National Service
In Missouri
2007 - 2008 Directory
Serving Communities...
…and Country
Published by the Missouri Community Service Commission
January 2008
1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20525
Phone: (202) 606-5000
Toll Free: (800) 942-2677
Website: www.cns.gov or www.americorps.org
Senior Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA
Corporation for National ServiceMO Program Office
2345 Grand Blvd., Suite 650
Kansas City, MO 64108
Phone: (816) 426-2080
Fax: (816) 426-2082
KS Program Office
444 SE Quincy Room 260
Topeka, Kansas 66683-3572
Phone: (785) 295-2540
Fax: (785) 295-259
Website: www.cns.gov or www.nationalservice.org
J. Michael Laverty, State Program
Director, KS/MO
mlavertyr@cns.gov
Sue Cerny, Missouri State Program
Specialist
scerny@cns.gov
Kirsty Nattor,MO/KS State Program
Specialist
knattor@cns.gov
Missouri Community Service Commission
301 W. High, Truman Building, Room 770
P.O. Box 118, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Toll Free: (877) 210-7611
Phone: (573) 751-7488
Fax: (573) 526-0463
Email: mcsc@ded.mo.gov
Website: www.movolunteers.org
Linda Thompson, Executive Director
linda.thompson@ded.mo.gov
Kevin Edwards, Fiscal Officer
kevin.edwards@ded.mo.gov
Michelle Gabelsberger,
Administrative Assistant
michelle.gabelsberger@ded.mo.gov
Kelly Kempker, Compliance Officer
kelly.kempker@ded.mo.gov
Elizabeth Roberts, Program/Training
Officer
elizabeth.roberts@ded.mo.gov
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
5th Floor, Jefferson Building
P.O. Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 526-5395 Fax: (573) 526-4261
E-mail: alicia.riner@dese.mo.gov
Website: www.nationalservice.org or http://dese.mo.gov/
Jay Acock, Director of Community Education
jay.acock@dese.mo.gov
Alicia Riner, Supervisor
alicia.riner@dese.mo.gov
Kim Wolf, Accounting Specialist
kim.wolf@dese.mo.gov
AmeriCorps*NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps)
Selection & Placement, 9th Floor
1202 New York Ave., NW, Washington DC 20525
Toll Free: (800) 942-2677
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500
Phone: 1-877-USACORP (1-877-872-2677)
E-mail: info@usafreedomcorps.gov
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Table of Contents
2008 Seasons of Service Dates………………………………………………………….................1
Missouri Community Service Commission Fact Sheet…………………………………................3
AmeriCorps State & National……………………………………………………………………...4
AmeriCorps Vista………………………………………………………………………...............11
Senior Corps………………………………………………………………………………………13
Learn & Serve…………………………………………………………………………………….19
Table of Contents By Stream of Service
AMERICORPS
American Red Cross – National Preparedness & Response Corps – St. Louis Chapter…………..4
AmeriCorps St. Louis – Education Corps…………………………………………………………4
AmeriCorps St. Louis – Safety Corps……………………………………………………………..4
Boat People SOS, St. Louis………………………………………………………………………..5
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City……………………………………………………….8
Boys & Girls Club of Ottawa County……………………………………………………………...7
Boys Hope Girls Hope of St. Louis………………………………………………………………..5
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service……………………………………………………………5
The Corps Network……………………………………………………………………………….10
Eldon R-I School District – PAVE AmeriCorps Tutoring Program……………………………….8
Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers……………………………………………………….…5
Grace Hill Settlement Home – AmeriCorps Trail Rangers………………………………………..6
Harvesters – The Community Food Network – AmeriCorps Community Outreach……………...9
Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club of St. Louis, Inc……………………………………………...6
Jumpstart – St. Louis……………………………………………………………………................6
Jumpstart Missouri – Columbia…………………………………………………………................8
Jumpstart Missouri – Kansas City………………………………………………………................9
Kauffman Scholars, Inc……………………………………………………………………………9
Missouri River Communities Network – Missouri Stream Team………………………................8
Poplar Bluff’s Promise…………………………………………………………………...............10
Purdy R-II School District – Purdy Reading Coaches…………………………………………….7
St. Joseph Youth Alliance…………………………………………………………………………9
Teach for America………………………………………………………………………................8
UMKC – Institute for Human Development – Community Support Navigators………………...10
UMSL – Communications Arts Initiative…………………………………………………………6
Youth Build St. Louis……………………………………………………………………………...7
VISTA
Butler County Community Resource Council……………………………………………………11
Central Missouri Communities Network…………………………………………………………11
Extension Youth Enterprisers…………………………………………………………………….11
Girl Scouts of Dogwood Trails…………………………………………………………………...12
Harvesters………………………………………………………………………………………...12
KCSourceLink…………………………………………………………………………................12
Missouri Campus Compact……………………………………………………………………….12
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2008 Seasons of Service Dates
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 21, 2008
Theme: Make it a day on…not a day off!
Purpose: To help keep Dr. King’s legacy of service to others alive in communities
across the country
Sponsors: Corporation for National and Community Service
Points of Light Foundation
Website: www.mlkday.org
National Youth Service Day
April 25-27, 2008
Theme: The Power of Youth Serving Youth
Purpose: To empower young people, highlighting their communities and mobilizing
their energy, commitment, and idealism through sustainable service
Sponsors: Youth Service America, National Youth Leadership Council, Parade
Magazine, and 49 national partner organizations including the Points of Light & Hands
On Network and 13 sponsors including AT&T.
