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The Playing With Heart Foundation’s mission is identify gifted youth athletes and help remove the financial barriers that often prevent them from playing year-round competitive sports at the highest level they are capable.

Assessment and training focused on pairing veterans with shelter dogs to become working teams, meeting each others physical and emotional needs. The veterans are educated and trained on ways to take care of his/her dog to maintain the skills desired in the dog. We also support the veteran and the dog in maintaining a healthy relationship, creating and maintaining the animal/human bond.

Our mission is to provide equine-assisted activities for children with special needs.

Connecting the generations through programs that celebrate the wisdom, talents and creativity of older adults.

Our mission is to provide a community of healing, hope, and light throughout the life-long journey of childhood cancer. We advocate, we educate, we build partnerships, and we foster solidarity for all families experiencing cancer.Candlelighters provides support for families every step of the way from diagnosis through treatment, providing programs such as emergency financial assistance, an annual family camp, family activities, bereavement support, and a meal program that offers comfort and support for families during a difficult journey. Through it all, we never charge families a dime – ever!​

Feed My People works to alleviate the effects of poverty in the St. Louis area while also providing resources to help those in need lead independent and sustainable lives. We serve without regard to religion or ethnicity. A significant number of those we serve are our most vulnerable: infants, children, immigrants, veterans, the elderly, and the disabled. Feed My People's two food pantries are located in underserved areas for those living at or below Federal poverty guidelines.

Our mission is to walk alongside families, providing support-based programs that encourage self-sufficiency. In other words, we build relationships with families, treating them with our core values of Dignity and Accountability as they work to overcome barriers and improve their lives.