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Not Just For Kids! features news, fun activities and places to visit in the Metro St. Louis area for the entire family.    St. Louis Front Page P.O. Box 1354 St. Louis, MO 63188 Voice: 314-771-0200 Fax: 314-771-0300 To submit news, contact: editor@slfp.com Please e-mail advertising@slfp.com or call 314-771-0200 for information or questions about advertising opportunities on Not Just For KIDS!.  St. Louis Front Page - "The Most St. Louis Friendly Web Site" |
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ST. LOUIS (SLFP.com), November 14, 2009 - More than 100 volunteers gathered at Whitfield School in Creve Coeur on Saturday, November 14, for Variety's annual Bike for Kids program. The program provides 275 St. Louis children with physical and mental disabilities to take home what could be their first bicycle. This year, the Bikes for Kids program is expanding to provide therapeutic bikes to Variety kids with physical disabilities, in addition to the traditional bicycles Variety has been gifting for 13 years. The therapeutic bikes are made by a company based near Chicago, and are customized to each child, based upon his or her specific needs. The bikes can cost between $1,500 and $3,000. Through this program, more than 2,000 bikes have been delivered to children (ages 5-14) throughout the St. Louis area. Variety volunteers assembled the bikes from 9 - 11 a.m. before presenting them to the children. Each bicycle featured a big red bow, along with a helmet, bike lock, T-shirt and safety instruction. Variety's Bikes for Kids program was founded in 1995 by Variety Board member John R. Weber Sr. and Executive Director Jan Albus. The program gets to the heart of one of Variety's goals - to give mobility to children with disabilities. Since the program began, Variety has delivered more than 3,000 bikes to St. Louis area children (ages 5 - 14), thanks to sponsors, donors and volunteers. Major Bikes for Kids sponsors are World Wide Technology, THF Realty and the St. Louis Rams. For more information, visit www.varietystl.org
ST. LOUIS (SLFP.com), November 11, 2009 - Families and students are invited to enjoy exciting entertainment at MO-TELL'S TELLABRATION!, an international celebration of storytelling, on Friday, November 20, 2009, from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., at Missouri Baptist University. The theme of the program, "Rythym in Story," will be illustrated in stories told through music by musicians. The event features professional storytellers, a puppeteer and musicians including the Quartet from The Ambassadors of Harmony, a professional Barber Shop singing group based in St. Louis. Larry Brown, a profession storyteller and musician from Kansas City, will also perform. Larry Brown is a professional storyteller and musician from Kansas City, Missouri, coming all the way to St. Louis just for this performance because he's just that good! MO-TELL (The Missouri Storytelling Organization) is sponsoring St. Louis's Tellabration, which will take place in the Recital Hall in the Pillsbury Chapel & Dale Williams Fine Arts Center. The performance will be followed by a fundraising auction at 8 p.m. with proceeds to benefit MO-TELL. Missouri Baptist University is located off of US 40, on North 40 Outer Rd. between Mason Rd. and I 270. Tickets are $5.00. For more information, contact Joy Nack (314) 317-9061.
ST. LOUIS (SLFP.com), November 11, 2009 - Guests at the 2009 Exhibit A: Art by Architects fundraiser at Cannon Design, November 5, enjoyed an opportunity to bid on sketches and drawings by notable architects from St. Louis and around the world. The revitalized Power House offices of Cannon Design provided a stunning backdrop for 23 pieces of framed artwork that were auctioned to the highest bidder with proceeds benefiting the De La Salle Middle School at St. Matthew's (DLS), continuing the tradition from the inaugural event last year. In the event program, Cannon Design North America President M. Kent Turner, AIA, MRAIC, stated, "DLS is a remarkable place doing remarkable work with remarkable but exceedingly challenged young people. The difference they are making in the lives of their kids is amazing. Get to know them while you're here." That invitation was honored as many guests spent time visiting with students while viewing the artwork displayed on walls throughout the first two floors of the firm's office. The landmark Revival Style building, built in 1927 as part of the Municipal Service Building, was beautifully restored by Cannon Design and has received LEED Gold status. Archived St. Louis Community News and Information:  City of St. Louis Chosen As Site of Annual Robotics Championship from 2011 - 2013Goodwill Awarded $19 Million to Mentor YouthVan Gogh: Brush with Genius at the OMNIMAX®St. Louis Class of 2009 Graduates Earn Almost $43 Million in Scholarships and GrantsSurgeons Warn: Skateboarding Tough on Feet, AnklesRecreational Music Making Results in Breakthroughs for Inner City YouthPresident Barack Obama Visits Year UpWhat All Parents Should Know About Swine FluMaryland Heights Chamber of Commerce Will Award Five ScholarshipsSt. Louis Area Robotics Team Advances to National FinalsObama Budget Proposes Direct College Aid for 5,186 More Students in MissouriTobacco Marketing Influences Kids to SmokeSharp Increase in Use of Sleep Medications by Young Adults According to a New Study
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