Friday, January 11, 2013
Local chefs will have their dish featured on The Brass Rail menu and proceeds will benefit the charity of their choice.
An O'Fallon restaurant is beginning the new year with a project to help those in need. The Brass Rail, located at 4601 Highway K, O'Fallon, is looking for local chefs interested in helping to raise money for local organizations, schools, fire departments, police and more. The guest chefs will have their dish featured on The Brass Rail menu and proceeds from the sales will benefit the charity of their choice. "I am looking for is some great local cooks that are in some way tied to some great local and national charities," owner Scott Ellinger said in an email. "I will work with the cooks to get their recipe on our menu for anywhere from a week to a month, and then we will donate a portion of the proceeds to their guest 'chef’s' charity …
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Can you spare a few hours to help out in your community this month?
O’Fallon seeking volunteers for annual “King Day of Service” Although City Hall will be closed for business in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 21, volunteers of all ages are invited to register in advance to participate in community service projects from 9 a.m. – noon. Volunteers will make tissue paper and origami flowers and decorate cards that will be distributed to residents at local care facilities on Random Acts of Kindness Day, Feb. 14. To pre-register for the King Day of Service, contact O’Fallon’s Volunteer Services Department at 636-379-5408or volunteer@ofallon.mo.us. For more information, visit www.ofallon.mo.us/volunteer. Help with Homeless Count in St. Charles County Community Council is looking …
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
See our list of people who made a difference in the community this year.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
See our list of people who made a difference in the community this year.
Patch looks back with a list of 11 people who made a difference by helping others or volunteering in O’Fallon this past year.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
St. Louis-based Gateway to Peace Museum, Habitat for Humanity and the United Way of Greater St. Louis are among the nonprofits trying to encourage people to pause in their shopping and find a way to help others.
Will donating to charity ever be as popular as shopping during the holiday season? A partnership of nonprofits hopes so. For many people, the holiday shopping marathon began on Thanksgiving Day, with some national chains opening their doors just hours after the traditional turkey dinner. Then comes Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, which has morphed into Cyber Week. Now, there's a new campaign asking you to open your wallet—Giving Tuesday. The Giving Tuesday website says the effort, coming on the heels of days devoted to consumerism, is designed "to create a national day of giving at the start of the annual holiday season. It celebrates and encourages charitable activities that support nonprofit organizations." …
Sunday, November 25, 2012
SunRise UMC O’Fallon, Mo hosted its second Christian Hands Dental day on Saturday Nov. 17, 2012.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Services are offered Saturday, Nov. 17 between 7 a.m. to noon.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Information provided by Deer Creek Dental in O'Fallon. Adults 18 and older in the O’Fallon community will have the opportunity to receive either one free dentistry services ranging from cleaning, extraction or filling at Deer Creek Dental located at 2941 Highway K on Saturday, Nov. 17. Dr. Jim Fetsch and his team at Deer Creek Dental will be improving the oral health of needy citizens as part of Free Dentistry Day; a day dedicated providing dental care to the growing number of Americans without dental insurance. “Now more than ever, there are people in O’Fallon who need dental services but have no means to afford them – whether they’re out of a job, or just don’t have dental insurance,” said Dr. Fetsch. “This event is a great opportunity …
Drop off a frozen turkey at the Cottleville Knights of Columbus Hall this weekend.
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Friday, November 16, 2012
This year, about 2,000 families across St. Charles County will receive groceries for a Thanksgiving dinner. No Hunger Holiday, a nonprofit organization, has been coordinating donations and delivery of dinners since 1990. Organization volunteers work with 30 other agencies to identify families in need. Those families receive a food basket with the right amount of food for their needs. "You wouldn't believe in a city of St. Charles in a county of this size, we'd have this need to help these families, but we do," said John Callahan, an O'Fallon volunteer with the group. The group relies on donations and the biggest need is for frozen turkeys. Students at local high schools, including Fort Zumwalt South, Fort Zumwalt North, Wentzville Holt …
Last weekend, in a random act of kindness, six cars of customers paid for the orders of the people behind them.
It's the season of giving and that's exactly what some customers did at Heaven Scent Bakery on Sunday afternoon. According to the bakery located at 133 Bryan Rd, O'Fallon, they saw some "real life angels" in the drive-thru that afternoon. The Heaven Scent Facebook page states: "A woman and her little girl asked to pay for the order of the car behind them. The lady whose order was paid for in turn paid for the car behind her. This carried on, over and over, for 6 cars.... Way to "Pay it Forward"!!" Other Heaven Scent Bakery fans commented about the random act of kindness on the business Facebook page: Mike Arnold: Had a friend post earlier in the week that she was part of the chain. Heaven Scent inspires angelic behavior! Gennie Gaudet …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Check out our round up of volunteer opportunities.
Help with Scouting for Food Scouting for Food is a food drive Nov. 17. Scouts collect items to serve pantries during the holiday season. Volunteers are needed from 12 to 4 p.m. to help with collecting, sorting and boxing food collected at firehouses on the bag collection day. Sign up here to help in Ferguson. Sign up here to help in Lemay. Sign up here to help in University City. Sign up here to help in Chesterfield. Sign up here to help in Webster Groves. Sign up here to help in Creve Coeur. Sign up here to help in Ballwin. Thanksgiving fun for Teen Girls Bring simple thanksgiving decorations, supplies for crafts and ingredients for baking cookies and have fun for a few hours with girls in residential care at Epworth in Webster Groves. …
Jim Frain
4:50 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
There are many wonderful residents in O'Fallon who go the extra mile to help their fellow residents. What a great city in which to live! more ›