Clergy Rally to Help Homeless Students

 

 

Representatives from dozens of area churches donated winter clothing for homeless students enrolled in St. Louis Public Schools at the District’s final clergy breakfast of the year on December 5. The monthly breakfasts allow Superintendent Kelvin R. Adams and other District staff to update the faith-based community on SLPS initiatives and activities.

Seventy-two new or gently used winter coats, along with 100 hat-glove-and-scarf sets, were collected at the breakfast by the SLPS Students-in-Transition (SIT) Office, which provides support to homeless and foster care students. Several pastors also made monetary donations.

The keynote speaker for the breakfast was SLPS Homeless Coordinator and Foster Care Liaison Deidra C. Thomas-Murray, MSW, LMSW, who runs the SIT office. SIT’s mission is to efficiently and effectively identify homeless students and provide support for academic success (tutoring, free meals, uniforms/clothing, counseling, transportation, mentoring, coats, school and hygienic supplies).

SLPS would like to thank the following congregations for their generous donations:

Calvary Baptist Church

Washington Tabernacle Baptist Church

Samaritan United Methodist Church

St. James AME Church

The Journey Church

Washington Metropolitan AME Zion Church

West End Mt. Carmel Baptist

Third Baptist Church

Scruggs Memorial CME Church

New Sunnymount MB Church

Cote Brilliante Presbyterian Church

Jamison Memorial CME Church

St. John AME

Solomon’s Temple Church

Salem in Ladue United Methodist Church

Union Memorial United Methodist Church

Asbury United Methodist Church

Shalom Church (City of Peace)

The Dream Center

St. John AME Church

The Crossing Church

All Saints Episcopal Church

Tyler Redeeming Christian Church

Master Revival Church

Fresh Start Church

West Side Baptist Church

Greater Mt. Carmel Baptist Church

Union Avenue Christian Church

Central Reform Congregation

Church on the Rock

Glory to Glory Christian Church

Friendly Temple Baptist Church

Central Baptist Church

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

Second Presbyterian Church

Manchester United Methodist Church

Transfiguration Lutheran Church

The Connection Church

Gethsemane Lutheran Church

Kirkwood Baptist Church

Mt. Olive Lutheran Church

Samaritan United Methodist Church