Friday, December 7, 2012
Round up of volunteer opportunities in December.
(For instant news updates follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter.) 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. Sort holiday donations at Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Christy Blvd Thrift Store 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012 Volunteers will sort and organize …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Use the nifty, easy-to-use database below to see who in Olivette and across Missouri has donated to the Mitt Romney-President Obama Election 2012. You'll want to share this with your friends.
The final vote totals for the Election 2012 presidential race are several days off, but the final pre-election numbers for contributions to President Obama and Mitt Romney have been calculated. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) In Missouri, 25,561 contributions have come into the two candidates -- 20,508 for Obama and 5,053 for Romney. In Manchester, 70 contributions have come in for the president and 16 for Romney. In Town and Country, at least 13 contributions have come in for the president and at least 40 for Romney. To see who from Town and Country and Manchester -- or anybody from Missouri -- contributed to the campaigns, just type in the city name, or other information, in the appropriate …
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
MERS/Goodwill stores are offering a year of free movie tickets at Wehrenberg Theaters for tax-deductible donations of cars, boats, vans, and recreational vehicles—running or not.
It’s a win-win. Donate your car to MERS/Goodwill stores in December, and on top of your tax deduction, get a year of free movies at Wehrenberg Theaters. MERS/Goodwill partnered with the theater chain this month to entice residents to donate cars, trailers, jet skis, recreational vehicles, boats—as Roni Vetter, director of the car donation program, put it, “anything with a title or wheels.” Donors get one year’s worth of weekday movie passes at Wehrenberg Theaters in the St. Louis metro area, Springfield, Columbia and Jefferson City to use in 2012. Vehicle donations are getting major bang for their buck this year, something Vetter attributes to the economy. As household budgets shrink, families hold onto their cars longer, leaving fewer for…
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
"Patch" caught up with the Salvation Army to learn more about its well-known red kettle Christmas charity. Plus, where you can donate.
The Salvation Army bell ringers are part of the holiday tradition for St. Louis area shoppers. Right after Thanksgiving each year, the bell ringers make their way to their posts outside of department stores, drugstores and supermarkets. They bundle up and brave the cold, warmly greeting passersby and collecting donations for the Salvation Army’s Tree of Lights Program, which is a 12-week fundraiser the charity organization runs each year to help finance its work. “Once a year, The Salvation Army has the opportunity to take center stage for our cause, which is an incredibly important one, especially for the St. Louis region where we provide much-needed services for hundreds of thousands of individuals each year,” said Danni Eikenhorst, a …
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Town and Country's Public Art Commission is looking for local artists and donations from businesses and residents to bring more art to the city.
Town and Country's Public Art Commission is looking for local artists and donations from businesses and residents to bring more art to the city. Town and Country Councilwoman Lynn Wright told Town and Country-Patch that the commission is seeking donations from those who would like to help bring the first Town and County sculpture to the city through the art commission. Although this first sculpture will likely sit near the fire station at Mason and Clayton roads, Wright said she hopes more art will follow. "This isn't just that we want it for this location. We want art for different places," Wright said. "Just look at Chesterfield. It's amazing what they've done." In addition to donations, Wright said, the commission is looking for artists…
Monday, August 1, 2011
After the unexpected death of one of their own, coworkers say wife and mother, Lisa O'Brien, was more like family than a colleague.
On the morning of Friday July 22, a memorial service was held for Lisa O’Brien, the Town and Country Police Dispatcher turned communications specialist for West County Dispatch Center who unexpectedly passed at the age of 31 on July 18. (Read Previous Story: Town and Country Police Mourn Sudden Death of Dispatcher) The entire staff of the Town and Country Police Department was in attendance, a neighboring department volunteered to cover patrols. The entire 30+ staff coming to pay their respects was no surprise, the unanimous feeling among the Town and Country Police Department is that Lisa was more like a member of their family than just a coworker. “A lot of us treated Lisa and thought of Lisa like a little sister or even a daughter,” …
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West Central Dispatch Center
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Town and Country City Hall and Police Department
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Eagle Bank is donating lifesaving thermal imagers to 12 area fire departments, including the West County EMS and Fire Protection District.
Eagle Bank and Trust Company is donating lifesaving thermal imagers to 12 St. Louis area fire departments, including the West County EMS and Fire Protection District in Manchester. The donations are part of the bank's celebration of its 100th anniversary, a bank representative said in a release. Thermal imagers can help save the lives of both firefighters and victims during fire rescues, especially when there is heavy smoke. Bank Spokeswoman Susan Evans tells Patch that Eagle Bank donated the thermal imagers to make the celebration more about the neighborhoods that the bank serves versus just being about the bank. Evans said bank representatives consulted with a few fire departments in their various communities and thermal imagers were …
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West County EMS and Fire Protection District
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Rob Chambliss
7:10 pm on Saturday, August 6, 2011
We would also like to thank the entire police dept. for their support and kind words for Lisa. It meant so much to the family. You guys are the best!!! more ›