the only museum in Missouri to be named to either list. Its mission is to ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning.
CID is a school where children who are deaf and hard of hearing learn to listen, talk, read and succeed. We serve families and their children birth-age 12 and provide educational resources for listening and spoken language professionals.
At City Greens Market we believe nutritious food is an essential component of a happy and healthy life. Food is our body's fuel. People unite around food - sharing meals and memories with family, friends, and neighbors. Our community should have access to healthy, fresh, and affordable choices to fuel our bodies and minds. And we can make this happen! City Greens Market sells products from local Missouri and Illinois farmers. And it's all sold AT COST. How are we able to do so? With the support of our members! We need your support! Our non-profit organization is supported through memberships. Houesholds with higher incomes (over $30,000) pay an annual membership donation, while families with lower incomes (under $30,000) join as members without donating. Then everybody shops at the same prices - AT COST! Instead of marking up our products to make a profit, our paid members make the profit for us. PLEASE HELP US serve our neighbors by making healthy food accessible. City Greens Market is a local food OASIS smack-dab in the middle of a food DESERT. FOOD FOR ALL!
YWBCP is dedicated to serving young survivors and their families by providing support and education; advocating for young women through diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship; and advancing research focused on early-onset breast cancer.
DEAF Way Interpreting Services provides interpreting services that empower deaf people or people who are hard of hearing to have clear, effective communication in any situation. DEAF Way provides the very best interpreters on a fee-for-service basis to organizations, companies and government agencies for a single assignment or on an ongoing basis. We are committed to quality and satisfaction, and we ensure that all DEAF Way services meet or exceed customers’ expectations.
What can one person do? Buying a blessing basket and encouraging your friends to follow in your philanthropic foot steps goes further toward ending the cycle of poverty than you might imagine. As a certified nonprofit organization we have only ONE mission: lift the artisans we serve out of poverty. We pay our artisans a Prosperity Wage, which is significantly beyond fair trade, in fact more than anyone else in the world. Our mission is achieved when the artisan uses their Prosperity Wages to start businesses and graduate from our program into a life of substainable financial independence.
Family P.R.I.D.E. (Parental Resources, Infant Development and Environment), Midtown's outreach to pregnant moms and parents of newborns and toddlers is 15 years old in 2008. The program was designed to provide support and resources to new parents and families where healthy births were a concern. Since its beginnings many healthy babies have been born. In 2008, Midtown was established as a "Pregnancy Resource Center" allowing a focus on pregnant moms, especially adolescents. A library of books for moms and kids was established. Also, a monthly store is available to participants where they may receive diapers, developmental toys and books, bus tickets, children's clothing or other needed items. At Midtown, there is a celebration of life everyday!
The goals of The First Tee are to see participants graduate from high school on time with the life skills needed to succeed in college and life, with the ability to make healthy choices and with the desire to positively impact their communities.
The educational philosophy at Shaw Avenue Children's Center is demonstrated by the following: We include a diverse group of families and staff. Our smaller overall enrollment size and our small child to teacher ratios are comfortable for very young children. Our encouraging learning environment is formed by our knowledge of individual child development, as opposed to a school model based on age requirements. We promote the growth of children's emotional security and confidence as a foundation for their mental and physical growth. Teams of teachers model the decision-making and cooperation that we expect children to learn. The practice of our Peace Table process confirms that young children have the ability to reach mutually agreeable solutions.