Join Hands ELS and Connections to Success are partnering with the St. Louis Area Food Bank to host drive-through food distributions on the following Tuesdays: May12, 19 & 26  ...

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Join Hands ESL continues to serve our families and children under the restrictions of the Coronavirus shutdown. We are here to help the women and children we serve: Providing emergency aid for phones, rent, food, bus passes, car repairs, gas money, etc. Weekly food distribution in partnership with the St. Louis Food Bank and Connections to Success. Regular participation in the East St Louis COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disaster). Easter baskets to 200 children. Distributing personal care, paper products and cleaning supplies; items not covered by food stamps. Activity CARE packages......

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Please CLICK HERE to help us help the children in East St. Louis today! An important message from Sheila Burton Dear Friends, I hesitate to write, but our need is urgent. And many of you have asked how our families and children are doing during this time. The limitations and impact of the coronavirus is being felt by all, but our 200+ children and their families are especially impacted. Already living on the margins of society, many of our parents are losing their jobs and being pushed further into poverty and desperation. They......

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Join Hands ESL focuses on youth empowerment through relationships, education, and service...

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Tired of the hatred and division, join our Join Hands Peace Warrior teens as they start a movement to spread love and the idea of ubuntu as a solution to what we all are experiencing in the world today. Take the Ubuntu Pledge! Join us....

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Peace Warriors proudly wear their t-shirts after a training, showing their commitment to living out Dr. King’s principles of nonviolence. (East St. Louis, Ill.) – It is one thing to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Principles of Nonviolence, but even more courageous to live out those principles on a daily basis. Teens in East St. Louis are doing just that as “Peace Warriors,” teaching Kingian nonviolence to peers and enacting Dr. King’s vision in their schools and communities. These motivated youth from Join Hands, a community-based nonprofit in East St.......

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Please join us for our 15th Annual Christmas in the Kitchen with Mitzi MacDonald & Keltic Reign Benefit Concert on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Tickets are $15 for general seating and available at Metrotix.com. Bring an unwrapped toy or teen gift and receive a child’s admission free. For questions or more information call (314) 602-5634....

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Coming Summer 2019: Join Hands Peace Warriors Tired of the violence? Looking for something, anything, that might help stop it? Let the young people lead! “Peace Warriors” show other teens how to resolve conflicts using Dr. Martin Luther King’s principles of nonviolence. Teens from the Join Hands Dream Path Teen Mentoring Program Will be offering multiple weeklong training sessions for other teens in Kingian Nonviolence – Dr. King’s principles of nonviolence at the Ubuntu Center for Peace in East St. Louis Summer 2019! For more information or if you are interested in having teens......

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Please join us for Join Hands ESL, Inc’s Trivia Night on Friday, July 12, 2019 at Mary Queen of Peace Gym. Doors open at 6 pm. Trivia starts at 7 pm. REGISTER ONLINE PRINTABLE REGISTRATION FORM...

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Please join us for Join Hands ESL, Inc’s Annual Fundraiser on Friday, May 3, 2019 at Llwelyn’s Pub in Webster Grovers beginning at 5:00pm. REGISTER ONLINE PRINTABLE REGISTRATION FORM  ...

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