Website: www.ysa.org/nysd
National Volunteer Week
April 27 – May 3, 2008
Theme: Volunteers Inspire by Example
Purpose: To recognize and celebrate the efforts of volunteers at the local, state and
national levels
Sponsors: Points of Light Foundation
Contact: 1-800-VOLUNTEER
Website: http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/seasons/
Join Hands Day
May 3, 2008
Theme: Youth and Adults Volunteering Together
Purpose: To bring young people together with adults to create new and better
relationships by working as a team within their own neighborhoods
Sponsors: America’s Fraternal Benefit Societies and the Points of Light Foundation
Website: www.joinhandsday.org
Community Build Day
August 2, 2008
Theme: Community Build Day
Purpose: The Financial Services Roundtable assigns this day to be the physical
manifestation of what its member companies do all year to build the communities they
serve. In 2007 the Roundtable will have more than 50 builds nationwide.
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Sponsors: Members of the Financial Services Roundtable partner with the Points of
Light & Hands On Network, Habitat for Humanity, NeighborWorks America(r),
Rebuilding Together, America's Promise and USA Freedom Corps
Website: http://www.fsround.org/community/cbd.htm
MyGoodDeed.org
September 11, 2008
Theme: To honor the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks on America through
a voluntarily observed national day of service, charity and compassion
Purpose: To encourage people everywhere to set aside time every September 11 to
help others in need – in any fashion they deem appropriate- in honor of those who lost
their lives as a result of the terrorist attacks against America.
Sponsors: One Day's Pay in partnership with Points of Light & Hands On Network,
Youth Service America and Citizen Corps
Website: mygooddeed.org
Kid’s Care Week
October 19 - 25, 2008, Culminating on Make A Difference Day
Theme: Celebrate Kids Making a Difference in Their Community
Purpose: Kids Care Week is dedicated to recognizing the power of kids to reach out
and help others in their local community. During the week, young people focus their
compassion on a specific social issue through a service project.
Sponsors: Points of Light & Hands On Network & Volunteer Center National Network
Website: http://www.kidscare.org
Make a Difference Day
October 25, 2008
Theme: A national day to help others!
Purpose: To inspire and reward volunteers. Everyone who helps others on this day
and submits an entry form is eligible for a national or local award and for a cash
donation to a charitable cause.
Sponsors: USA Weekend Magazine and Points of Light Foundation
Website: www.usaweekend.com/diffday/index.html
National Family Volunteer Day
November 22, 2008
Theme: Be an Incredible Family – Volunteer
Purpose: To call families across America to work together in volunteer service to
strengthen their families, communities, local businesses, and non-profit organizations
Sponsors: A Program of the Points of Light &Hands On Network, sponsored by The
Walt Disney Company
Website: http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/familyvolunteers
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Missouri Community Service Commission
_________________________________________________________________
 Established in 1994 as a direct response to the National and Community Service
Trust Act of 1993.
 25 Members are appointed by the governor and meet quarterly across the state.
 Awards grants to local organizations enabling the establishment of AmeriCorps
and other National Service programs.
 Operating as a “point” organization for promoting and recognizing service
volunteers and by supporting quality service projects.
 Oversees the AmeriCorps program.
Since 1994, more than 250,000 men and women have served in AmeriCorps, providing
needed assistance to millions of Americans through projects ranging from tutoring, youth
mentoring, public safety, housing rehabilitation, health care, environmental issues, and
disaster relief.
Missouri Community Service
Commission Members
________________________________
Andres Dominguez, Chair, Kansas City
Dana M. Hardy, Vice Chair, St. Louis
Michael Laverty, CNS Ex-Officio, Kansas City
Alicia Riner, DESE Ex-Officio, Jefferson City
Jay Acock, DESE, Jefferson City
Linda Duffy, Columbia
Jane Evans, St. Louis
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Jefferson City
Tameka Randle, Cape Girardeau
Raynel Schallert, Monett
Jolene Schulz, Columbia
Claudette M. Scott, Kansas City
Angela Stiffler, Independence
Stanley Whitehurst, Marshfield
Barbara Wolken, Jefferson City
Josh Travis, St. Louis
Mary Potter, Kansas City
The Missouri Community Service Commission is
part of a cadre of community improvement tools
available through the Division of Business and
Community Services within the Missouri Department
of Economic Development (DED).
Each is designed to help communities address their
most pressing civic issues through a variety of
methodologies.
By building stronger communities, these programs
help build an environment that makes economic
progress possible.
Vision
To Strengthen Missouri Communities through
volunteerism and service.
________________________
Mission
The Missouri Community Service Commission
serves as the administrator for AmeriCorps State
funding in Missouri by awarding monetary grants
and providing technical assistance and support.
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AmeriCorps*State & National
NORTHEAST
American Red Cross – St. Louis Chapter (ND)
National Preparedness & Response Corps
Phone: 314/516-2800
10195 Corporate Square
Fax: 314/516-2833
St. Louis, MO, 63132
Email: nbates@redcrossstl.org
Nancy L. Bates, Director
Website: www.redcrossstl.org
The National Preparedness and Response Corps (NPRC) is a national direct AmeriCorps
program sponsored by the American National Red Cross. The mission of the NPRC is to
provide vital emergency assistance to communities affected by disasters and increase
preparedness in the areas of greatest need before disasters strike by recruiting, training and
supporting young adults who will provide integrated community outreach and education
through Red Cross service activities focusing on Homeland Security.
AmeriCorps St. Louis
St. Louis Partners – Education Corps
Phone: 314/772-9002 ext. 144
Partnership for Youth, Inc.
