Assistance League of St. LouisANNUAL REPORT

2018 - 2019

FROM THE PRESIDENT

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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honestcompliment, or the smallest act of caring – all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” Leo Buscaglia

Dear Donors, Members and Friends of Assistance League of St. Louis,

2018-2019 proved to be a very successful year; many of the long time goals set by our organization were overwhelmingly accomplished. Our community service projects were covered by newspapers, magazines, and live interviews on radio and all four TV stations; our fund raising efforts exceeded the stretched goals that were put in place, and we designed and mailed out our first newsletter.

Your generosity and your belief in us have allowed our 518 volunteers, with no paid staff, to touch the lives of nearly 50,000 individuals in the community and to rack up nearly 80,000 volunteer hours doing so.

Our Platinum Transparency Rating from GuideStar, which we’ve received for the past few years, remains a constant source of our due diligence. We’re appreciative of being an awardee of such a privileged status; we know that only 1% of nonprofits earn such a rating. Additionally, our work was recognized by the St. Louis Ameren Thanksgiving Parade Committee, the Lions Rotary Club and the Old Newsboys Foundation, all with complimentary donations.

The membership works well together, and we are especially attentive to the evolving needs in our community. We’ve adopted a mission that pretty much defines who we are and what we do. We create our programs to empower the community, not to enable it – and we provide opportunity through our programs, not dependency on them.

I have thoroughly enjoyed serving as president this year; it has been a blast. And the work, though somewhat challenging, has delivered results of which we can be proud. Thank you for being so supportive of our organization. I hope you will continue that support, and know that we make a difference because of you.

Sincerely,

Roxie RandolphPresident, 2018-2019

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

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you for the generous contribution from Assistance League of St. Louis in the amount of $10,000 to the St. Louis Community College Foundation. . . .

students we serve, helping them attain meaningful careers and an improved quality of life.

Through the continued support of Assistance League of St. Louis Scholarship, the college will be able to change the lives of many of our students for the better.

Sincerely,

PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAMS

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Books from FriendsBegun as a pilot in 2017, we held book fairs in elementary

and middle schools and provided over15,000 books to aspiring readers.

Operation School Bell®We provided 7,312 elementary school children

with two sets of new uniforms, socks,underwear, dental hygiene kits and

an age-appropriate book.

Steps to SuccessSteps to Success visited 36 schools and two agencies

to fit and deliver shoes and socks to4,011 school children

Project ROSEWe served 2,853 women and their children infour area shelters and two agencies, as well as

sexual assault survivors.

All clothing items andshoes given to the

children areNEW!

PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAMS

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Assistance League ScholarshipWe provided financial assistance to 72 individuals aspiring to

improve their lives through higher education.

Assistance League OutreachWe served 561 individuals with one-time critical needs.

We touched the lives of 25,000 individualswith activity kits for quiet entertainment and

huggable teddy bears.

unbearable, hopeless situation seem anything but. Without people like you who care, we would have a world without hope.

From my heart, I greatly appreciate your generosity.

Sincerely, A.H.

Dear Assistance League, The gift bag that I received from you all today was so very special! After leaving everything I had in the world to come here, knowing that complete strangers care enough to give without knowing who is on the other end means the world! Thank you for your thoughts, prayers and time to put this together. Small gestures mean the world right now, just to know someone, somewhere cares.

Thank you, K.

GRANTS AND FOUNDATIONS

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Diamond $50,000 +Emerson Charitable Trust

Platinum $20,000 - $49,999Edward Jones Foundation

Gold $10,000 - $19,999

Silver $5,000 - $9,999Carney’s Kids FoundationEnterprise Holdings FoundationVatterott Foundation

Bronze $1,000 - $4,999Ascension Health Charitable FundBland Family FoundationBooks for STL KidsCardinals CareChristmas in St. Louis FoundationConcord Village Lions Community Services FoundationFirst Baptist Church of ChesterfieldGreater St. Louis Book FairInternational Business Machines Corp. (IBM)Kuhn FoundationOld Newsboys DayPaula and Rodger Riney Charitable FundSoroptomist International of Greater St. LouisSt. Louis Rotary Club Welfare Fund

Our Literacy Programoperates under the theory

that it’s never tooearly to introduce

BOOKSto eager readers!

