St. Louis County Police get a grant to provide patrol car laptops.
By T. Lyons
St. Louis County Police will receive $90,837 in grant funding for patrol car laptops. The laptops will allow officers to perform routine tasks in the field. Funding is provided by the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program. (JAG)
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St. Louis Community Matters with Dusty is a 30-minute public affairs program designed to showcase and discuss current events and issues in St. Louis and its surrounding areas including St. Louis County and St. Charles County. St. Louis Community Matters can be heard Sundays at 10pm. If you have a show topic suggestion or a non-profit event you’d like for us to publicize, please e-mail us at community@clearchannel.com
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Breakdown STL and Little Patriots Embraced
On the show 12/11
BreakDown STL is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization that empowers teens to make positive choices regarding sex, relationships, drugs, alcohol, self-harm, bullying and suicide by providing candid and preventative helath education in a variety of formats. BreakDown STL provides peer to peer presentations in middle and high schools that integrate real life situtations at no cost to the school. To find out more and to get involved visit www.breakdownstl.org
Little Patroits Embraced serves militart families during deployment, help with the hardships should their hero come home injured, or when they have lost a loved one. The primary focus is on children. They have been serving militart familes for seven years and provide a number of programs including deployment packages, emergency and childcare funs, youth developement programs and project bear essentials. To find out more visit http://littlepatriotsembraced.com/Home.shtml
American Red Cross Biomedical Services plays a critical role in our nation’s health care system. It is the largest single supplier of blood and blood products in the United States, collecting and processing more than 40 percent of the blood supply and distributing it to some 3,000 hospitals and transfusion centers nationwide. The Red Cross also plays a leading role in protecting the safety of donors and patients and increasing the availability of blood. It has been among the first to help develop and implement testing for infectious diseases and is frequently the single major contributor to clinical trials to improve blood safety. Providing life-saving blood and blood products to patients is a key component of the Red Cross mission to help people in times of emergency and disasters. Learn more about donating blood at RedCrossBlood.com
Throughout the Metropolitan St. Louis area, many Seniors are living a fragile existence and are just one medical crisis or accident away from being unable to live independently. These Seniors, struggling in poverty, have few assisted living options—and nowhere to turn for help!
That’s why Mary Ryder Home, a nonprofit Residential Care/Assisted Living Facility, is hard at work providing these Seniors a safe home, nutritional meals, medical care, as well as an array of programs and services focused on promoting healthy aging plus their physical and mental health-related quality of life. For more information visit MaryRyderHome.org
"To provide opportunities for persons with barriers to employment to work and live more independently in the community." Learn more at http://www.mersgoodwill.org/
Open enrollment is a chance for Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers to review their Medicare choices and pick the plan that works for them. With more benefits, better choices, and lower costs--the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is encouraging people with Medicare and their families to begin reviewing drug and health plan coverage options for 2012. Individuals with Medicare must make their health and prescription drug coverage choices/changes by December 7th. Learn more at Medicare.gov
Shop thru the Heart is a new program designed to create new donations to selected charities. Go to KLOU.com and find the "heart". Click on the heart and and support the various charities listed. When you make purchases on the online mall, a donation is made to the charity at no additional cost to the customer. Major retailers like Macy's, Barnes and Noble, Kmart, iTunes, Office Max and almost 400 stores are supporting this mall with new stores added daily. Help local children, families, and adults this holiday shopping season and year round and start Shopping thru the Heart by going to KLOU.com and clicking on the heart!
