Children's Hunger Awareness Forum

GUEST PANELISTS:
-Families that have been caught in the cycle of homeless and hunger
-Bruce Sowatsky, Executive Director, Community & Children's Resource Board of St. Charles County
-Becky Hoskins, Executive Director, Lincoln County Resource Board

-Dottie Kastigar, Community Council of St. Charles County
-Dr. Jennifer Patterson, Director of Student Services & Operations, Francis Howell School District
-Cynthia Berry, Ph.D., Berry Organizational and Leadership Development

-Pam Struckhoff, Director of Program Services, Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service
-Local Faith-Based Organizations
-St. Charles County Courts, pending

The people who come to Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service for help face very real, devastating crises. Children who are homeless or at-risk are top priority for the Care Service. We strive to break the cycle of homelessness by providing relevant, effective services to homeless children and their families, empowering them to overcome their circumstances and strive for a healthy, productive future.  Through our Child and Family Development program, we are able to make a direct impact on children’s lives by keeping them in school, surrounding them with a safe and nurturing environment, and providing access to basic needs such as the security of a healthy meal through our Food Pantry.

In celebration of our 31st birthday, Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service will host a forum to further public awareness of the plight our children face each day, such as the insecurity of not knowing where their next meal will come from.  Our hope is that their future birthdays are brighter than ever before.  As we celebrate our accomplishments as a community, we ask for your continued support of this critical issue. You can share in our vision – to uphold and maintain the dignity of all people through ecumenical and community collaboration and participate in our mission, "to serve those in crisis and to prevent homelessness and hunger."

Please join our community discussion on the hunger crisis, speak with experts, and learn how it's affecting children in our local neighborhoods.

RSVPs are not required, but would be appreciated.  Call (636) 441-1302, ext. 263 to contact us.  Feel free to bring a kid-friendly snack as a donation for Thursday PANTRY night.  Items such as cereal, pop tarts, juice boxes, fruit cups, mac and cheese, cheese sticks and fruit roll ups are often in short supply.