Fax: 314/772-7109
1315 Ann Avenue
Email: kathleen@americorps-stl.org
St. Louis, MO 63104 - 4111
Website: www.americorps-stl.org
Kathleen Becherer, Director
www.missouriserves.org
Members serve as a team, partnered with teachers, in grades K-8 in the inner city of St.
Louis. Teams focus on literacy and communication skills often using experiential learning
and service learning as tools. Members also address other issues i.e. – individual tutoring,
developing peer tutoring systems, after school and summer expanded learning, parental
involvement, and assistance to ESL and bilingual students.
AmeriCorps St. Louis
St. Louis Partners – Safety Service Corps
Phone: 314/772-9002 ext. 177
Partnership for Youth, Inc.
Fax: 314/772-7109
1315 Ann Avenue
Email: bruce@americorps-stl.org
St. Louis, MO 63104 - 4111
Website: www.americorps-stl.org
Bruce Bailey, President
www.missouriserves.org
Members serve in teams with police, schools, and neighborhood agencies. The program
emphasizes community problem solving, conflict resolution, and mentoring youth.
Community mediation and neighborhood stabilization are also a focus. A special unit of the
Safety Service Corps serves as an emergency response team to the American Red Cross,
FEMA, US Forest and National Park Services, as well as state and local disaster agencies.
Boat People SOS, St. Louis, MO (ND)
CLASS Navigators – MO
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4010 Gravois Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63116
Thang Dang, Program Director
Phone: 314/772-0454
Email: thang.dang@bpsos.org
Boys Hope Girls Hope of St. Louis National Office (ND)
Boys Hope Girls Hope National Links Project
12120 Bridgeton Square Drive
Phone: 314/298-1250
Bridgeton, MO 63044
Email: jallen@bhgh.org
Julie Allen, Program Director
Catholic Network of Volunteer Service (EAP)
Boys Hope Girls Hope
12120 Bridgeton Square Drive
Bridgeton, MO 63044
Pamela Fronk, Site Director
Sites:
Phone: 314/298-1250
Email: pfronk@bhgh.org
Gateway Vincentian Volunteers
2912 Arsenal Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
Jim Ryan, Site Director
Phone: 314/771-1474
Email: gatevol@aol.com
Loretto Volunteer Program
590 E. Lockwood Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119
Barbara Mecker, Site Director
Phone: 314/962-8112
Email: bmecker@lorettocommunity.org
Marianist Volunteer Program
4425 W Pine Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63108
Dan Richter, Site Director
Phone: 314/533-1207
Email: drichter@sm-usa.org
Vincentian Service Corps – Central
4330 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63108
Rita Marie Cimino, Site Director
Phone: 314/533-4770
Email: Rcimino@dcwcp.org
Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers (ND)
Community HealthCorps-St. Louis, MO
2524 Hadley Street
Phone: 314/814-8746
St. Louis, MO 63106
Fax: 314/814-8721
Linda Williams, Coordinator
Email: lindalw@gracehill.org
Community HealthCorps Members serve as Peer Education and Peer Coaches and conduct
outreach activities of the Health Education Department, Circle of Care Program, and/or
Health to Go Van Program. Members provide information and education about health care
services, lead poisoning prevention, chronic disease management and access to other health
and social services. Members also make health education presentations on wellness,
pregnancy, lead poisoning, asthma management, diabetes and other health topics as
assigned.
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Grace Hill Settlement Home
Grace Hill AmeriCorps Trail Rangers
Phone: 314/584-6703
2600 Hadley Street
Fax: 314/584-6907
St. Louis, MO 63106 – 4021
Email: douglase@gracehill.org
Doug Eller, Director
AmeriCorps Trail Rangers assist the development of the St. Louis Riverfront Trail and
Columbia Bottom Conservation Area to strengthen impoverished North City riverside
communities, reinforce community responsibility, and provide educational and financial
opportunities to its residents. Rangers continue to maintain the Trail area and provide
services to over 13,500 annual Trail users. Rangers also give presentations that cover
the topics of native plants, history, recycling, and their role.
(The) Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club of St. Louis, Inc. (EAP)
The Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club of Saint Louis
2901 N. Grand Blvd.
Phone: 314/652-8300
St. Louis, MO 63107-2608
Fax: 314/652-8007
Liz Johnson, Director of Team Services
Email: liz@hhbgc.org
Jumpstart- St. Louis (ND)
Saint Louis University
Phone: 314/977-1585
Busch Student Center
Fax: 314/977-7177
20 North Grand Blvd., Suite 335
Email: mcallitr@slu.edu
St. Louis, MO 63103
Website: www.jstart.org
Travis McAllister, Site Manager
Jumpstart recruits and trains achievement-oriented college students to deliver an
innovative, early education program via yearlong one-to-one relationships. Jumpstart
college student Corps Members are paired with preschool children from low-income
backgrounds in the classroom setting and work together on language, literacy, social,
and initiative skills for one year. Through this relationship, Jumpstart inspires children
to learn, adults to teach, families to get involved, and communities to progress together.
Jumpstart is working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to
succeed.
