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“Let us love God, but let it be at the expense of our arms and the sweat of our brows.”       Vincent DePaul

As a Gateway Vincentian Volunteer you will work a forty-hour week at one of a variety of worksites. Each worksite provides the opportunity to work directly with the poor and underserved. We will make every attempt to place you in a worksite that meets your needs and goals. You will have the chance to interview with potential worksite supervisors and have input in the final decision.

Our work sites include:

  • Guardian Angel Settlement Association–a social service agency that provides rent, utility, and other forms of assistance to people in poverty, to children, and to senior citizens, including a food pantry and thrift store; www.guardianangelsettlement.org

  • St. John’s Mercy Neighborhood Ministry–a ministry seeking to improve the quality of life for poor and underserved communities by increasing health care access, providing education, and coordinating community resources; includes a health clinic that serves a diverse and multicultural population; www.stjohnsmercy.org/services

  • North Grand Neighborhood Ministries—a non-profit organization that serves North St. Louis and strives to stabilize the neightborhood through developing affordable housing and community programs, including after-school programs, enrichment programs, a cookie-making business for area youth, etc.; www.ngns.org

  • Marian Middle School–a NativityMiguel middle school for impoverished girls; www.mms-stl.org

  • Community Alternatives–an agency that offers a variety of services to people with mental health problems, especially those who suffer from severe mental illness, poverty, homelessness, chemical dependency, alcoholism, and HIV/AIDS; www.community-alternatives.org

  • Our Lady’s Inn–a shelter for pregnant women and their children; j-e-s-u-s.net/Jesus/ourladysinn

  • Peter and Paul Community Services, Inc.–a human service agency that works to provide immediate and transitional housing and supportive services to persons who are homeless, especially those with mental illness or HIV/AIDS

  • Vincent Gray Alternative High School–a high school that provides education for at-risk young men and women in the East St. Louis, IL, area; www.vgahs.org

  • Places for People—a non-profit agency that provides a broad range of care and services to people with serious and persistent mental illness, including creating treatment plans, linking people with psychiatric and medical services, helping with housing, employment and educational opportunities, providing crisis intervention, and teaching living skills.; www.placesforpeople.org

  • The Family Center—an organization that is an outreach of Catholic Urban Programs in East St. Louis, IL, providing a system of support to impoverished individuals and families. Activities of the Center include a comprehensive family program, an-after-school program for children, home construction, senior citizen program, etc.

  • The Franciscan Connection's Stone-by-Stone Project—an agency that provides home repairs for senior citizens and low income families in South St. Louis; www.franciscanconnection.org

  • St. Frances Cabrini Academy—an urban elementary school with a diverse, multicultural population.

  • St. Louis Catholic Academy—a Pre-K through 8th grade school serving economically dis advantaged students n North St. Louis, which seeks to educate students in a culture of excellence; www.stlcatholicacademy.org


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Gateway Vincentian Volunteers
2912 Arsenal Street
St. Louis, MO 63118
(314) - 771-1474
Toll free: (888)-771-7220
Fax: (314) - 771-2410
email: gatevol@aol.com