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

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Patricia and Frank AlvarezTerrence ArndtDonna BaiettoLinda BakerRuth Ellen BarrJudith and William BassettBeautiful Rooms LLCMary BelgeriJeanne BelleBen C. Delatour FoundationRaymond BenteleChristine and Scott BerlinerCrystal and John BeuerleinLynn BjorkgrenHelen and Jim BlissJeanne and James BodenPam BogosianSally BoydSarah BrackenRobert BrandewiedeJean BrandtLeslie BrandtJohn BrandveinSandy BrodyBarbara and Morton BrownDiane and Thomas BurkardSusan and Brian ButlerAnn and Jack CahillMary and Ed CalcaterraAndrea CapraJana and Steve CaraniKaren CastellanoCathy and Bill ChatmanMarianne Cherry and Tom GaffuriChristopher J. Grimaud Charitable FoundationCarol ClooneyDon CochranBarbara and Gene CoffmanTerry and Jim ColemanOsmond ConradMichele Cope and James RobertsChristopher DavisCarol CoxPamela CranePeggy and Jim CroweWilliam CrowellMary Pat and Bob Cuddihee

When we hold aBook Fair or Event,

each child whoattends

leaves with severalbooks

to keep for hisvery own.Each child

is allowed toselect his/her own

book.

Carol CunninghamConnie and Larry CurranJoyce and Matthew DeRouenElizabeth DeRumJudy and Larry DeutschBarbara and Roger DierbergLynn and Dan DolanPatrick DolanClaudia and Mike DooleyDream House BoutiqueDarrell DrissellDonna and Joseph DrozdaLaura and Norman EakerJane EdwardsFrankie EichenbergerD'Arcy and Bob ElspermanBettina EsserNette and Jim FannVelma and Adolphus FavorsJoan and Kenneth FialaLinda and Steve FinertyPam FitzgeraldMary ForsytheMorton FowlerSharon and Barry FriedmanBarbara and Kenneth FritzNancy and Walter GalvinJanet and Steve GarrettJean Gentges

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

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Patricia and Frank AlvarezTerrence ArndtDonna BaiettoLinda BakerRuth Ellen BarrJudith and William BassettBeautiful Rooms LLCMary BelgeriJeanne BelleBen C. Delatour FoundationRaymond BenteleChristine and Scott BerlinerCrystal and John BeuerleinLynn BjorkgrenHelen and Jim BlissJeanne and James BodenPam BogosianSally BoydSarah BrackenRobert BrandewiedeJean BrandtLeslie BrandtJohn BrandveinSandy BrodyBarbara and Morton BrownDiane and Thomas BurkardSusan and Brian ButlerAnn and Jack CahillMary and Ed CalcaterraAndrea CapraJana and Steve CaraniKaren CastellanoCathy and Bill ChatmanMarianne Cherry and Tom GaffuriChristopher J. Grimaud Charitable FoundationCarol ClooneyDon CochranBarbara and Gene CoffmanTerry and Jim ColemanOsmond ConradMichele Cope and James RobertsChristopher DavisCarol CoxPamela CranePeggy and Jim CroweWilliam CrowellMary Pat and Bob Cuddihee

When we hold aBook Fair or Event,

each child whoattends

leaves with severalbooks

to keep for hisvery own.Each child

is allowed toselect his/her own

book.

Carol CunninghamConnie and Larry CurranJoyce and Matthew DeRouenElizabeth DeRumJudy and Larry DeutschBarbara and Roger DierbergLynn and Dan DolanPatrick DolanClaudia and Mike DooleyDream House BoutiqueDarrell DrissellDonna and Joseph DrozdaLaura and Norman EakerJane EdwardsFrankie EichenbergerD'Arcy and Bob ElspermanBettina EsserNette and Jim FannVelma and Adolphus FavorsJoan and Kenneth FialaLinda and Steve FinertyPam FitzgeraldMary ForsytheMorton FowlerSharon and Barry FriedmanBarbara and Kenneth FritzNancy and Walter GalvinJanet and Steve GarrettJean Gentges