Angel Baked is a social enterprise of North Grand Neighborhood Services that empowers youth through empoyment, training, and personal development. Find out more at angelbaked.org
The mission of OASIS is to promote successful aging through lifelong learning, health programs and volunteer engagement. The OASIS Institute in St. Louis is the headquarters of a national network that serves a diverse audience through educational centers and community partners in 39 U.S. cities. The Institute develops national programs and provides training and support for OASIS education centers and partners. Check out all the programs they have to offer at http://www.oasisnet.org/ or call them at 314-539-4456
The Diversity Awareness Partnership (DAP) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in the St. Louis region around issues of race, religion, sexual orientation and disability. They achieve this mission through youth programs, diversity training, community forums and diversity publications. To find out about any of these visit http://dapstl.org/
Bike MS and Grand Center Inc./First Night-St. Louis
On the show 7/31
The Gateway Area Chapter of the National MS Society has many events throughout the year and one big one is Bike MS: Express Scripts Getaway Ride 2011. It will happen Saturday and Sunday, September 10-11, 2011 and starts at the Boone Country Fairgrounds in Columbia, MO. Over 3,000 cyclists will raise more than $2.5 million to help address the challenges of living with MS, advance cutting edge research and advocate to improve access to health services for people with MS and other disabilities. There are route options of 40, 75 and 100 so there is something for everyone. Also new this year will be Time Trials! To get involved, participate or volunteer visit http://www.nationalmssociety.org/raceMap.aspx
Grand Center inc. has launched a contest to select the theme of this year's First Night - St. Louis, which is the city's largest and most creative New Year's Eve Celebration. You are invited to submit a brief description (200 word limit) to yourfirstnight@grandcenter.org by 5p on Aug. 26. The winning theme will also recieve a free iPad! For more on the contest and Grand Center Inc. visit http://grandcenter.org/
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Athletes & Entertainers Circle of Influence
On the show 7/24
Cystic Fibrosis or CF is a life-threatening genetic disease affecting approximately 30,000 children and adults in the United States. CF impairs respiratory and digestive functions, making eating and breathing a challenge. But with the help of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the outlook for people with CF continues to improve. The Gateway Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation serves the CF community, which includes people with CF, their families and volunteers in Missouri and Western Illinois. Coming up on August 8th is the 42nd anniversary of the Jack Buck Golf Classic at Norwood Hills Country Club and to date the Classic has raised over $7 million for Cystic Fibrosis research, patient services, public information and education. To find out more about the Jack Buck Golf Classic or the Gateway Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation visit gateway.cff.org
Athletes & Entertainers - Circle of Influence is formed exclusively for charitable purposes. In conjunction with professional athletes and entertainers, the corporation's activities will include but will not be limited to conducting special events and or celebrity appearances, organizing youth camps, coordinating funding initiatives in order to support local communities in which athletes and entertainers live an/ or work. The event coming up is the "Man to Man" Celebrity Wheelchair Basketball Benefit at Harris-Stowe State University on Saturday August 13th at 4pm. Beneficiaries include Lonnie Maclin who is a former outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and recently suffered a debilitating stroke. Kenny Lee who is a former basketball plater at Harris-Stowe State University and played high school ball for Chaminade. Kenny became paralyzed after a serious car accident. And the Larry Hughes Family Foundation which assists families of organ donors and recipients who have financial and emotional needs. To find out more and to get tickets call 636-777-7820 or visit http://aecircleofinfluence.org/
TouchPoint Autism Services and Missouri Warrior Writers Project
On the show 7/17
TouchPoint Autism Services and Missouri Warrior Writers Project
TouchPoint Autism Services is a pioneer in the field. In 1970, when a federal grant expired, Washington University ended their Social Exchange Laboratory - a program that worked primarily with children with autism spectrum disorders. The families the program served raised about $10,000 and TouchPoint (formerly known as Judevine Center for Autism), opened its doors as a school for children with autism in 1971. To find out more visit http://www.touchpointautism.org/
Missouri’s professional writing community is reaching out to our state’s veterans to give them an opportunity to reflect on their service. In partnership with the Missouri Humanities Council, the Missouri Warrior Writer Project is helping soldiers and their families write about their wartime experiences. A distinguished panel of Missouri authors and poets is being brought together to conduct workshops at Jefferson Barracks VA Hospital, on university and college campuses, and with Family Readiness Units statewide. In addition, Missouri Writers’ Guild writers are contributing educational resources that help our warriors and their families write about their experiences. To find out more visit http://mowarriorwriters.wordpress.com/
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