St. Joseph's Academy

Various organizations will send requests for service volunteers. They will be posted here as they arrive. Please check back occasionally for new service opportunities.

Looking for Volunteers

Manor Grove Nursing Home in Kirkwood is looking for volunteers to sign up to help staff their "Soup’s On" fundraiser on Sunday, February 22nd from 10:00am-5:00pm at the Kirkwood Community Center. Come help for the whole day, or for a shorter shift. The fundraiser involves a competition for the best soup from local area restaurants. Please see Mrs. Popit to sign up by the end of the week.

NEW Service Opportunities Clothesline!

There is a new Service Opportunities Clothesline outside of Campus Ministry room above the petition box. Opportunities will be updated regularly. There are lots of great upcoming projects to get involved with. See Mrs. Popit if you have any questions.

Service Opportunities at St. Joe:

Angel Outreach

Please also check the Angel Outreach page for additional opportunities. You may join them for any of their activities at any time, with or without becoming an official member of the organization.

Service in the Community:

St. Joe Serves on the Second

St. Joe students, faculty, family and friends organize, prepare and serve the homeless of Sts. Peter and Paul parish in Soulard. For more information about this new organization click here.

Kirkwood Public Library

The "Reading Buddies" meet once a week during the summer (this summer, the weeks of June 12-August 7 on a Thursday from 2-4 in the afternoon). The little buddies are children entering grades 1-4. I pair up the teens with the younger children for one-on-one reading time. We usually follow our reading time (about 45 minutes) with a large group activity to build group cohesion.

For an application or more information, visit us at www.kpl.lib.mo.us, click on "Teens" and "Get Involved" and "Library Volunteer."

Progressive Youth Connection

Progressive Youth Connection (PYC) is a not-for-profit agency serving Saint Louis area youth with violence prevention and character education programs. Progressive Youth Connection not only serves youth, but empowers youth to serve themselves. PYC has a great opportunity for you!!! Check out APAL.
APAL stands for "Advocate for Positive Attitudes and Lifestyles". This is a community service and leadership opportunity, sponsored by PYC, in which high school students provide mentoring and enrichment to youth and assist with agency programs and events. For more information, visit the website at www.pyconline.com or visit Ms. Postal in Campus Ministry.

TASK – Team Activities for Special Kids

Assisting special needs children with Athletics.
Service hours in the evening, weekend or summer.
Contact: 314.845.3641
www.tasksports.org.

Lydia's House - A Place of Healing – A Voice of Hope

For Abused Women and their Children
Domestic Violence Shelter
Contact: 314.771.4411
www.lydiashouse.org

McKnight Place Extended Care

McKnight Place Extended Care would love to have your students volunteer.
We are a 70 bed skilled nursing facility located off Delmar and Price Rd. We have 35 residents that would benefit from one-to-one visits. Most of these residents are up for meals only and the socialization and stimulation from the students would enhance their quality of life. We also have our Intermediate Wing where our high functioning residents live and the students could actually provide the activity or games depending on the time of day that they do their visits. For more information please visit the website at www.mpextendedcare.com or see Ms. Katie Postal in Campus Ministry.

St. Anthony's Medical Center - Hospice House (ongoing)

St. Anthony’s Medical Center which is located in South County is looking for volunteers in their Hospice House. Volunteers would read to patients, baking cookies, helping with meals, weeding the garden, assisting at weekly Mass and other tasks as needed.

Please call Frances Winkler at 314.525.7330 to volunteer.

Special Request: Sew Blankets for Children at Head Start (ongoing)

Do you have any sewing skills? Do you want volunteer hours?
We received the following request from the volunteer coordinator at Head Start:

"Our children are desperately in need of blankets for use during nap time, and we are contacting several schools and community partners to attempt to find volunteers who are willing to sew the blankets."
They also need volunteers to make pillows!

If you are interested in helping, please contact:
Archilla Buford
Volunteer and In-Kind Services Worker
Grace Hill Head Start
314-584-6957

Grace Hill Head Start Progam (ongoing)

What is Head Start?

Head Start is a national, child development program for children from birth to age 5, which provides services to promote academic, social and emotional development, as well as providing social, health and nutrition services for income-eligible families.

Head Start Goals

• To enhance children’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive development
• To enable parents to be better caregivers and teachers to their children
• To help parents meet their own goals, including economic independence

Head Start Program Philosophy

Invest now, benefit later. The Head Start program is based on the conviction that high-quality early childhood care, education and family services pay off in a myriad of benefits to children, their families and society as a whole.

Comprehensive programs. Research demonstrates many factors affect a child’s readiness for school: academic readiness and social and emotional development. Head Start’s programs are designed to address all those areas.

Volunteer Needs

To accomplish the program’s vast goals, community involvement and volunteer services are needed. There is a need for both professional and non-skilled volunteer services, as well as one-time, short term and long term volunteers. Please read the attached information on the various volunteer opportunities and specific needs.