All Entries in the "Get Involved" Category
Sunday Parkways returns to Ferguson on July 25
Who says family fun has to be expensive? Bring the kids to Ferguson’s Forestwood Park this Sunday and enjoy a fabulous range of free activities for all ages! Sponsored by Live Well Ferguson, whose mission is to promote healthy, active living in the community, “Sunday Parkways” offers an afternoon of games and exercise, as well [...]
Ferguson hosting public workshop on walking & biking
If you’d like to see Ferguson become a more walkable and bikeable community, mark your calendar for July 8. That’s when the local nonprofit Trailnet is teaming with Live Well Ferguson to host its first public workshop, with a long-term goal of developing a walkable/bikeable master plan for Ferguson. Topics of discussion will include bike [...]
Show Me A Cure fights cancer, on wheels
If St. Francis was right, and it’s truly “in giving that we receive,” then Matt and Angie Bay are due for some very generous payback. Though Matt works as a firefighter and Angie as a nurse, this amazing Florissant couple spends the bulk of their free time doing even more community service – as the [...]
The Gospel Garage: driven by God to serve
Pastor Kevin Causey may hail from the Baptist tradition, but when I first heard of his unique mission, I was reminded of a quote from a famous Catholic, Mother Teresa. She said, “Faith in action is love, and love in action is service.” And I can tell you, nowhere is that more true than in [...]
A day in the life: North County Meals on Wheels
It’s a Thursday morning in the parking lot of St. Mark’s Church on Graham Road, and despite the fact that it’s raining buckets, volunteers for North County Meals on Wheels are not deterred. When the van carrying fresh-cooked meals from Christian Hospital arrives, all ten of them leap from their cars and quickly grab the [...]
NAC Gallery seeks art from local women…by Saturday
Right after Christmas in 2004, I got an intriguing phone call. A local investor had just purchased one of the old Universal Match buildings in Ferguson, and if I could help fill it with artists’ studios, he told me I could “have” the building for free. The catch was that I would need to start [...]
Normandy’s Wayside Community Garden opens this Sunday
If you’ve ever driven on Florissant Road near Bermuda, no doubt you’ve seen “Wayside.” The sprawling Victorian house, built in the 1890s by John Mullanphy Cates, was for many years home to wealthy salt baron Thomas Hardy. Upon his death in 1960, his wife donated the property to the Normandy School District, stipulating that it [...]
Help keep our rivers clean at Confluence Trash Bash 2010
During 2009, volunteers for the organization Missouri River Relief removed an astounding 57 tons of trash from the Missouri River and her tributaries. That included 636 tires, 370 bags of recyclables, 11 refrigerators and a very long list of other items that have absolutely no business being in our waterways. When you consider that North [...]
Training for Ferguson’s Twilight 5K begins soon
One of the best things about North County is the abundance of hiking and biking trails, but of course, you have to be at least somewhat fit to use them. Not being in peak shape myself, I often feel like I’m missing out on so many great adventures right in my own backyard. That’s why [...]
Parishioners fight to save Blessed Teresa school
It’s tough to be a Catholic in North County. Over the past 20 years, the St. Louis Archdiocese has closed or consolidated around thirty North County parishes, striking a brutal blow to many local neighborhoods and playing a substantial role in their decline. In 2005, it was four Ferguson-area parishes on the chopping block: Good [...]
EarthDance seeks 2010 organic farming apprentices
If you’ve ever dreamed of getting your hands dirty in the rich soil of an organic farm, head on down to the Ferguson Library this Tuesday for an informative session on EarthDance Farms‘ organic farming apprentice program. Launched in 2008, this hands-on “school” allows Freshman Farmies to maintain their own organic plots at Mueller Farm [...]
Good green fun at Pesto Festo
As if the glorious weather wasn’t enough to celebrate this weekend, last night’s Pesto Festo event in Ferguson made North County the place to be. Hosted by EarthDance Farms, the annual fundraiser drew more than 300 progressive, green-minded guests from all over St. Louis, and featured delicious local food, gorgeous artwork, and swingin’ performances by [...]
Council votes tomorrow on NoCo casino
I wrote about the proposed Riverview Casino a few weeks ago, and how I and many others believe it’s a bad idea for North County. Well, it all comes down to Tuesday night, when the St. Louis County Council votes on whether to approve the casino’s zoning amendments. In recent years, both the state of [...]
Comfort Food Weekend: Nov 6-7
On a chilly fall day, there are few things more wonderful than old-fashioned comfort food. Especially when that food is being cooked for a very good cause. On Friday, November 6th, the Ferguson Swim Team is hosting one of two tasty fundraisers that will take place in Ferguson that weekend. Its Fried Chicken Dinner is [...]
Green Goodness: EarthDance at Mueller Farm
Like North County itself, Mueller Organic Farm is a place that many people assumed was dead. Located on 14 lush acres at the border of Ferguson and Kinloch, this historic farm was founded in 1883 and was worked by members of the Mueller family up until the mid-1990s. After Al Mueller died in 1999, his [...]
The Buddhist Monks of Florissant
I was at True Value Hardware in Florissant several years ago and was shocked to turn around and see three Buddhist monks, all dressed in blazing orange robes, standing right behind me. It’s not something you see every day, especially in Florissant (or most places in the US), so I had to know where these [...]
It’s Meat Shoot time!
“What’s more fun than drinking beer and shooting guns?” That’s what one contestant said to me at the Florissant Eagles meat shoot this weekend. And I have to say…amen, brother! Though I’m not usually a gun person, there is something quite enticing about shooting tiny targets with a total stranger’s rifle, in the hopes of [...]
Wild Bird Rehab needs your help
North County is home to many excellent nonprofits, but one of my favorites has to be Wild Bird Rehabilitation in Overland. For nearly 17 years, this amazing organization has been rescuing sick and injured songbirds throughout the St. Louis area. In fact, if you visit their small facility on Midland Blvd, you’ll find room after [...]
Locations in Florissant,
Chesterfield & West Port
7/31: Lavish Design Jewelry Demo 8am-12pm, Ferguson Cycling Club Ride 9-11am, Live Music - Maple Jam Band 9-11am. ALSO 45+ vendors!
Saturdays 8am-2pm in the 2500 block of Woodson Road