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Haven of Help: Cancer Support Community

There’s a living room here and a pretty garden. There are toys for children and a library of books for grownups;

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Heartfelt Help: Assistance League of St. Louis

Sometimes, when a woman is running for her life, she doesn’t have time for shoes. An overnight bag is the last

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Serve & Stitch: Sign of the Arrow

When Pam Wingbermuehle walks with her husband or son at Mizzou football games, they inevitably get stopped by Tigers fans. Her

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Friend Indeed: Friends of the Rural Parish Workers

They live in old trailers and rudimentary one-room dwellings. Sometimes, a school bus provides a home. Often, they don’t have electricity

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Nature-Based: Community School

The founding mothers of Community School wore Victorian blouses and long skirts, and—on the eve of The Vote—had a clear, strong

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Second Chances: Concordance Academy

In the movies, it happens this way: A man sheds prison scrubs for the street clothes he hasn’t seen in years;

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helping hand: stange law firm

Kirk Stange deals with the stuff of life—not simple wills and parking tickets, but the thorny complexities of the human condition.

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Ride For Life: Pedal the cause

Kathleen Lodes lost her mother (47) to cancer and three of her mother’s seven siblings. Her grandfather died at 31. She

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Safety Net: Great Circle

It may look stable—a nice house, a tidy lawn, good schools for the kids, good jobs—but no family is immune from

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Liberating: Tree House of Greater St. Louis

On 90 emerald acres in St. Charles County, wonderful things are happening: Nonverbal children are learning to speak, individuals with physical