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VIP (Volunteers Impact Prosperity) and Java G’s Lifestyle Café have initiated a program to increase awareness and support for the Social Enterprises and Volunteers that serve the four counties of St. Charles, Franklin, Lincoln and Warren. Every week “VIP’s at Java G’s” will offer the following to nonprofit Social Enterprise agencies, churches, civic groups, local governments, hospitals and schools that depend on volunteers to complete their mission:
*Java G’s will ‘lift up’ the Social Enterprise and Volunteers of the Week at a Friday night event in their honor from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. featuring the “Sing A Long Brothers”. Java G’s will also feature the organization and volunteer throughout the week on our website and in the café itself.
*VIP will ‘lift up’ the Social Enterprise and Volunteer of the Week on its Westplex Enews electronic magazine.
“Social Enterprise of the Week” - February 1st
BOONE CENTER VIP OF THE WEEK!
Volunteers Impact Prosperity and Java G's have selected the Boone Center as our VIP Social Enterprise of the week. Please contact Sylvia Ritzel at sritzel@msn.com to learn the benefits provided to your Social Enterprise nonprofit agency, church, civic group, medical facility, school, etc., by this weekly program.
About Boone Center: Boone Center, BCI, is a St. Charles County not-for-profit organization committed to providing productive and fulfilling employment opportunities for adults with disabilities. Licensed by the State of Missouri through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Boone Center operates as a certified sheltered workshop. By soliciting customers and successfully performing subcontracting work, Boone Center has established itself as one of the leading specialized packaging companies in the Midwest. Boone Center achieved this distinction by providing superior customer service through quality workmanship.
Established in 1959 as a one-employee candle making shop, Boone Center now employs over 200 adults with disabilities. BCI's modern campus consists of two production areas totaling 102,500 square feet built especially to satisfy the needs of our special employees as well as the customers we serve. BCI believes that all persons are entitled to the chance to earn a living through productive employment. With the support that BCI offers, those who otherwise would not have this option can become contributing members of the St. Charles County community and experience the satisfaction obtained through productive activity.
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"Volunteer of the Week" - February 1st - Tom Hughes
Tom Hughes is our Volunteers Impact Prosperity and Java G's Volunteer of the Week. Tom will be honored by VIP's Social Enterprise Center of the Week, the Boone Center, on Tuesday, Feburary 6th at Windows on Washington.
While serving as a St. Charles police officer for 21 years, Tom Hughes realized his true passion for homebuilding. While working on his third home, Hughes placed a sign in the front yard that read, “You buy mine. I’ll buy yours.” The rest is history.
Today, T.R. Hughes Inc. is building 20 new-home communities in St. Charles County, St. Louis County and Southwestern Illinois. T.R. Hughes has been named among the RCGA’s Top 50 Companies and the Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Companies, and was selected one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s Best Places to Work.
Tom Hughes has certainly set the example for leadership, both as a philanthropist and a CEO. He is the current president of the Home Builders Association of Greater St. Louis. Hughes has also been honored with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, St. Charles City’s Employer of the Year Award, the St. Peters Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Business Leadership Award, the O’Fallon Economic Development Award, March of Dimes Building the Community Award and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce Fast Track Award.
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“Social Enterprise of the Week” - January 25th
Youth In Need
"Volunteers of the Week" - January 25th
Brenda and Maurice Newberry
Our Economy is Dependent On Social Enterprises and Volunteers!
A survey by VIP to measure the economic impact of volunteers reported that “last year people volunteered at 1,750 nonprofit agencies, churches, civic groups, local governments, hospitals and schools. The economic worth of their service is almost $278 million, the survey said. 3-8-07 St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
