4344 Shaw Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 246-9670
Standard Adding Machine Company was founded in the early 1900s and was the first company to release a 10-key adding machine. The machine was a breakthrough for its time because it dramatically modernized computing. Earlier key driven adding machines, like the comptometer, featured eight or more columns of nine keys, which made them cumbersome and costly and their operators prone to mistakes. The 10 keys were set on a single row.The invention won an international grand prize during the 1904 World's Fair and was heralded as a "modern life preserver" in an office journal.HistoryWilliam H. Hopkins, the inventor of the Standard Adding Machine, was a minister. When he moved to St. Louis in 1885 he served as chaplain and then pastor of St. Louis Second Christian Church. He continued to invent during those years and to find better ways to make an adding machine. In the 1890s, he left Second Christian Church and became assistant editor of the company that published The Christian Evangelist.The Standard Adding Machine Company released the first 10-key adding machine in between 1901 and 1903. William Hopkins filed his first patent on October 4, 1892. Hopkins' success led to competition. By 1915, other adding machine companies were vying for business. In 1916, Hopkins died, and his company began to decline.Standard Adding Machine closed in 1921. In the decades since, the building housed businesses such as St. Louis Pump & Equipment Co., Lee Paper Co., and most recently, Harrison-Williams Store Fixtures. Vacant since 2003, the building was renovated in 2005 by Aquinas Institute of Theology.RecognitionBecause of the historical significance of the adding machine, the Standard Adding Machine building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark. The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis. The Garden offers 79 acres of beautiful horticultural display, including a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden, Henry Shaw's original 1850 estate home, and one of the world's largest collections of rare and endangered orchids. For over 154 years, the Garden has been an oasis in the city, a place of beauty and family fun—and also a center for education, science, and conservation. Grow With Us For information about working at the Garden, visit www.mobot.org/jobs
PlantingScience was launched with a start-up grant from National Science Foundation.The program is of no cost for science teachers. The program supports teachers as one means of tackling our acute need for improved science literacy on a local and national scale. Recognizing that science and innovation are critical in ensuring a prosperous and sustainable future, the BSA developed PlantingScience as a direct response to a challenge from The National Academies to become leaders in supporting inquiry-based Science, Math, Engineering and Technology Education (STEM). PlantingScience is designed to facilitate three core concepts recognized by the National Research Council to facilitate learning: hands-on, inquiry-based science; peer-to-peer dialog and team learning; mentorship support from topical experts.
The EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden is a group devoted to an increasingly vital goal: conservation of energy and other natural resources for the future, otherwise known as “sustainability”—meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs presentations about the many ways that plants, air, water, soil and energy sustain our homes, our health and our living Earth.
SNIA works closely with elected officials, police and other community leaders to better the quality of life in our neighborhood. Plus, we market the neighborhood to potential residents, through community events.
The festival is named for the old bus and trolley turn around on Thurman between Botanical and Magnolia, known as the Thurman Loop. We're closing the streets at Shenandoah and Thurman from alley to alley and bringing live music, spoken word performances and beautiful arts and crafts to our neighbors and friends. This is a casual family event with no admission charge. Please join us on Friday from 5 PM to 1AM, and Saturday from12PM to 1AM
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 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.
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.
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!
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!
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.