Volunteers Needed to Sort Donations

Round up of volunteer opportunities in December.

GED Classroom Volunteers Needed GED classroom volunteers are needed to tutor adults in basic reading, writing, and math. Classes are held at St. Charles Community College as well as seven off-campus locations. One is sure to be close to your home. Volunteers must have a high school diploma and be at least 18 years old, positive, friendly, and patient. Training is provided and no previous experience is necessary. To learn more or to volunteer, contact Jeanette Boria at jboria@stchas.edu or call 636-922-8504. Holiday fun at Crisis Nursery St. Charles 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Sunday, December 2, 2012 Volunteers will interact and play games with children residing in the nursery and help the agency make holiday decorations. Sign up here.  Sort holiday…

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Give Back: Organize Food Donated for Holiday Season

Check out our round up of volunteer opportunities.

Help with Scouting for Food Scouting for Food is a food drive Nov. 17. Scouts collect items to serve pantries during the holiday season. Volunteers are needed from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. to help with collecting, sorting and boxing food collected at firehouses on the bag collection day. Sign up here to help in Ferguson. Sign up here to help in Lemay.  Sign up here to help in University City.  Sign up here to help in Chesterfield. Sign up here to help in Webster Groves. Sign up here to help in Creve Coeur. Sign up here to help in Ballwin. Thanksgiving fun for Teen Girls Bring simple thanksgiving decorations, supplies for crafts and ingredients for baking cookies and have fun for a few hours with girls in residential care at Epworth in Webster …

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As Hurricane Sandy Hits, St. Louis Red Cross Volunteers Are There

Flights have been canceled at Lambert airport; the American Red Cross Greater St. Louis Region has dispatched 14 volunteers and five emergency response vehicles; Ameren is also dispatching utility workers east.

As the East Coast begins to be hammered by Hurricane Sandy, the St. Louis chapter of the American Red Cross has dispatched regional volunteers and emergency response vehicles to the storm-battered area. The American Red Cross Greater St. Louis Region, based in Creve Coeur, has now sent 14 volunteers and five emergency response vehicles, as the storm is already leaving tens of thousands without power.  More from the Red Cross: These volunteers from around the region are serving in the relief efforts in New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland. They are driving the emergency response vehicles, working in shelters, and assisting in the areas of mental health and staff health.  At this time, all further deployments, with the exception of …

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Julie Brown Patton

4:53 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012

American Red Cross already reports opening 112 overnight shelters in nine states, securing more than 230,000 shelf-stable meals, and deploying 1,300-plus trained Red Cross workers to areas most affected by Hurricane Sandy.   more ›

Benefit Concert Will Aid Richmond Heights Students

Concert for a Cause happens Aug. 22 at Ryan Hummert Park.

A benefit concert planned next month at Ryan Hummert Park will help students at a Richmond Heights elementary school. Donations of specified food items and suitcases on wheels will be accepted during Concert for a Cause at 6 p.m. Aug. 22. The items will benefit students at Maplewood Richmond Heights Elementary School in Richmond Heights and at the Maplewood Richmond Heights Early Childhood Center in Maplewood. Maplewood band UJ & The Down Home Blues will perform at the event, which is sponsored by the Maplewood Community Betterment Foundation and the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District. More information about the benefit and the Weekend on Wheels program is available on the MRH School District website.

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Nate Birt

4:11 pm on Friday, August 3, 2012

You're very welcome, Jeannine! Sorry for the delayed response. :)   more ›

Online Quiz: Where Should You Volunteer?

Use this online quiz to match your skills and availability with local organizations that need volunteers.

Volunteering your time is a great way to support your Patch community and give back to those around you. But finding a volunteer opportunity that matches your skills, schedule and passions can be a challenge. That’s why the United Way developed an online quiz that matches applicants to agencies desperately in need of extra hands. Before you take the quiz, take stock of what you’re looking for. So many organizations need extra help that you are sure to find something that matches your needs as well. Once you know what you are looking for, take the United Way’s Volunteer Interests Quiz, and take an important step toward bettering your community. Patch also has resources to connect volunteers with good causes. Just hover over "More Stuff" on …

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Riders Needed Memorial Day to Honor Freedom Fighters

Parade-like run to honor current military members, veterans and their families will begin in Fenton and end in High Ridge.

A new charitable foundation is sponsoring a Freedom Run that will circle St. Louis on Memorial Day to honor current military members, veterans and their families. The group, called Faces of Freedom Fighters, is seeking participants who will ride in the parade-like run in cars and trucks and on motorcycles. Entrants must register by Wednesday, May 25.  “We have about 100 participants so far, but we’re hoping for more,” said Martin Harris, the group’s founder and executive director. “We think this is the first time a run will circle the St. Louis area for veterans.” The run will begin in the parking lot of Stratford Inn at 800 S. Highway Drive in Fenton. Officials from the Fenton Fire Protection District will raise the flag to start the …

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Knights of Columbus Cook for a Cause

The barbecue raises money for area hospitals, the Special Olympics and other organizations.

Members of Knights of Columbus and ribs for the people who stopped by the barbecue at Schaeffer Shell. During the second weekend of each month from March through November (except August, when it's too hot), look for a Knights of Columbus crew at the corner of Big Bend Boulevard and Manchester Road. They'll be serving up delicious barbecue for passersby and drive-up customers. The proceeds benefit St. Vincent de Paul, Special Olympics and Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. September's barbecue will raise money for Backstoppers. The Knights of Columbus started raising money for the organization when Maplewood firefighter Ryan Hummert was killed in the line of duty in 2008. On that first weekend in 2008, more than $7,000 was raised in two …

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