A Run for Hope 5K Run & 1 Mile Family Fun Walk Saturday, March 31, 2012 @ Queeny Park 550 Weidman Road St. Louis MO 63131. 
Proceeds benefit Annie’s Hope – The Bereavement Center for Kids whose mission is to provide comprehensive support services to children, teens and their families who are grieving the death of someone significant.
5K starts at 8 AM; 1 Mile Family Fun Walk starts at 8:15 AM.
Meet in the upper parking lot on the west side of the park. No rollerblades, bicycles, or pets. Strollers Welcome.
Awards: 5K Race: overall female and male finishers; top female and male finishers by age group.
Entry Fee: Individual: $25 by Wednesday March 28th, 2012 & $30 on-site on race day. Family Group Entry Fee: $60 (up to 4 people, min. 2 kids, $10 each additional child after 4 people) & $65 on-site on Race Day.
Registration: On-Line: events.bigriverrunning.com
Mail/In Person: Annie’s Hope 1333 W. Lockwood Ste 104 Glendale, MO 63122 Fax 314-918-1438.
T-Shirts are provided to all pre-registered participants. T-Shirts available for race day registrants as supplies last.
PACKET PICKUP: Thursday & Friday, March 29th, 2-7 PM & March 30th, 9 AM-5 PM at
Annie’s Hope. 1333 W. Lockwood, Ste 104 Glendale, MO 63122.Race day pickup beginning at 7 AM.
A SPECIAL TRIBUTE! Buy a memorial balloon for release at race start. Can’t Join Us? Make a donation & become a “Friend of Hope!”
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Annie’s Hope at 314-965-5015, visit www.annieshope.org, or email annieshopekids@aol.com
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About Annie’s Hope
Annie’s Hope is a community based nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide comprehensive support services for children, teens and their families who are grieving the death of someone significant.
The St. Louis Bereavement Center for Young People, d/b/a Annie’s Hope is a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. Our EIN is: 43-1801433. It is our goal to be the “go to” bereavement center focused solely on providing the most comprehensive services to meet the needs of grieving children, adolescents and their families in the greater St. Louis region.
Save the Date – August 5 & 6, 2012 – 2nd Annual Gateway Golf Benefit for Special Olympics Missouri
22 Feb2012
SAVE THE DATE!
The 2nd Annual Gateway Golf Benefit for Special Olympics Missouri
Returns to Norwood Country Club on August 5, & 6, 2012
Our Annual Gateway Golf & Gala takes place on Sunday, August 5 at 4:30 p.m. Join us for cocktails, silent and live auctions hosted by a local celebrity and buffet style dinner. It’s a great opportunity to socialize and connect with other Special Olympics Missouri supporters.
If you are a golfer, join us again Monday, August 6 at 6:30 a.m. for our golf tournament. The day starts with breakfast, contests, and another round of silent auction bidding, before golfers take to the tees! The afternoon golfers may begin registering at 11:00am with their shotgun start promptly at 1:00pm. Afternoon golfers will also have a chance to bid on a round of afternoon silent auction items and enjoy a post-tournament cocktail hour with appetizers.
If you are interested in being a sponsor, joining the planning committee or participating in the 2nd Annual Golf Tournament, please contact Yolanda Fisher at Special Olympics Missouri at 314.961.7755 or fisher@somo.org.
About Special Olympics of Missouri:
Special Olympics provides year round athletic training and competition for thousands of children and adults with mental disabilities, at no cost to the participants. We are also transforming communities by inspiring people to open their minds, to accept and include people with intellectual disabilities, celebrating differences among all people…recognizing and respecting the similarities we all share.
For more information or to make a donation visit http://somo.org/
The STL Women’s Invitational announced today that they will hold the 4th Annual STL Women’s Invitational benefiting Siteman Cancer Center on June 16, 2012
at Riverside Golf Course, 1210 Larkin Williams Road, Fenton, Missouri 63026.
Schedule of Events 
- Included in the fee of $55.00 or $200 per foursome is green fees, golf cart, lunch, beverages on the course, Silent auction and Awards ceremony.
- The Event will kick off with a Luncheon beginning at 11:30
- Shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. followed by a Silent Auction and Awards ceremony with appetizers set to begin at 4:30 p.m.
- Contest and many other golfing activities will be available during the event.
Sponsorship/Player Opportunities
Many Sponsorship and player opportunities are still available. In addition, the STL Women’s Invitational is seeking items for the Silent Auction.
Founded in 2009, The STL Women’s Invitational works to bring Women together for a day of fun and camaraderie while raising funds to benefit St. Louis charities.