Teach for America (ND)
Expanding the Impact of Teach For America – St. Louis
815 Olive Street, Ste. 14
Phone: 314/621-9100
St. Louis, MO 63101
Fax: 314/621-9127
Dustin Odham, Director
Email: dustin.odham@teachforamerica.org
University of Missouri St. Louis
Communications Arts Initiative
Phone: 314/516-4833
One University Boulevard
FAX: 314/516-6747
302 Woods Hall
Email: stallingsmk@umsl.edu
St. Louis, MO 63121
M.K. Stallings, Program Director
University of Missouri of St. Louis and Urban Artists Alliance for Child Development
have partnered to form the Communication Arts Initiative (CAI), a collaborative that will
address the need for supplemental communication arts education. CAI will train
AmeriCorps Members to instruct, tutor, and mentor high school students of the school
districts as well as in the juvenile detention center by forming small learning
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communities. CAI will do this through a reading literacy and writing program, based on
the Corner Pocket Curriculum.
YouthBuild St. Louis (ND)
Youth Education and Health in Soulard
1921 South 9th Street
Phone: 314/436-1400
St. Louis, MO 63104
Fax: 314/436-0011
Joyce Sonn, Program Director
Email: sonnjoyce@aol.com
A national, non-profit organization that engages educationally at-risk youth in a combination
of service and youth development activities. Service activities focus primarily on renovating
houses and buildings for the homeless and low-income families. Members serve directly with
community-based organizations to rehabilitate abandoned housing and build new homes for
homeless people, persons with HIV/AIDS, the physically challenged, and low-income
families. They build awareness of community issues and generate volunteers for local service
projects.
SOUTHWEST
Boys & Girls Club of Ottawa County (EAP)
Commerce Unit
P.O. Box 104
Seneca, MO 64865
Melissa Wade, Program Director
Phone: 918/540-1641
FAX: 918/542-8818
Purdy R-II School District
Phone: 417/442-3881
Purdy Reading Coaches
Fax: 417/442-3963
201 South Third, P.O. Box 248
Email: rneill@purdy.k12.mo.us
Purdy, MO 65734 - 0248
Website: www.purdy.k12.mo.us
Renae Neill, Director
Members provide reading intervention to at-risk Kindergarten – 5th grade students reading
below grade level through daily one-on-one tutoring sessions focusing on skills and
strategies to break the trend of reading failure. This is an “AmeriCorps Reading Coaches”
model project that includes English as a Second Language component to help bridge the
language barrier in meaning and comprehension for the growing Hispanic population of this
community.
CENTRAL
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Jumpstart Missouri- Columbia
University of Missouri – Columbia
Phone: 573-882-8942
201 Student Success Center
Fax: 573-882-5440
Columbia, MO 65211
Email: bennettc@missouri.edu
Christine Bennett, Site Manager
Website: www.jstart.org
Jumpstart recruits and trains achievement-oriented college students to deliver an
innovative early education program via yearlong one-to-one relationships. Jumpstart
college student Corps Members are paired with preschool children from low-income
backgrounds in the classroom setting and work together on language, literacy, social,
and initiative skills for one year. Through this relationship, Jumpstart inspires children to
learn, adults to teach, families to get involved, and communities to progress together.
Jumpstart is working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to
succeed.
Eldon R-I School District
PAVE AmeriCorps Tutoring Program
Phone: 573/392-8020 ext. 212
112 S. Pine
Fax: 573/392-9151
Eldon, MO 65026
Email: d_partridge@mail.eldon.k12.mo.us
Daphney Partridge, Program Director
Website: www.eldon.k12.mo.us
PAVE AmeriCorps Members provide one-on-one tutoring to at-risk students in the Eldon R-I
School District. Tutoring in communication arts/ reading and math occurs during the school day
at five campuses and includes Kindergarten through 12th grade students as well as students
enrolled in the Mustang Academy. Members recruit and work with community and parent
volunteers to enhance the services provided to at-risk students.
Missouri River Communities Network
Missouri Stream Team AmeriCorps Project
Phone: 573/256-2602
200 Old 63 South, Suite 203
Fax: 573/256-2602
Columbia, MO 65201-6081
Email: manitoubluffs@gmail.com
Steve Johnson, Director
Website: www.moriver.org
The Missouri Stream Teams AmeriCorps Project (MSTAP) works to recruit, train and involve the
58,000 volunteer Stream Team Members in Missouri to adopt local streams and work on water
quality activities in their local areas. Activities include: Water Quality Monitoring, litter pick
ups, storm drain stenciling, educational presentations, outreach to new teams, etc.
NORTHWEST
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City (ND/EAP)
6301 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64131
Michelle Ruffin, Program Director
Harvesters- The Community Food Network
AmeriCorps Community Outreach
3801 Topping Avenue
Phone: 816/361-3600
Fax: 816/361-3675
Email: mruffin@helpkckids.org
Phone: 816/929-3057
Fax: 816/929-3123
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Kansas City, MO 64129
Email: ccooper@harvesters.org
Corrine Cooper, Volunteer Services Coordinator
Members serve as Community Outreach Specialists in several key areas of Harvesters’
mission. Each Member is assigned to volunteer services, food drives, or nutrition
education. As the only food bank in Kansas City, Harvesters seeks to increase the
amount of food and services that can be provided to those in need of food assistance.
Members contribute to that overall mission by working to increase the quality and
quantity of volunteers and food drives, and educating low-income clients about healthy
eating on a limited budget.
Jumpstart Missouri- Kansas City
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Phone: 816/235-1003
SASS 210
Fax: 816/235-5156
5100 Rockhill Road
Email: munitas@umkc.edu
Kansas City, MO 64110
Website: www.jstart.org
Silvina Munita, Site Manager
Jumpstart recruits and trains achievement-oriented college students to deliver an
innovative, early education program via year long one-to-one relationships. Jumpstart
college student Corps Members are paired with preschool children from low-income
backgrounds in the classroom setting and work together on language, literacy, social,
and initiative skills for one year. Through this relationship, Jumpstart inspires children
to learn, adults to teach, families to get involved, and communities to progress together.