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

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Nancy and David GiffinBarbara and David GiffordPatrick GiffordVickie GilbNancy and Rod GilliesCarolyn and Ed GoedekeHarriet GoodmanMary GosneyKaren and Clifford GreevesMillicent GuerriMarsha GuyerPeggy HallasLois HallerBonnie and Gary HallsAnn HansenJane and Rick HarbronFrances and Linwood HartCynthia HeathDiane HefeleSue and Dave HesslingJoan and Virgil HillVicki and Doug HillMr. and Mrs.Juggie HindujaDeven HolzerJo Ann HughesBarbara and Michael HurstRuth and Tom IversenJ.W. Kisling Charitable FoundationCottrell FoxDeborah and Robert JacobsonJames and Jo Ann Ewoldt Charitable Gift FundPatricia and Brad JamesSandy and Richard Johnson

Kay Carr and John KaiserMary Beth and Robert KalinichVicki KearneyDelores KeiterLynda DenkerKaren KeskeLauren and Todd KeskeBetty KinderRhonda and Alan KindsvaterChristine and Edward KnollJames KostelcElaine and John KotovskyBarbara and Jack KucharAndrew KuhlmanNancy KuhlmanJason JesterPenny KyleSusan LammertSharon LaRue and Jay Kiesewetter Kim and Brian LaubackerCarol and Al LauthLinda and Paul LeeMary Jo LensmeyerBarb Levin and Steven MuchnickShirley and Stephen LieberHolly LiebigSusan and MacDonald LogieMary Alice and Michael LongPriscilla and Bruce LongSusan and Phillip LongDeborah ManneMylla and Robert MarklandTina MarkwardtWhitney KenterEileen McClendonLinda McDonaldJudy McKayLinda and Russell McMillanEdna and Richard MerzVicki and Charlie MerzEric MichaelBekki and Roger MillerDenise and Andy MillerVirginia MillerJan and Michael MilosovichGary MitchellGinny and Leroy MitchemCarol and David MorganMerry and Jim Mosbacher

Muckerman Family Charitable Gift FundSandy MurphySylvia MurphySusan and Jack MusgraveLinda NagarkattiLois NelsonLacinda and John NestorJoan NienhausJane and Thomas OleksyDonna OsiekJanice PaleschMarilyn and Jim PanterCynthia PappasCarol and Chris ParsonageKaren PenningtonMarita and Fred PerlakSusan PetersBarbara and George PetersonBeverly PettitJanet PfefferPierle Family Charitable FoundationPatricia PlummerCarol PopeCarol and Sam PowellSuzanne and Mike Pratl

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

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Nancy and David GiffinBarbara and David GiffordPatrick GiffordVickie GilbNancy and Rod GilliesCarolyn and Ed GoedekeHarriet GoodmanMary GosneyKaren and Clifford GreevesMillicent GuerriMarsha GuyerPeggy HallasLois HallerBonnie and Gary HallsAnn HansenJane and Rick HarbronFrances and Linwood HartCynthia HeathDiane HefeleSue and Dave HesslingJoan and Virgil HillVicki and Doug HillMr. and Mrs.Juggie HindujaDeven HolzerJo Ann HughesBarbara and Michael HurstRuth and Tom IversenJ.W. Kisling Charitable FoundationCottrell FoxDeborah and Robert JacobsonJames and Jo Ann Ewoldt Charitable Gift FundPatricia and Brad JamesSandy and Richard Johnson

