4385 Maryland Ave
St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 535-1919 Ext 2702
We host several social meet-ups. Black Men's Exchange, REAL Chat, Sunday Movie Night, Game Night, Spoken Word, Art, Happy Hour, Extended HIV/STD Testing Hours, Family & Friends Cook Out, Free Wi-Fi and much more! Located near the Central West End, Midtown areas of St. Louis City (Missouri).
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.
Well of Life is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization that seeks to empower at-risk-youth and young adults who come from economically underprivileged backgrounds through education and modeling. The organization will seek to identify and challenge patterns of irrational thinking that lead to problematic behavior, limiting the potential of youth and young adults. "Well Of Life" will lead the youth through these steps to increase their feeling of self-worth. Well of Life will accomplish this through: camps, classes & our mentoring strategy the organization will work to empower youth to overcome stereotypical images posited by society & media that minority youth are innately criminal, inferior intellectually, unable to attain to a higher character & morals.
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
Welcome to EMO 2013-2014. I am Daniel E. Rothe, Governor for this term and I am looking forward to a fun and fantastic year as we grow our Eastern District of Missouri. I have already set some goals, which are listed elsewhere in the directory; I have also tried to place some key people in positions to accomplish great things this year. So if I have asked you to help with anything, I am confident you will do your best to make this a successful year in helping to bring out the best in our kids of EMO. I have arranged training sessions for each of our three Conferences; I hope everyone will be able to attend. I would like to keep up the momentum that Past Governor Larry Ream achieved during his 2012-13 term and would like to join with our district members as we move onto the next level, in our growing our Optimist communities, in both more new clubs and more new members in each of our existing clubs. I am always interested in hearing about new ideas, you may have, and alternative ways to make our district a more vibrant and fun place to grow Optimism so as to become more visible, in a positive manner, where ever our journey takes us. Our theme this year is “A Look at the Sunny Side” as taken from our Optimist creed. I had a banner made up, which we raised for the first time this year, at the St. Louis St. Patrick’s Day Parade. I plan to bring this to the district meetings to liven up the atmosphere at the Embassy Suites. I have talked to our International President, Ron Huxley, and he is willing to help us achieve anything we desire to achieve. With the cooperation of Optimists locally and worldwide we can make great things happen for the betterment of our world. Thanks. Daniel Rothe, Governor
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.
During the event, teams of people gather at schools, fairgrounds, or parks and take turns walking or running laps. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.