MERS/Goodwill Employment Services, located at the Adams Park Community Center and funded by WUMC, has placed over 80 Forest Park Southeast residents in employment within the last two years. WUMC contracts with MERS/Goodwill to have an office in FPSE and to directly target FPSE residents. Esther Williams, MERS/Goodwill’s Director of Community Projects, stated that, “We […]
For years the northeast corner at Tower Grove and Vandeventer was an unsightly entry point for the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. Thousands of people pass by the area on a daily basis with this perhaps their only glimpse of FPSE. Brooks Goedeker, WUMC’s Community Development Specialist, stated, “I thought that this piece of land had […]
Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club is excited about the opportunity to serve the children and adults in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. For nearly 40 years the youth development agency has provided life-changing programs and services for kids ages 6 to 18. As a chartered member of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Herbert […]
When some of the restaurant and bar owners on Manchester presented the idea of a unique festival coming to Forest Park Southeast, Brian Phillips, Executive Director of WUMC, agreed that the time was right. “This neighborhood has been desiring a neighborhood wide festival that could bring together residents and visitors to celebrate the city and […]
For the second year WUMC has worked with Rebuilding Together St. Louis to target homes in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood. Rebuilding Together, formerly Christmas in April, is a national organization that revitalizes neighborhoods in partnership with the community by rehabilitating the houses of low-income elderly and disabled homeowners, so that they may continue to […]
The goal of WUMC’s annual Holiday Outreach Program is to reach out to community members who are in need each holiday season. Each department at Washington University School of Medicine adopts at least one needy family in Forest Park Southeast. Throughout the year WUMC is in contact with area agencies and community stakeholders to identify […]
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