Kay Carr and John KaiserMary Beth and Robert KalinichVicki KearneyDelores KeiterLynda DenkerKaren KeskeLauren and Todd KeskeBetty KinderRhonda and Alan KindsvaterChristine and Edward KnollJames KostelcElaine and John KotovskyBarbara and Jack KucharAndrew KuhlmanNancy KuhlmanJason JesterPenny KyleSusan LammertSharon LaRue and Jay Kiesewetter Kim and Brian LaubackerCarol and Al LauthLinda and Paul LeeMary Jo LensmeyerBarb Levin and Steven MuchnickShirley and Stephen LieberHolly LiebigSusan and MacDonald LogieMary Alice and Michael LongPriscilla and Bruce LongSusan and Phillip LongDeborah ManneMylla and Robert MarklandTina MarkwardtWhitney KenterEileen McClendonLinda McDonaldJudy McKayLinda and Russell McMillanEdna and Richard MerzVicki and Charlie MerzEric MichaelBekki and Roger MillerDenise and Andy MillerVirginia MillerJan and Michael MilosovichGary MitchellGinny and Leroy MitchemCarol and David MorganMerry and Jim Mosbacher

Muckerman Family Charitable Gift FundSandy MurphySylvia MurphySusan and Jack MusgraveLinda NagarkattiLois NelsonLacinda and John NestorJoan NienhausJane and Thomas OleksyDonna OsiekJanice PaleschMarilyn and Jim PanterCynthia PappasCarol and Chris ParsonageKaren PenningtonMarita and Fred PerlakSusan PetersBarbara and George PetersonBeverly PettitJanet PfefferPierle Family Charitable FoundationPatricia PlummerCarol PopeCarol and Sam PowellSuzanne and Mike Pratl

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

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Mary PriceMary and Tony PusateriReal Estate CollaborativeW. Thomas ReevesDebbie and Charles RehmMary ReinagelSue and George ReinschmidtElizabeth RemesKaren RengstorfCasey PowersSusan and Raymond RiekRuth and Ken RineyYvonne RobertsonLynette RocciaVirginia and Norman RoderBeverly RodgersSharon and Steven RothmelMaria Sakellariou and Scott ThompsonRosemary and Emery SaladinNicole and Kirk SandersMargaret and Ray SchmidtCarol and Philip SchwabNancy and Joseph SellingerRosie ShadwickKathleen SheehanDebra Sholes and Stephen HaberstrohKathy SicardNancy and Dick SiniseJudy SmithGinny and Keith SmithTerri and Jerry SpinkSt. Marthas HallSusan and William StaffordCarolann and Russell SternbergSharon StoverCarol and George SullivanMary and Edmund SumnerSupervalu Inc. Barb and Jim TalleurSusie and Marty TendlerThe Gazzoli Family Charitable FundThe Guy and Kim Phillips Charitable FundThe Kaufman FundSusan and Jim GallagherDawn and Rodney ThomasNancy Thomas

Lynne and James TurleyU.S. Family Foundation, IncCarol VanHoogstraatPat and Elwood WardSusanne WatkinsLinda WeaverKay and Gary WelkerLeslie and Paul WertleyCaroline and Thomas WestphalJoseph and Katherine Weyhrich Charitable FundJanet and Ed WheatleyLinda WheatleyPatricia WheelerSue and Stan WhitakerMarie and Pat WieseRoberta Rassieur WilliamsMaria WilmasWoodsmill Chips Bowling TeamSusan YoungCarol YoungerDoris ZeislerMaggie Zografakis

Each child who visits our headquarters throughOperation School Bell receives 2 pairs of new pants,

2 short sleeved shirts, 1 long sleeve shirt, a fleece jacket, 6 pairs of underwear, 6 pairs of socks, a belt, a

hat, a dental hygiene kit, an age-appropriate book that they are able to choose themselves

and a headband or hair bow for the girls.

FANTASTIC FINDS

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SUPPORTERSAmelia’s Fine LinensDesign on a DimeDown by the StationDream House BoutiqueEstate Sales ServiceJAC DesignsMary Tuttle’sMcBride and SonsRecycled TreasuresRefind RoomSasha NicholasSweet Be’s Candy & GiftsWee Ones

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF ST. LOUIS SUPPORTERS

Ballwin Irrigation Services LLCBarnes & Noble Booksellers WestBlue Chip Pest ControlAnne BrownCircle of ConcernCharity SharityChesterfield Chamber of CommerceSusan ClarkCMIT Solutions, Inc.Dierberg’s MarketElder ManufacturingGirl Scouts/LeadersGreater St. Louis DentalJanProKwik Kopy Business Solutions, ChesterfieldLa Quinta ChesterfieldMercy Clinic ChesterfieldMiss ElaineJill Noel-MachamerAnita and John O’ConnellOnce Upon a ChildPrairie Farms Dairy, Inc.Republic Waste ServicesRyan’s Cases for Smiles

Funds raised are returned tothe community through our

9 programs.

