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Causes: Community Clinics, Health
Mission: Send me st. Louis supports and inspires pastors and congregational leaders who are equipping their members for service, both within the congregation and out into the local community.
Programs: Send me st. Louis provides training, hands on serving opportunities,and consulting to area congregations and faith-basedorganizations. Training - provided a variety of 2-6 hour trainings around theissues of congregation social service outreach and christianvolunteerism. Approximately 287 people combined attended one ormore of 13 trainings offered. Evaluations (surveys) showed an increase in knowledge and satisfaction with the content delivered. Serve st. Louis - send me st. Louis helped coordinate this region-wide service weekend targeted to the christian community. The event helped connect congregations and christian volunteers to serviceopportunities. Two staff from send me st. Louis served on the steering committee to help plan and execute serve st. Louis. In 2014, approximately 3,000 people volunteered at one of nearly 300 project sites during the weekend of october 11-12. Consulting - send me st. Louis offers consulting free of charge to area congregations and faith-based organizations on issues related to social service outreach and christian volunteerism. In 2014, more than 40 organizations received one or more of these services. Some organizations received multiple contacts as part of a consultation while others only received one contact.