Upcoming events

    • 12 Apr 2023
    • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
    • Community Foundation, 2 Oak Knoll Park, Clayton MO 63105
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    It's Ballot Fair time - one of the most exciting times of the year for our membership!

    This is the time when each of us, as active members of the Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund, gets to play an important role in deciding how our funds are spent in our community.

    Since 2007, SOS members have invested more than $3.1 million in the St. Louis community by supporting more than 95 local nonprofits. In 2023, we will continue this legacy.

    SOS site visit teams have been busy the last two months reviewing project plans, studying financials and conducting site visits to local nonprofits.

    At the Ballot Fair, we will learn about these nonprofit organizations and why they have been recommended for the Final Ballot. 

    Come ready to ask questions and become inspired by all the good things going on in the St. Louis community! 

    Site team members will be available to give further insight into each grant proposal.Team members are preparing pitches to deliver to the whole group that will start at approximately 5:45 so be sure to arrive on time! A voters guide will be sent out to all members with a ballot summary and instructions on how to vote electronically.

    Don’t forget to pay your dues so you’re eligible to vote!

    Organizations selected by SOS membership vote will be announced at the Annual Meeting & Spirit Awards on May 17th at Third Degree Glass Factory!

    Be there and lend your voice to this important part of the grant-making process!

    • 25 Apr 2023
    • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
    • At the home of Maryanne Baer: 886 Victoria Place. 63122
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    The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, was author and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison’s first novel.  Set in Ohio in 1941, the story centers around a young girl whose self-confidence is eroded because she is consistently told she is ugly because she is Black.  These constant racial insults fuel her desire for blue eyes which she equates with whiteness and beauty.

    Morrison wrote this book to give voice to Black girlhood and to remind readers of ‘how hurtful racism is’.  An examination of beauty and conformity, she writes that Blacks feel ‘apologetic about the fact that their skin is so dark.’

    It has been a controversial book since its debut, banned in many states off and on over the years due to its explicit description of racism and bias and childhood sexual abuse.  It continues to be on the banned book list in many states.

    Join us to discuss The Bluest Eye, one of Toni Morrison's most powerful, unforgettable novels - and a significant work of American fiction.

    Wine and light appetizers will be served.

    • 17 May 2023
    • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM


Past events

7 Mar 2023 It Takes Two: Partners Impacting Our Community’s Health
15 Feb 2023 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
9 Feb 2023 SOS Prospective Member Information Session
8 Feb 2023 Becoming One Of The Grateful Dead: Where There’s A Will, There’s A Way by Carol Weisman
2 Dec 2022 Annual Holiday Coffee
14 Nov 2022 Supercharging Impact at the Delmar DivINe
10 Nov 2022 SOS Prospective Member Information Session
1 Nov 2022 November Book Discussion
18 Oct 2022 Join SOS on Oct. 18 for Truth Be Told, A Media Literacy Event
13 Oct 2022 Volunteer at Lift for Life Gym
21 Sep 2022 Fall Kickoff at EarthDance Organic Farm
25 Aug 2022 Volunteer at EarthDance
23 Aug 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
12 Aug 2022 Volunteer at Caring for Kids
11 Aug 2022 SOS Information Session
9 Aug 2022 Join us for a special tour of St. Louis Public Library's Central Library
6 Aug 2022 Join us for a special tour of St. Louis Public Library's Central Library
29 Jun 2022 Summertime Walk in Forest Park
10 Jun 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
18 May 2022 2022 Spirit Awards
13 May 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
26 Apr 2022 Book Discussion: Here We Are, a memoir, by Aarti Namdev Shahani
22 Apr 2022 SOS Volunteering with Saint Louis Story Stitchers
13 Apr 2022 SOS Ballot Fair (Members Only)
25 Mar 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
22 Mar 2022 SOS Book Discussion "The Last Children of Mill Creek" by Vivian Gibson
14 Mar 2022 SOS Volunteering at Springboard to Learning
8 Mar 2022 Housing Inequity 101
1 Mar 2022 SOS Volunteering at The Collective Thread
25 Feb 2022 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
9 Feb 2022 Membership Appreciation Social Hour
26 Jan 2022 Site Visit Training - Members Only
15 Dec 2021 SOS Volunteering at Springboard to Learning
13 Dec 2021 SOS Volunteering at Springboard to Learning
3 Dec 2021 Annual Holiday Coffee
2 Dec 2021 SOS Volunteering at Fit & Food Connection
17 Nov 2021 Coming to America - Resettling as a Refugee in St. Louis
16 Nov 2021 SOS Volunteering in the Urban Harvest STL Farm at Rung for Women
5 Nov 2021 SOS Volunteering at The Collective Thread
26 Oct 2021 Poetry Discussion: The Hill We Climb
20 Oct 2021 SOS New Member Connection (Classes of 2020 and 2021)
15 Oct 2021 SOS Volunteering at Eye Thrive
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