Jumpstart is working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to
succeed.
Kauffman Scholars, Inc.
4801 Rockhill Road
Phone: 816/932-1053
Kansas City, MO 64110
Fax: 816/751-6891
Marcella Gladney Lee, VP/General Counsel
Email: mlee@kauffman.org
Website: www.kauffmanscholars.org
Kauffman Scholars, Inc (KSI) takes a three-pronged approach to helping students realize
the goal of becoming college graduates: preparation, access, and graduation. Scholars
receive extensive academic coaching in After-School, Saturday, and Summer KSI
Academic Enrichment Academies. AmeriCorps Members will initiate individualized
tutoring and mentoring services at school sites in Missouri, and at the KSI Academic
Enrichment Academy. ACMs will also help create and manage a KSI volunteer program
to build organizational capacity for enrichment activities and programming.
St. Joseph Youth Alliance
625 Francis
Phone: 816/232-0050
St. Joseph, MO 64501
Fax: 816/390-8536
Anita Jolly, Program Director
Email: anitaj@youth-alliance.org
Website: http://youth-alliance.org
It is the goal of the St. Joseph Youth Alliance and its partners to reduce substance use
and abuse among youth and to strengthen collaboration among community partners
through the development and implementation of expanded services for youth. This will
be done through blending existing prevention efforts with the developmental asset
philosophy to create an approach to community building that has the potential to
complement, strengthen, and expand substance use prevention efforts through
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community-building strategies. AmeriCorps Members will be placed with partnering
organizations to develop and implement multi-faceted strategies designed to increase
developmental assets and reduce the likelihood of youth substance use and abuse.
UMKC-Institute for Human Development
Community Support Navigators
Phone: 816/235-5684
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Fax: 816/235-1762
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2220 Holmes, 3 Floor
Email: StJohnJ@umkc.edu
Kansas City, MO 64108
Website: www.ihd.umkc.edu
Jane St. John, Program Director
UMKC-IHD, along with its partners the Missouri Planning Council and local Senate Bill
40 Boards developed a multi-site program “Community Support Navigators”, the
purpose of which is to increase the productivity, independence, inclusion, and selfdetermination of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
AmeriCorps Members in this program mentor individuals with developmental disabilities
and their families to access and navigate needed resources, support access to existing
generic community programs, and support the development of self-advocacy and
leadership opportunities.
SOUTHEAST
Poplar Bluff’s Promise
Butler Co. Community Resource Council
Phone: 573/778-2650
644 Charles St.
Fax: 573/686-7915
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Email: voldir@tcmax.net
Rebecca Winters, Program Director
Website: www.poplarbluffspromise.org
Members address 2 primary areas of community need; strengthening the community in
order to sustain and enhance achievements in reduced rate of juvenile crime and
assisting in the area of disaster response preparedness. Members conduct after-school
learning activities, tutor students, increase program enrollment and recruit volunteers to
serve. Members serve in three school districts, two Head Start programs, after school
programs, Scouting, a domestic violence shelter, and the Adult Education and Literacy
program.
The Corps Network (EAP)
Southeast Missouri Conservation Corps
MO Dept of Conservation
2302 County Park Drive
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Phil Helfrich, Site Director
Phone: 573/290-5730
Email: phil.helfrich@mdc.mo.gov
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AmeriCorps*VISTA
NORTHEAST
South Grand Senior Ministry
4911 Sutherland
St. Louis, MO 63109
Contact: Holly Staley
Phone: 314/353-9700
Fax: 314/481-7661
Email: holly.staley@sbcglobal.net
St. Louis Marriage Coalition
3628 Lindell
St. Louis, MO 63108
Contact: Rachel Shannon
Phone: 314/977-6309
Fax: 314/977-6398
Email: healthymarriage@usa.com
SOUTHEAST
Butler County Community Resource Council
101 Oak Street
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Contact: Rebecca Winters
Phone: 573/778-2650
Fax: 573/686-6024
Email: voldir@tcmax.net
Washington County Community Partnership
104 Hickory Street
Potosi, MO 63664
Contact: Debby Bust
Phone: 573/438-8555
Fax: 573/438-9233
Email: faces@potosi.k12.mo.us
CENTRAL
Central Missouri Communities Network
807b N. Providence Road
Columbia, MO 65203
Contact: Angela Hirsch
Phone: 573/443-8706
Fax: 573/875-2689
Email: Angela-Hirsch@showmeaction.org
Extension Youth Enterprisers
803 Clark Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Contact: Steve Henness
Phone: 573/884-6618
Fax: 573/884-4225
Email: hennesss@umsystem.edu
Missouri River Communities Network
200 Old 63 South, Ste 203
Columbia, MO 65201
Contact: Steve Johnson
Phone: 573/256-2602
Fax: 573/256-2602
Email: manitoubluffs@gmail.com
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NORTHWEST
Harvesters
3801 Topping Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64129
Contact: Corrine Cooper
Phone: 816/929-3057
Fax: 816/929-3123
Email: ccooper@harvesters.org
KCSourceLink
4747 Troost Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64110
Contact: Cary Clark
Phone: 816/235-6568
Fax: 816/235-6590
Email: clarkc@kcsourcelink.com
Pettis County Community Partnership
515 S. Kentucky
Sedalia, MO 65301
Contact: Cheri Heeren
Phone: 660/827-0560
Fax: 660/827-0633
Email: pccp@iland.net
Truman Heritage HFH
800 W. Maple
Independence, MO 64050
Contact: Amy Lingo
Phone: 816/461-6551
Fax: 816/461-6551
Email: alingo@trumanheritagehabitat.org
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
4801 Linwood Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64128
Contact: Jim Lannigan
Phone: 816/922-2026
Fax: 816/922-4752
Email: james.lannigan@med.va.gov
YMCA
3800 Linwood Blvd
Kansas City, MO 64128
Contact: Derek Hutchinson
Phone: 816/923-5675
Fax: 816/923-5684
Email: derek-hutchinson@ymca-kc.org
SOUTHWEST
Girl Scouts of Dogwood Trails
210 S. Ingram Mill Road
Springfield, MO 65802
Contact: Maureen Bittle
Phone: 417/862-0004
Fax: 417/862-4120
Email: mbittle@dogwoodtrails.org
Missouri Campus Compact
901 S. National, Siceluff 427
Springfield, MO 65897
Contact: Melissa Mace
Phone: 417/836-3103
Fax: 417/836-3105
Email: melissamace@missouristate.edu
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Senior Corps – Foster Grandparents
NORTHEAST
CARDINAL RITTER SENIOR SERVICES
7601 Watson Road
St Louis, MO 63119
Contact: Becky Prosser
Phone: 314/918-2297
Fax: 314/962-4159
Email: bprosser@ccstl.org
HEARTLAND RESOURCES, INC.
