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Community Against Poverty

Over 150 People attended the third annual Community Against Poverty (CAP) Fair on Sunday April 18 at Washington University Mallinckrodt Center.  Those attending heard keynote speaker Rev. E.G. Shields, President of the St. Louis Clergy Coalition, address the important role that volunteers play in alleviating poverty.  Approximately 30 area agencies that help those living in poverty recruited volunteers of all ages.

Below are some photos taken at this year's event:

Left to right: JCRC Executive Director Batya     Above: Attendees at 2010 Volunteer Fair
Abramson-Goldstein; CAP Planning                visit with 30 agencies helping those in
Committee Member Rev. David Johnson,        need
keynote speaker Rev. E.G. Shields, Sr.,
CAP Planning Committee Member, Dan Glazier

Participants learn about Center for Women in Transition and Circle of
Concern Food Pantry

Potential volunteers learn about Bread for the World from (center)
Gayle Lyles

Co-Sponsors of the 2010 Fair in addition to JCRC included the following organizations:   Alliance of Students Against Poverty at Washington U. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls International Institute Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis jewishinstlouis.org Jewish Family & Children's Service Lutheran Family & Children's Services Missouri Association for Social Welfare National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis Section Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy St. Louis Clergy Coalition St. Louis Hillel at Washington University Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice LIST OF AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN 2010 CAP VOLUNTEER FAIR Beyond Housing     314-533-0600 Ext. 20                             www.beyondhousing.org Bread for the World  800-822-7323                        www.bread.org Bi-Lingual Int’l Assistant Svces 314-692-9010 www.bilingualstl.org       Catch A Falling Star    314-645-5556                     www.catchafallingstar.org Center for Women in Transition  314-771-5207 www.cwitstl.org Circle of Concern    636-861-2623                          www.circleofconcern.org Employment Connection  314-531-5424                www.employmentstl.org Gateway Greening   314-588-9600 Ext. 28                         www.gatewaygreening.org Gateway to Hope  314-569-1113 www.gthstl.org Immigrant & Refugee Women’s Program  314-771-1104 www.irwp.net International Institute   314-773-9090 www.iistl.org Jewish Environmental Intiative 314-442-3894      www.jcrcstl.org/jei.php#two Jewish Family & Children’s Service  314-993-1000  www.jfcs-stl.org Kids Place  314-863-8055 Ext. 19                                      www.kidspace-stl.org Legal Services of Eastern MO  314-534-4200 www.lsem.org Lutheran Family & Children’s Services 314-787-5100  www.lfcsmo.org Lydia's House  314-771-4411 www.lydiashouse.org Meals on Wheels  314-268-1523 www.seniorcareservices.org/meals_on_wheels_stlouis_missouri.htm National Council of Jewish Women  314-993-5181     www.ncjwstl.org Operation Food Search  314-726-5355                    www.ofsearch.org  Ready Readers  314-991-1903                                 www.readyreaders-stlouis.com Scholarship Foundation  314-725-7990 www.sfstl.org St. Louis Crisis Nursery  314-292-5770                  www.crisisnurserykids.com St. Louis NORC  314-442-3834 jewishinstlouis.org/norc Voices for Children  314-552-2352                         www.voicesforchildrenstl.org CASA St. Louis County  314-615-2908                  www.casastlcounty.org