START - St Louis Teens Aid Refugees Today

04/24/2026

Thank you Ladue high school START club! They raised $300 by organizing a Crumble cookie sale at their school. These students are true leaders. They came up with the idea on their own, coordinated with an owner of Crumble, and executed their plan! The money they raised will go directly to our family support program. They even painted this sign! We love strong student leaders!!!

03/30/2026

We will continue to collect orders until end of day today. All proceeds go towards refugee and immigrant support in St. Louis. Thank you Villa Duchesne for such strong student leaders! We have already exceeded our goal!

Check out the campaign START Egg My Yard Fundraiser on Givebutter!

Fundraiser for supporting refugee families

03/03/2026

We are so proud of our START President, Bridget Hoff, a Senior at Villa Duchesne. She was presented with the Archbishop John L May Award for her exceptional leadership and dedication to serving refugees in the St. Louis community. Thank you Bridget for the past 4 years of leadership! The award was well deserved. We are grateful for you.

03/02/2026

Volunteer at our annual ice skating day for refugees! ⛸️

We need about 40 volunteers to help kids put on skates and to help kids skate. Welcome Neighbor STL will provide skates for volunteers and refugees.

Sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0549AEA72AA3FBC52-62533886-volunteer #/

02/13/2026

Volunteer Opportunity! Join us on March 7 at 1pm for the first monthly Afghan teen gathering!

Click here to volunteer - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A45A9AE2EAAFAC07-62174426-refugee?useFullSite=true

01/16/2026

We are so proud of our volunteer Hayley Preusser from Nerinx Hall High School who is a tutor for one of our Afghan families. Thank you Hayley for loving our refugee neighbors! We are so proud of you and grateful for your deduction to our In -Home tutoring program.

Nerinx Hall senior Hayley Preusser among 29 high school teens to be honored at annual MLK Mass

01/03/2026

Share this with your friends! It’s going to be fun!

You're invited to our annual Pickleball Tournament Fundraiser! Grab your friends for a fun day and make a difference at the same time! All proceeds go towards supporting local refugee families.

🏓Jan 10 from 10am - 1pm
🏓 At Chicken N Pickle - St. Charles
🏓 Teams of two

Register your team here - https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLTWSA5JPX84A/checkout/BBTTX6TPS4WDJIDANX77R5DJ

12/18/2025

Thank you to all the START teens who volunteered their time on Saturday to make the Winter Party such a huge success! We could not have done this without you! We had students from Ladue High School, Kirkwood High School, Villa Duchesne, Visitation Academy - Saint Louis, St. Joseph's Academy and Chaminade College Preparatory School St. Louis

11/22/2025

We need teen volunteers for our upcoming Winter Party for our refgugee families. Mrs. Wittman will sign off on service hours at [email protected].

Volunteer for Welcome Neighbor STL's annual Winter Party on Dec 13 from 2-5pm in the St. John the Baptist gym (4200 Delor St, St. Louis, MO 63116). We have three opportunities to volunteer. 1) Set up We need 15 volunteers to help with set up from 12-2pm. 2) Run the games and craft tables We need 30....

10/18/2025

Thank you to the Villa Duchesne and Kirkwood High School START clubs and Forsyth School for collecting Halloween costumes for refugee kids! And thank you to all the teens who came to help get them organized. Tomorrow we have 150 kids registered to come shop for costumes and we are ready!

10/04/2025

Who needs service hours and who wants to have fun helping kids pick out Halloween Costumes?

Oct 18 and 19

Please signup here:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084DA5AD2EA4F49-58805246-halloween #/