P.O. Box 460
Ewing, MO 63440
Contact: Janis VanMeter
Phone: 573/209-3615
Fax: 573/209-3509
Email: janvan@marktwain.net
NE COMMUNITY ACTION CORP
3400 Meadow Pointe Drive
O’Fallon, MO 63366
Contact: Rebecca Fauerbach
Phone: 636/272-3477
Fax: 636/272-3482
Email: rfauerbach@necac.org
SOUTHEAST
SIKESTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
307 Cresap
Sikeston, MO 63801
Contact: SaDonna Thompson
Phone: 573/471-8676
Fax: 573/471-8676
Email: fgpp@sbcglobal.net
CENTRAL
Central Missouri Community Action
807-B Providence Road
Columbia, MO 65203
Contact: Ann Gilchrist
Phone: 573/443-8706 x.253
Fax: 573/875-2689
Email: Ann-Gilcrhist@ShowMeAction.org
NORTHWEST
BI-COUNTY SERVICE, INC.
P. O. Box 127
Higginsville, MO 64037
Contact: Lucy Haston
Phone: 660/584-7421
Fax: 660/584-5099
Email: fgp@ctcis.net
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CITY OF KANSAS CITY
3200 Wayne
Kansas City, MO 64109
Contact: Debra Venerable
Phone: 816/784-4519
Fax: 816/784-4529
Email: debra_venerable@kcmo.org
SOUTHWEST
OZARKS AREA COMMUNITY ACTION CORP
215 S. Barnes
Springfield, MO 65802
Contact: Debbie Young
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Phone: 417/873-3350
Fax: 417/864-3499
Email: dyoung@oacac-caa.org
Senior Corps – RSVP
NORTHEAST
CARDINAL RITTER INSTITUTE RSVP
7601 Watson Road
St Louis, MO 63119
Contact: William Goldsmith
Phone: 314/918-2294
Fax: 314/962-4159
Email: wgoldsmith@ccstl.org
COMM COUNCIL OF ST. CHARLES
425 Spencer Road
St. Peters, MO 63376
Contact: Mary Hutchinson
Phone: 636/936-8023
Fax: 636/936-8027
Email: mhutchison@communitycouncilstc.org
DOUGLASS COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC. RSVP
711 Grand Avenue
Hannibal, MO 63401
Contact: Stacey Nicholas
Phone: 573/221-3892
Fax: 573/221-6944
Email: rsvp@douglassonline.org
HEARTLAND SENIOR ADULT SERVICES
P.O. Box 116
Kirksville, MO 63501
Contact: Pat Selby
Phone: 660/665-8314
Fax: 660/665-8315
Email: heartlandrsvp@sbcglobal.net
SOUTHEAST
ALTRUSA CLUB OF POPLAR BLUFF
101 Oak Street
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
Contact: Jennifer Rosener
Phone: 573/686-8624
Fax: 573/686-8605
Email: rsvp@tcmax.net
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
106 S. Washington
East Prairie, MO 63845
Contact: Nicole Sprinkles
Phone: 573/649-5243
Fax: 573/649-2024
Email: anicolesprinkles@yahoo.com
CITY OF MALDEN
607 N. Douglass St.
Malden, MO 63863
Contact: Jeannie Collins
Phone: 573/276-3716
Fax: 573/276-3716
Email: dcrsvp@myvcs.net
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SEMO AAA – Caruthersville
P.O. Box 542
Caruthersville, MO 63830
Contact: Shirley Lacey
Phone: 573/333-1380
Fax: 573/333-2382
Email: sglacey@cosmowireless.net
SEMO AAA – Chaffee
105 N. Main
Chaffee, MO 63740
Contact: Tina Dohogne
Phone: 573/887-3664
Fax: 573/887-8996
Email: rsvpvic@sbcglobal.net
CENTRAL
BOONE COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING
1123 Wilkes Blvd, Ste. 100
Columbia, MO 65201
Contact: Cynthia Jobe
Phone: 314/442-7238
Fax: 573/874-1821
Email: bcca05@centurytel.net
PHELPS COUNTY COMMISSION, INC.