For more information on STL Women’s Invitational visit:
http://www.womensinvitational-stl.com or contact Sheila Craig at s.craig@womensinvitational-stl.com
The Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine is the only National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in Missouri and within a 240-mile radius of St. Louis. Siteman is also one of only 20 national members of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the world’s leading cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of oncology practice so patients can live better lives. For more information, visit http://www.siteman.wustl.edu .
Welcome home the HEROES – Jan. 28, 2012
23 Jan2012
While U.S. troops remain engaged in combat operations around the world, let us unite to give thanks and support to the brave men and women who have served in Iraq and are now returning home. 
Join the entire St. Louis community in supporting the first-ever Welcome Home the Heroes from Iraq Parade on Saturday, January 28. The parade will take place in downtown St. Louis from noon to 5 PM, beginning at the corner of Choteau and 4th Street and ending at Union Station with a veteran’s resource fair.
Volunteers in the City of St. Louis are needed to make January 28th a worthy tribute to our troops. Volunteer through the link below to be a part of this historic day.
Visit https://missioncontinues.zissousecure.com/events_calendar/details/Iraqparade3 for more information, to volunteer and to make your donation today!
We invite you to invest in the present and future students of Cardinal Ritter College Prep. For more than 30 years Cardinal Ritter has been a leader in urban high school education. Thanks to the generosity of the civic and corporate community, individual investors and the Archdiocese of St. Louis, we are the Good News in education for our city!
On February 10, 2012 Cardinal Ritter is hosting its Annual Gala, Celebrating Success in Urban Education, at the Missouri Athletic Club downtown St. Louis. Archbishop Robert Carlson will be honored at the Gala for his commitment to Cardinal Ritter’s three-fold mission of faith development, academic excellence, and leadership.
The high school graduation rate in public schools in St. Louis city is less than 50 percent, but Cardinal Ritter consistently graduates 100 percent of its students. We’re proud of our record of success, and we’re committed to doing even better by growing our enrollment and serving as many students as possible!
Nationwide, 70 percent of all students graduate high school. The high school graduation rate in public schools in St. Louis city is less than 50 percent. Cardinal Ritter College Prep offers an educational alternative to families in the St. Louis area:
- 100% of our students graduate high school
- 98% of our students achieve acceptance to college
- Average $2.3 million in college scholarship monies offered per year for last four graduating classes
- 74% of graduated seniors complete their collegiate studies
- 65% of those graduates return to the St. Louis area
Missouri Athletic Club
405 Washington Avenue • St. Louis, MO 63102
6:00 P.M. – Cocktails in the Art Lounge
7:00 P.M. – Invocation, Dinner, and Program in the Missouri Room
Table of 10 – $2,500
Individual Tickets – $250
Business attire
Please respond by February 1, 2012
For more information visit the Cardinal Ritter website: http://archstl.org/ttef/page/
To select sponsorship opportunities please download: 2012 Gala Sponsorship Packet Final
For the complete invitation download: CRCP Gala_Invitation
Speak Up and Run For CASA Kids
A 5kRun/Walk and Kid’s Quarter Mile Dash
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Tower Grove Park – Sons of Rest Pavilion 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM Registration
8:00 AM – Race Start; 8:45 AM – Kid’s Quarter Mile Dash
- Prizes for top male and female finishers
- Meet Rampage from the St. Louis Rams in the Kids Corner
- $20 in advance, $25 week of race, $10 kids 12 and under
- Pre-race packet pickup at Big River – South City on 6/16 and 6/17
- Visit www.voices-stl.org/events for more information and online registration, or call 314.552.2512
Race managed by Big River Running Company
Proceeds benefit Voices for Children‘s mission to speak on behalf of abused and neglected children in St. Louis city foster care.
Friends of Voices is a vibrant, diverse group of young adults that brings volunteers, funds and community awareness to Voices’ mission.
For more information on the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association click on the link to visit the Voices for Children website.
Mission
The mission of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association, together with its state and local members, is to support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so they can thrive in safe, permanent homes.
History
CASA’s inception dates back to 1977, when a Seattle judge, concerned over making decisions about abused and neglected children’s lives without sufficient information, conceived a way to ensure their placement in a safe and loving environment. His idea to train community volunteers to speak for the best interests of children in court was so successful that, soon, judges across the country began utilizing citizen advocates.
In 1990, the US Congress encouraged CASA programs’ expansion with the passage of the Victims of Child Abuse Act. Today, more than 1,018 CASA program offices operate in 49 states. Approximately 83% of CASA programs have been active for more than a decade.
