Homeless advocates at the St. Patrick Center will receive a nice Christmas gift today in the form of a $3 million check and an award from the U.S. Government.
U.S. Sen. Kit Bond and Congressman Lacy Clay are scheduled to be on hand as Sandy Baruah, U.S. Asst. Sec. of Commerce for Economic Development, presents the non-profit with an Economic Development Administration (EDA) investment check and the 2006 EDA Excellence in Economic Development Award for Community and Faith-Based Social Entrepreneurship.
Jay Hein, deputy assistant to the president and director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, will also be at the ceremony today at noon in the lobby of St. Patrick Center, 800 N. Tucker Blvd.
December 19th, 2006 at 8:52 am
Antonio, will you post any literature regarding what programs St. Patrick’s offers for the homeless? Is this simply a shelter or is job training offered.
December 19th, 2006 at 9:01 am
http://www.stpatrickcenter.org
December 19th, 2006 at 9:12 am
It would be nice if their website actually worked as most of the links are inactive. Well maybe will all of the press they could have it fixed.
December 19th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
DD, I can’t find an inoperative link on that site. You might want to consider switching browsers.
December 19th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
I’m glad to hear this great news. While involved with the Downtown St. Louis Residents Association, I had the pleasure of dealing with the St. Patrick Center people and touring their facilities.
They were respected (and supported) by downtown residents because they offer extensive services and resources to the homeless, including job programs. They were our first choice for charitable donations and were a great neighbor.