200 N. Main Street, G-13
Rolla, MO 65401
Contact: Sandy Perdue
Phone: 573/458-6189
Fax: 573/458-6188
Email: rsvp@phelpscounty.org
SERVE INC. RSVP
4901 County Road 304
Fulton, MO 65251
Contact: Pam Phelps
Phone: 573/642-9452
Fax: 573/642-2191
Email: rsvp@coin.org
NORTHWEST
ANDREW COUNTY MINISTRIES RSVP
101 S. 4th, P.O. Box 7
Savannah, MO 64485
Contact: Bonnie Steeby
Phone: 816/324-5634
Fax: 816/324-0186
Email: rsvpsav@stjoelive.com
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS - HAUW
1080 Washington
Kansas City, MO 64105
Contact: Betsy Phillips
Phone: 816/559-4668
Fax: 816/874-4382
Email: betsyphillips@uwgkc.org
CONCERNED CHRISTIANS
P.O. Box 445
Chillicothe, MO 64601
Contact: Patty Mefford
Phone: 660/646-0010
Fax: 660/707-0708
Email: chillirsvp@sbcglobal.net
GRUNDY COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING
P.O. Box 173
Trenton, MO 64683
Phone: 660/359-3836
Fax: 660/359-3058
Email: trentonrsvp@sbcglobal.net
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Contact: Edna Foster
HARRISON COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING
P.O. Box 471
Bethany, MO 64424
Contact: Brenda Hoover
Phone: 660/425-7555
Fax: 660/425-0134
Email: hcrsvp@grm.net
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES
P.O. Box 5094
St. Joseph, MO 64505
Contact: Jerry Schwichtenberg
Phone: 816/232-7779
Fax: 816/232-7029
Email: rsvp@inter-serv.org
PETTIS COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
515 S. Kentucky
Sedalia, MO 65301
Contact: Lee Chronister
Phone: 660/826-4212
Fax: 660/827-0633
Email: rsvpps@iland.net
PETTIS COUNTY COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
1812 Main Street
Higginsville, MO 64037
Contact: Dave Rimmer
Phone: 660/584-7421
Fax: 660/584-5099
Email: rsvprcl@iland.net
QUAD LAKES SENIOR INFO. COUNCIL
206 S. Baird Street
Clinton, MO 64735
Contact: Carole Sue Hoefer
Phone: 660/885-6512
Fax: 660/885-6522
Email: rsvp2day@Charterinternet.com
SOUTHWEST
AAA, REGION X, JASPER COUNTY RSVP
2701 S. Bird
Joplin, MO 64804
Contact: Helen Hahn
Phone: 417/627-0600
Fax: 417/627-9710
Email: rsvpjoplinaaa@hotmail.com
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF THE OZARKS
P.O. Box 3947
Springfield, MO 65808
Contact: Nancy Maddy
Phone: 417/862-3595
Fax:417/862-2129
Email: nmaddy@ccozarks.org
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Senior Corps – Senior Companions
NORTHEAST
KINGDOM HOUSE SCP
1321 S. Eleventh
St. Louis, MO 63104
Contact: Dana Hardy
Phone: 314/421-0400
Fax: 314/241-2366
Email: dhardy@kingdomhouse.org
SOUTHEAST
VNA OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
P.O. Box 768
Kennett, MO 63857
Contact: Vicki Rhew
Phone: 573/888-5892, ext. 1127
Fax: 573/888-0538
Email: vrhew@vnasemo.com
CENTRAL
PHELPS COUNTY COMMISSION
200 N. Main, #122
Rolla, MO 65401
Contact: Jan Boatright
Phone: 573/458-6180
Fax: 573/368-4211
Email: srcomp@fidnet.com
NORTHWEST
WESTPORT COOPERATIVE SERVICE
201 Westport Road
Kansas City, MO 64111
Contact: Judy May
Phone: 816/753-8400
Fax: 816/753-2855
Email: jmayscp@yahoo.com
SOUTHWEST
None at this time.