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St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired Awards Leslie Dana Gold Medal to Dr. Harry Quigley
21 Apr2011
Dr. Quigley of Johns Hopkins University is 62nd recipient of esteemed honor awarded annually since 1925.
APRIL 15, 2011, St. Louis, Missouri…Dr. Harry Quigley, a St. Louis native and foremost scholar and clinician on glaucoma, is the 62nd recipient of the distinguished Leslie Dana Gold Medal, an internationally renowned honor the St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired has awarded since 1925. e St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impair
Dr. Quigley is the Director of Glaucoma and Director of the Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
His research work has improved the early diagnosis of glaucoma and he has developed instruments and techniques that help better identify glaucoma damage. He was the first to report long-term success with laser iridotomy and his suturing technique for trabeculectomy has been widely adopted.
Dr. Quigley attended St. Louis Country Day School (now MICDS) and graduated with honors from Harvard University before being elected to Alpha Omega Alpha honors at Johns Hopkins Medical School. He did an ophthalmic residency at Wilmer Eye Institute and a fellowship at Bascom Palmer Institute in Miami. He received the Leslie Dana Fold Medal on April 9 at the Society’s 100th Anniversary gala dinner themed “Celebrate a Century: EnVision the Future” in St. Louis.
He is a founding member of the American Glaucoma Society and has published 300 peer-reviewed articles, the most cited in ophthalmic literature by his colleagues over the last 30 years (Archives of Ophthalmology, 2007). He was elected chief executive officer of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and also was elected Editor-in-Chief of the most prestigious journal in vision research, Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
Dr. Quigley has participated in pioneering studies of the epidemiology of eye disease and glaucoma in American, African, Asian, and Hispanic populations and served as ophthalmologist for the Baltimore Eye Survey, the first population-based study of U.S. eye disease.
The late Mr. Leslie Dana of St. Louis was interested in work for blind people and prevention of blindness. For the purpose of increasing interest in eye research, prevention and social work related to the problems of blindness, he established a medal fund in 1925 and named the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired as trustee with requirements it be awarded in St. Louis. Mr. Dana mandated that the medal be awarded based on “Long, meritorious service for the conservation of eyesight research and instruction in ophthalmology, social service for control of eye diseases, or special discoveries in the domain of general science or medicine of exceptional importance in conservation of vision.”
The medal is a sculpture of a young child sitting on her mother’s lap, both with outstretched arms. The medical symbol Caduceus is directly below a half sun image with rays spreading in all directions and the words “Let The Light Remain.” The logo for the Leslie Dana Medal Award is molded in 10 carat gold.
The Society is a registered 501 C (3) not-for-profit organization; donations to the Society may be tax-deductible. The Society enhances independence, empowers individuals and enriches the lives of people who are blind and visually impaired and their families. It provides older adults who are newly visually impaired or blind due to age-related eye conditions with home-based services, specialized services and community activities. It also renders services to school-age students in Illinois and Missouri. It is the only agency of its kind serving greater St. Louis, and the second oldest of its kind west of the Mississippi River.
For more information about Society activities and sponsorship opportunities, please see the Society website at or call David Ekin at 314.968.9000. Media relations contact: Jeff Dunlap at 314.993.6925.
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Children’s Miracle Network “Race for Miracles” Family 5K Run/Walk
Saturday May 7th 7:30am-10:30am
Chesterfield Valley near Wehrenberg 14 Galaxy
Registration by April 29th $18.00, Late Registration by May 4th $20.00, Day of Race Registration $25.00
All participants will be given t-shirts and kids will get t-shirts and ribbons. Awards will be given to men and women in various age groups.
CMN benefits local hospitalized Children at Cardinal Glennon Medical Center and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
www.cmn-stl.org (Online registration should be set-up soon!) You can also register by mail: 1445 South Outer Forty Road Chesterfield, MO 63017
Rock Out! for MS, March 26, 2011
14 Mar2011
Rock Out! for MS 2011 is taking place on March 26th at The Crack Fox (1114 Olive Street downtown STL).
Artist performing will be:
As Seen from the Dawn,
Kevin Babb,
Good Question,
Riley James and the Bad Men, and
Soma
Tickets are $10 and this is a 21 and up show.
There will be 50/50 and raffle drawings along with the fantastic music and all proceeds go to the National MS Society Gateway Chapter. Come out and help us fight for that cure we have been waiting for!!
Doors at 6:30 pm, show at 7:00 pm.
