Volunteers will be invited to work on a number of projects. We are a donation-based office and would need volunteers to sort and organize the donations, sort baby clothes, check expiration dates on formula and baby food, repackage diapers , clean toys and other jobs.

 Location:  7259 Lansdowne Ave

                St. Louis, MO 63119

One mile fun walk.  Volunteers are needed to act as Court Mashalls and work at the canteen halfway though the walk.

 Location: 100 North Main Street

               O'Fallon, MO 63366

 

Pasta Fare will participate as a vendor in Fairview Heiights Chamber's first annual Wing Fest on 9/11. A portion of the registration fee will be donated to the local USO's. Pasta Fare's booth will honor the military and first responders by offering a discount on their wings. Activities include selling and serving food, set-up, stocking, breaking down booth and materials. It will be a 16 hour day/ 5 shifts will be available for 3 hours each. No special skills are required.

 Location is at the Pasta Fare

Each year, Neighborhood Houses serves as a registration and distribution site for the United Way 100 Neediest Cases program. In 2009, we registered more than 1600 families at our three neighborhood-based sites. This is nearly 100 of the total number served by the United Way's holiday assistance program in 2009. We are seeking volunteers to register families and enter data into the United Way's database during our annual registration day. We expect nearly 1000 familes to come through the doors of our three centers (Caroline Mission, 2828 Caroline Dignity House, 812 Union Hand St. James Center, 1455 College) throughout the day, which will run from 8am-4pm. Volunteers will verify demographic and contact information, assist families in completing the short paper registration forms, and input data into the United Way database. Volunteers inputting data will need at least basic computer skills.

While this is not precisely what Mission Continues has advertised, it is our belief that there needs to be recognition that Americans have served communities around the world, and continue to do so.  This project, run by the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe, has mission personnel, many of whom are veterans of the Vietnam era and later, volunteering service on a number of Embassy "Self-Help" Projects designed to improve the lives of poor and underserved Zimbabweans.  Zimbabwean veterans of a number of past conflicts will also be invited to participate in this project (see attached flyer), which will kick off on September 11 and culminate in a program for local orphans on November 11.  Ambassador Charles A. Ray, a 20-year army veteran and Vietnam-era vet, will lead the project.  Projects that will be supported are mainly in the rural districts around the capitol, Harare.

Resource Center: Foster and Adoptive parenting is a rewarding - but demanding job.  We offer many support groups, training, advocacy newsletter a resaleshop ant the Little Wishes program.

Project: Sorting through donations at their KidSmart location: 2109 South Spring,

 

Volunteers can complete a variety of duties inlcuding: laundry, dishes, scoop poop, give dogs water, sweep, mop, dust, pick up trash around facility, clean windows and doors, take out trash, walk dogs, clean dog or cat kennels. We have all supplies needed to complete these tasks.

Location: 4850 Mid Rivers Mall Drive

O'Fallon,MO 63376

To celebrate those who have so bravely served our counry and protected our freedom, volunteers will be painting patriotic sun catchers for residents or patients at the VA Medical Center in Jefferson Barracks. The project will be conducted at our Chapter office. It is estimated that 30 volunteers should be able to complete the project within 3 hours. Once the sun catchers are dry (usually in 3 days), they will be distributed to the patients or residents. No special skills are involved other than being creative and to have full use of at least one hand. The reason we chose the VA hospital is because we already have a relationship there since the Chapter is affiliated with the MS Center at the VA.

 Location: 1867 Lackland Hill Parkway 

St. Louis, MO 63146

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Projects will assist residents with a craft project in the Senior and Adult program.  We will be making commemorative mosaics with plaster and red/white/blue tiles.  Volunteers may be asked to assist residents from their home to the activity center and returning to their homes on campus once the project is completed.  No special skills are required for this project.

Location: 2200 Randolph Street

              St. Charles, MO 63301

Almost Home has two core program: long-term Transitional Housing, for 15 homeless teenage mothers (ages 12-19) and their children; and Apartment Living, a next step toward independence for 12 single mothers and their children.  Our goalis to help them learn to be self-sufficient and indpendent membors of society.

Project: Volunteers will be painting the fence a our facility.  This is an ongoing  project until we get it completed.  Our goal is to have it finished by the end of 2010.

 Location:3200 St. Vincent Ave., St. Louis, MO 63104