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Learn and Serve
NORTHEAST
BAYLESS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Melinda Brown, Coordinator
4532 Weber Road
St. Louis, MO 63123
Phone: 314/503-6712
Email: mbrown@bayless.k12.mo.us
CAN! ACADEMY OF ST. LOUIS
Ronald Shaw, Coordinator
4300 Goodfellow, Ste. 101
St. Louis, MO 63120
Phone: 314/425-9366
Email: rshaw@americacan.org
MACON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICT
Stacey Blodgett, Coordinator
702 N. Missouri
Macon, MO 63552
Phone: 660/385-2158
Email: mbriscoe@macon.k12.mo.us
WRIGHT CITY R-II
Richard Lagermann, Coordinator
P.O. Box 198
Wright City, MO 63390
Phone: 636/745-7210
Email: richard.lagermann@wrightcity.k12.mo.us
SOUTHEAST
PORTAGEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Sandra Mudd, Coordinator
904 Kings Avenue
Portageville, MO 63873
Phone: 573-379-5706
Email: smudd@portageville.k12.mo.us
CENTRAL
CAMDENTON R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT
Ann Wall, Coordinator
P.O. Box 4109
Camdenton, MO 65020
Phone: 573-346-6336
Email: awall@mail.camdenton.k12.mo.us
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JEFFERSON CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Debra Cornell, Coordinator
315 East Dunklin
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: 573/659-2512
Email: debra.cornell@jcps.k12.mo.us
SEDALIA 200 SCHOOL DISTRICT
Kim Graves, Coordinator
907 East 16th Street
Sedalia, MO 65301
Phone: 660/829-4764
Email: kgraves@sedalia.k12.mo.us
NORTHWEST
CENTER 58 SCHOOL DISTRICT
Michelle Gibson, Coordinator
8434 Paseo Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64131
Phone: 816-349-3670
Email: mgibson@center.k12.mo.us
NE NODAWAY CO R-V SCHOOL DISTRICT
Maryalice Staples, Coordinator
411 East Allyn Street
Parnell, MO 64475
Phone: 660-986-2125
Email: maryalicestaples@hotmail.com
SOUTHWEST
NIXA R-II SCHOOL DISTRICT
Suzanne Axon, Coordinator
205 North Street
Nixa, MO 65714
Phone: 417-724-4080
Email: saxon@mail.nixa.k12.mo.us
WHEATON R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT
Barbara Skinner, Coordinator
P.O. Box 249
Wheaton, MO 64874
Phone: 417-652-3914
Email: BSKINNER@wheaton.k12.mo.us
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Learn and Serve – Student Led Mini-Grants
HELPING SPECIAL EDUCATION LEARN TO COOK
Belton 124 School District
Phone: 816/348-1042
Tania Driskill, Coordinator
Email: tdickey@bsd124.org
613 Mill Street
Belton, MO 64012
LINN CREEK FITNESS and WALKING PATH
Camdenton R-III School District
Allen Schwantes, Coordinator
P.O. Box 1409
Camdenton, MO 65020
Phone: 573/346-6336
Email: ashwantes@mail.camdenton.k12.mo.us
LEWIS and CLARK LEARNING CENTER SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECT
Fort Osage R-1 School District
Phone: 816/796-8762
Terri Budzinski, Coordinator
Email: tbudzinski@fortosage.net
2101 Twyman Road
Independence, MO 64058
INTRODUCE SEUSS
Hickman Mills C-1 School Districts
Stephanie Hill, Coordinator
5401 E 103rd Street
Kansas City, MO 64137
Phone: 816/316-7165
Email: stephanieh@hickmanmills.org
VETERAN’S VIDEO PROJECT
Hickman Mills C-1 School Districts
Stephanie Hill, Coordinator
5401 E 103rd Street
Kansas City, MO 64137
Phone: 816/316-7165
Email: stephanieh@hickmanmills.org
HELLO SOLDIER
Jefferson C-123
Susan Swinford, Coordinator
37614 US Hwy 136
Conception Junction, MO 64434
Phone: 660/944-2316
Email: sswinford@tnp.more.net
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LEARN. SERVE. LEAD
Springfield R-XII
Beth Nickle, Coordinator
501 W. Central
Springfield, MO 65802
Phone: 417/523-2708
Email: enickle@spsmail.org
PEACE LIBRARIES
Springfield R-XII
Beth Nickle, Coordinator
501 W. Central
Springfield, MO 65802
Phone: 417/523-2708
Email: enickle@spsmail.org
PREVENTING TEEN PREGNANCY
St. Louis City Public School District
Valerie Carter-Thomas, Coordinator
Northwest Academy of Law
5140 Riverview Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63120
Phone: 314/385-4774
Email: Valerie.carter@slps.org
Learn and Serve – Teacher Mini-Grants
IN THE FOOTSTEPS
Bolivar R-1 School District
Betty Glasgow, Coordinator
1401 N Hwy D
Bolivar, MO 65613
Phone: 417/326-5228
Email: bglasgow@bolivar.k12.mo.us
VETERAN’S DAY CELEBRATIONS
Bowling Green R-I School District
Jeff Swartz, Coordinator
700 West Adams
Bowling Green, MO 63334
Phone: 573/324-2181
Email: jswartz@bgschools.k12.mo.us
TO LEARNING and BEYOND
Fulton 58 Public Schools
Melissa Albert, Coordinator
#1 Hornet Drive
Fulton, MO 65251
Phone: 573/642-5559
Email: melissa_albert@fulton.k12.mo.us
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SERVICE-LEARNING MOSAIC
Hickman Mills C-1 School District
Lois Hutchins, Coordinator
5401 E. 103rd Street
Kansas City, MO 64137
Phone: 816/316-7165
Email: stephanieh@hickmanmills.org
PEACE JAM
Hickman Mills C-1 School District
Stephanie Hill, Coordinator
5401 E. 103rd Street
Kansas City, MO 64137
Phone: 816/316-7167
Email: stephanieh@hickmanmills.org
RODEO ARENA
Nevada R-V School District
Bryan Thomsen, Coordinator
800 W. Hickory
Nevada, MO 64772
Phone: 417-448-2020
Email: bthomsen@nevada.k12.mo.us
PARK PRIDE
Oran R-III School District
Joye Carter, Coordinator
310 Church Street
Oran, MO 63771
Phone: 573/262-3345
Email: jcarter@oran.k12.mo.us
CHEMISTRY DEMONSTRATIONS
Sedalia 200 Public Schools
John Lamar, Coordinator
2806 Matthew Drive
Sedalia, MO 65301
Phone: 660/829-6300
Email: jlamar@sedalia.k12.mo.us
BUTTERFLY GARDEN
West Platte Co. R-II
Dave Waddell, Coordinator
1025 Washington Street
Weston, MO 64098
Phone: 816/640-2811
Email: waddelld@wprii.k12.mo.us
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Citizen Corps
St. Charles County Citizen Corps Council
301 North Second Street
Room 280
St. Charles, MO 63301-5410
Rita Konertz-Lee, Secretary
Phone: 636/949-3023
Fax: 636/949-3021
Email: cstarsc@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.stci.us
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