SchnucksShoe CarnivalSt. Louis County Dental PartnershipWallis Oil & LubricantsWee OnesWestview Assisted Living Ellisville

IMAGINE! November 17, 2018

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EVENT SPONSORSAnders CPAs + AdvisorsSandra ArnoldBanterra BankCrystal and John BeuerleinPam and Gregg BogosianElder ManufacturingEmerson Charitable TrustJoan and Virgil HillVicki and Doug HillDavid G. and Karen A. Keske Charitable FoundationKris and Chris LewisMercy Health Foundation St. LouisVicki and Charlie MerzLynette RocciaLynne and James TurleyJudy and Don Walter

Funds raised from thisevent are

returned to thecommunitythrough our

philanthropic programs.

AUTHORS BRUNCH April 13, 2019

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EVENT SPONSORSCrystal and John BeuerleinYolanda Perez-Cunningham and Gary CunninghamJane HarbronVicki HillDavid G. and Karen A. Keske Charitable FoundationMercy Health FoundationVicki MerzPella Windows & DoorsDebbie RehmLynette RocciaRotary Club Of West St. Louis CountyCarol and Philip SchwabSlagle FinancialSusie and Marty TendlerSandy ThalDawn and Rodney ThomasLynne Turley

Fundsraised

supportour 9

programs.

IN HONOR OF

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Betty AllynPatty AlvarezMaureen AmickAssistance League VolunteersDonna BaiettoJeanne BelleCrystal BeuerleinCrystal and John BeuerleinLynn BjorkgrenDiane and Tom BlassieLisa BreerLaura and Steven BuschMarianne CherryJan ClarkinKitty CoppleSandy DiFrancoLynn and Dan DolanJayne FoleyLinda FontaineVicki GilbCarolyn GoedekeBette GoetteAnne GrabnerMr. and Mrs. Charles Heizer and FamilyJoan HillVicki HillVicki and Doug HillElaine HuelsmanJan HuntVicki KearneyKaren KeskeBernice LanciaLinda McMillanEdna MerzVicki MerzBekki and Roger MillerVerleana MooreJudy MuckermanSylvia MurphyMarilyn PanterBonnie PellegriniMarita PerlakEllen and Herb PrassePhyllis and Stan PylipowMary PusatariRoxie RandolphKathy ReeseLynette Roccia

Nancy SellingerLinda SheahanDick SiniseCarolann and Russ SternbergMaureen SwingleSandy ThalThe Bommarito FamilyThe Condie FamilyThe Crocker FamilyThe DeJong FamilyThe Epple FamilyThe Fund Development TeamThe Harris FamilyThe Mollet FamilyThe Nothum FamilyThe Peth FamilyThe Roach FamilyThe Sam Vitale FamilyThe Stricker FamilyThe Wolf FamilyLynn TurleyPat WardVirginia WeamerJudith Zangas

IN MEMORY OF

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Carol ArndtPhilip J. BrodyEarl BurkhardtDonald H. ClooneyDoris CoonDorothy H. CostelloKarma CrowellAndre DupontKen FialaPaul FriemelCharlie GillisMary Louise GrawMark GrawunderJason HermanMary Bremer HubbardDavid HuelsmanPat HuttonCarrie Beach JohansonDr. Thomas JohnsonGene KahnJane KostelcBinny LuechtefeldMargaret ManningGloria MarshallLes MuckermanHelene Redmond PageWayne PenningtonJune RuppSandy ScissorsDavid SinclairJoan StewartDr. Thomas StubblefieldMitchel SukalskiConnie WestermanWiese - Altmeyer FamiliesChristine Willbanks

REMEMBERING

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Jane Kostelc

Assistance League of St. Louis30 Henry AvenueEllisville, MO 63011email: info@alstl.orgwww.alstl.org

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