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Welcome
to The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis website!
Who are we?
The mission of The
Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis
is to provide service to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
questioning and ally community of St. Louis and its surrounding areas
through education, outreach, healthy living and community building.
Our plan is to
have a facility with a library, computer area, community calendar, website,
meeting rooms, and a lounge in an effort to create a safe and
supportive as well as positive environment for the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) community in the
metropolitan St. Louis area. The Center will be staffed full-time
to allow the community to have a chance to enjoy and receive the
resources and assistance they need. Volunteer staff members will
be available to assist the full-time individuals. This overall
plan is just Tier 1 of our 3-Tier plan of development.
The Center plans
to service our community through a host of programs which will include
conversation groups, workshops, networking sessions, projects, and
events.
We are currently
working with St. Louis city officials and a real estate professional to
help our "home" become a reality.
How can I help?
We are focusing on raising funds, establishing a location
for Tier 1 of our plans and collecting volunteers to assist in this
process. Below are some of the ways the community can assist:
Volunteer
Individuals and groups can assist by donating time to help do things
like sit at a Center informational booth at an event, find
donors
for the Center, write grants, stuff envelopes and many other
things. Voluteer opportunities are emailed to the Center's
email
list. Sign-up to the email list by entering your email address in the Subscribe box above and receive the latest information and
updates.
Sponsor
an Event
Organizations, individuals, and businesses can hold an event to raise
money for the Center. So far, Ragged Blade Theatre company,
Washington University, and Pride St. Louis have collaborated with or
held their own events which have contributed to our efforts.
Donations
Many people who cannot give time to the Center choose to donate either
electronically through our PayPal Donate button on our Home page or
send a check or money order to our mailing address. In
addition,
local business owner, Nancy Novak, encited the 500/500 Challenge which
asks local 499 businesses to donate $500 dollars to the
Center. A
takeoff of this fundraiser, the 10/10 challenge asks individuals to
donate $10, then ask 10 friends to do the same. The Center
also
plans to place donation canisters at local businesses within the area.
In addition to these ways of
contributing to the building and reality
of the Center, we held a survey from June - October 2005, premiering it
at the 2005 PrideFest event in St. Louis' Tower Grove Park.
To
see the results of that survey, click the link below:
Survey
Results (PDF Format)
NOTE: This document shows
the charts of preliminary results from the survey
last year, including some percentages to answer frequently asked
questions. You will need the free Adobe Reader to access the
document. You can obtain one by going to http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
and downloading the latest version of
Adobe Reader.
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