In the corner of the room sits a digital clock with large illuminated numerals. It’s a relic from the 90s, looks a bit like a small toaster but offers no …
One Hundred Years of Foundation: Community Amidst Crisis
By Buff Buffkin, President, and Faith Sandler, Executive Director When we set out to celebrate a centennial and adopted the tagline, “100 Years and Counting”, we were planning to count …
Trauma, Pandemic, and Community Impact
This request for funding was already prepared for publication before COVID-19 began unfolding in the United States. Once the effects of the virus became clearer, I wondered if it was …
Big Sonia and My Little Sister
Today is my little sister Terri’s birthday, and today I’d like to invite you to the movies. I know you’re thinking we’re too old for matinee birthday parties and she …
Do not miss the chance to KNOW US
Make up a story… For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in …
100 Years (and Counting) of Helping Students Find Their Way
*This blogpost is the first of five in a series marking the centennial year of The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis. Jointly authored by members of the History Subcommittee and …
