Every child deserves the opportunity to dress up on Halloween. Nonprofit Gateway180 is collecting gently used costumes for children in need at a Costume Roundup at The Boulevard, in the breezeway between Relax the Back and Accessorize, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 10 and 11. Gateway180, which provides safe, nurturing emergency shelter and housing services for women, children and families, will distribute the costumes to children at its shelter and transitional housing units. Donors will receive a gift card for a free appetizer at P.F. Chang’s.
The Magic House is one of only three institutions in the state to earn a prestigious Museums for America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the primary source of federal support for the nation’s libraries and museums. The children’s museum will use the $150,000 grant to replace ‘A Little Bit of Magic,’ a multilevel play space that is nearly 30 years old (pictured above), with a new, 1,500-square-foot STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) exhibit for children ages 2 through 6.
According to Business Insider, Ladue ranks as the most educated town in Missouri. The magazine polled towns with a minimum population of 1,000 to find those in every state with the highest percentage of adults over the age of 25 who hold at least a bachelor’s degree. In Ladue, 82.6 percent of adults met the education requirement.
