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		<title>What&#8217;s up with mocking the homeless?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I normally do not like to draw attention to bad posts, but this post pushed me over the edge on this topic. I realize this post is intentionally overblown and inflammatory, but I have seen several serious posts along this line recently. When did it become popular to publicly disparage and spout hatred against the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=253&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BBQ and Desert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I and other members of the Shalom Outreach Society served a dinner for the women at Shalom House. We served lasagna, salad, and garlic bread and everything turned out great. I sat with a couple of the ladies while they were eating and one of the women spoke with me about the normal course [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=249&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Housekeeping</title>
		<link>http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/housekeeping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charter Schools]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/?p=246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My apologies for the delayed posting. Life has been hectic as of late &#8211; my wife and I just bought a house! I hope to be back to normal posting soon. Here are some miscellaneous tidbits: - Time is running out to support education with a comment. I must say, I have been pretty disappointed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=246&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building Relationships</title>
		<link>http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/building-relationships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My family and I have a friend who is currently deployed to Afghanistan for the Air Force. Of course we send him care packages to remind him of home and to make his experience a little better, but with the next package we plan to take it a little farther. I asked him if there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=243&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Louis Area Job Fair</title>
		<link>http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/st-louis-area-job-fair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Job Fair]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/?p=238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the United Way, &#8220;at the end of 2008 more than 108,000 people were unemployed in the St. Louis Metro Region.&#8221; Wow! There will be a Job Fair held by the Partnership for the New Workforce on Thursday, 26 March. The event will run from 1 &#8211; 4 PM and will be at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=238&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Third Friday Event Pictures</title>
		<link>http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/third-friday-event-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shalom Outreach Society]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/?p=226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Third Friday event for the Shalom Outreach Society went great! There were dozens of people in attendance watching live glassblowing demonstrations and browsing the glass and art displays. We had the opportunity to share information about Shalom House and the Outreach Society with many people. The great folks at Third Degree did a live [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=226&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Kiva Loan</title>
		<link>http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/new-kiva-loan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kiva]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Muhammad Yunus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had $18 sitting in my Kiva account, so I threw in $7 to make a new loan. I have been considering this for about a week now, but until I looked today every single loan listed had been fully funded. I find this very exciting as it means the level of support for Kiva [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=223&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Impacted?</title>
		<link>http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/are-you-impacted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Foreclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Housing Crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Loss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recession]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/?p=218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I will be honest &#8211; I have not been personally impacted by the current economic situation. I have a good job, my wife and I were just pre-approved for a nice sized mortgage loan, we have paid off nearly all of our debt, and we have accumulated some serious savings. I do not say this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=218&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St. Louis &#8211; After School Programs</title>
		<link>http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/st-louis-after-school-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boys and Girls Club]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Head Start]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/?p=214</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my first post about education in St. Louis I talked about the importance of after school programs. I have done some research, and it seems that the majority of St. Louis programs are affiliated with the After School for All Partnership (ASAP). ASAP is itself a partnership between Area Resources for Community and Human [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=214&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shalom Outreach Society Event</title>
		<link>http://helpingstlouis.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/shalom-outreach-society-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Schevus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shalom Outreach Society is holding a promotional event at the Third Friday event at Third Degree Glass Factory this Friday 20 February from 6 &#8211; 10 PM. There will be Outreach Society members on hand to provide information about the group and Shalom House and to answer any questions. Information about Tri-BALL-Athon 2009 will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=helpingstlouis.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5636680&amp;post=211&amp;subd=helpingstlouis&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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