A Tiny House for Sharon and Sal
May 13, 2015
We are building a Tiny House for our librarian Sharon and her husband Sal. Sal has always dreamed of building a house and of the economic independence that comes with building and owning a house outright. Sal has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has already lived past the time that doctors predicted when he was first diagnosed. Sal wants...
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Girls Giving
May 12, 2015
Girls Giving is a side project of the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund that was started just this year by Kathy Frost. She has a daughter in 11th grade, and Kathy encouraged her along with other girls to join Girls Giving. Each of the 30 members contributed $100 to collectively give a small grant to a non-profit organization. Girls...
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A Thank You Note from Our UCCC Good Work Partner
May 6, 2015
In the note below, Tameka is referring to our last day of Good Work. Dear Crossroads College Prep Students, Yesterday was an extremely “Good Work “day and a day full of events for UCCC. We appreciate your support in the garden, with our gallery set-up and sidewalk decor for Literacy Night. Many parents complimented your artistic skills as they entered the...
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Good Work at Riverlands
April 1, 2015
Riverlands Good Work crew ventured to Little Creek Nature Area on Thursday, March 12 for their Good Work afternoon. Little Creek is a 100-acre piece of property owned by the Ferguson/Florissant School District and is used as part of their science curriculum. Surprisingly, the secluded property is located just off I-270 at Dunn Road. Crossroads students joined a group of...
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Good Work Opportunity: Project Greatness
April 1, 2015
Project Greatness is an organization made up of volunteers who are highly committed to making the community a more loving and safe place, allowing children to express their greatness. We are making a difference in the world daily! We are transforming schools and learning centers for children by collaborating with community leaders, ministers, teachers, administrators, parents, and students. We are...
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Good Work: Putting Our Hearts’ Desires to the Work of Our Hands
March 11, 2015
As an element of our commitment to imagination and the development of the habit of empathy, our school has long focused on helping our students become agents of positive social change. We make an effort to connect our ideals with greater action and to apply our hearts’ desires to the work of our hands. Tomorrow, small groups of our students,...
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Good Work Partner: International Institute of St. Louis
February 24, 2015
We were very pleased when we added the International Institute as a Good Work partner last year. We have worked with them in two ways: we join their students on field trips to Central Library downtown and act as guides, and we work at Global Farm, an “incubator farm in the Botanical Heights Neighborhood.” The multigenerational and multicultural connections experienced...
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Good Work Partner: University City Children’s Center
February 11, 2015
“What happens early in life, lasts a lifetime.” University City Children’s Center or UCCC has been a long-time Good Work Partner. The site is so popular, that often the volunteer slots are filled with seniors and juniors (as they receive priority when signing up). Students work as teachers’ aides and spend time reading to the young ones, preparing classroom materials,...
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Good Work Partner: SouthSide Early Childhood Center
February 4, 2015
SouthSide Early Childhood Center is (SECC) one of our founding Good Work partners. Anne Lowell, Executive Director, (Crossroads parent of Rebecca Lowell, Class of 2009, and Johanna Lowell, Class of 2011) offered advice when Crossroads created the Good Work program, and we have been working with their teachers, staff, and young ones every since. Arriving around nap time, Crossroadians have...
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Crossroads College Prep Students Spent 2014 Summer Vacation Working in Cambodia & Myanmar
February 4, 2015
January 14, 2015 – Bozeman, Montana – During the 2014 summer Ivan and Cecilia Boyers, students at Crossroads College Prep, spent more than a month of summer vacation working and exploring in Cambodia and Myanmar with VISIONS Service Adventures, an international community service based adventure travel program. Ivan and Cecilia were part of a group of high school students who...
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