There will be T shirts for sale, 50/50 drawings, and raffle drawings.
For more details go to www.myspace.com/rockout4ms or you can find me on Facebook.
Kyle Andrews
More from Kyle – What’s up guys, my name is Kyle. My mom was diagnosed with MS when I was four years old, but she never seemed to miss anything. She was a single mom with a full-time job and three boys to take care of. Somehow in between working and coping with the pain of her disease, she found time to take us to ball games, help us with homework, and teach us everything we need to know for our journey in life. She taught us work ethics, how to love, how to have a good time, and most importantly she taught us to ROCK! Rock out! for MS is my attempt to thank her for everything she has ever done for me… so let’s start the rockin’!
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- Tags: MS Society Gateway Chapter
Come Celebrate 100th Anniversary of St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired April 9, 2011
28 Feb2011
100th Anniversary of St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired Will be Celebrated April 9 With Gala VIP Cocktail Reception & Dinner with Presentation of the Esteemed Leslie Dana Award
Society Also Will Present Legacy Awards to Honorees at Event Hosted at Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark
The public is invited to join leaders in medicine, business, sports, philanthropy, education and local government as they help the St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired celebrate its 100th Anniversary with a gala VIP reception and awards dinner on Saturday, April 9, 2011 in downtown St. Louis.
Themed “Celebrate a Century: EnVISION the Future”, the gala will feature a champagne and cocktail reception, gourmet dinner and wine service, sumptuous desserts, a “Box of Air” auction, live music for dancing and, also, presentations of the internationally distinguished Leslie Dana Gold Medal. Society Legacy Awards for individual
Don Marsh, veteran TV news anchor and current host of KWMU-FM radio’s “St. Louis on the Air” program, will be the evening’s master of ceremonies. The event will be hosted in the Arch View Ballroom at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark at One South Broadway, St. Louis, 63102.
William O. DeWitt, III, President of the St. Louis Cardinals, is Honorary Chairman of the Society’s 100th Anniversary Celebrations in 2011. Mr. DeWitt said, “The Society is an integral asset for our community that helps thousands of children, adults and senior citizens overcome vision challenges and discover new ways of living, working, and enriching their lives.
“I sincerely look forward to helping the Society celebrate its centennial year at this gala fundraising dinner, and welcome all who can attend,” Mr. DeWitt said.
Sheila Sweeney, Vice Chair of the Society Board of Directors and Chair of 100th Anniversary Year Celebrations, said, “We are very enthusiastic about celebrating the Society’s centennial year with this gala awards dinner. It is a unique and enjoyable event that helps support the Society’s vital service mission of serving blind and visually impaired people of all ages.”
“Celebrate a Century: EnVISION the Future” begins with the champagne and cocktail reception at 6:00 p.m. Dinner and wine service begins at 7:15 p.m., followed by presentations of the esteemed Leslie Dana Gold Medal Award which the Society has awarded since 1925 and, also, Society Legacy Awards. Classic rock dance music by the popular group Jasha and The Sixty Minute Men will begin at 9:00 p.m. Dress for the evening is black-tie optional.
Society President David Ekin, ACSW, LCSW, said, “The Society is very proud of our heritage of providing programs and services for blind and visually impaired people and their families in metro St. Louis since 1911. We are excited about making new friends and celebrating with our patrons at this festive event for people in all walks of life.”
Tickets for “Celebrate a Century: EnVISION” the Future” at $175 per person include free parking, reserved table seating at the reception and dinner, open bar access until 11:00 PM, plus live music and dancing until 11:30 pm. Dinner sponsorships at various levels for corporations and businesses are available.
For reservations or sponsorship information, please call the Society at 314.968.9000 or visit the website http://www.SLSBVI.org.
Founded in 1911, the St. Louis Society for the Blind & Visually Impaired enhances independence, empowers individuals and enriches the lives of people who are blind and visually impaired and their families. Its committed staff provides specialized Vision Rehabilitation, Orientation & Mobility, Adaptive Education, Assistive Technology, Children’s Services and Support Services. It provides older adults who are newly visually impaired or blind due to age-related eye conditions with home-based services, specialized agency services and community activities. It also renders services to school-age students in Illinois and Missouri. It is the only agency of its kind serving greater St. Louis, and the second oldest of its kind west of the Mississippi River.
For more information about Society activities and sponsorship opportunities, please see the Society website at http://SLSBVI.org/ or call David Ekin at 314.968.9000.
Media relations contact: Jeff Dunlap at 314.993.6925.
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