Community Builder Awards

–The Community Council held their annual Community Builder Awards on Thursday, June 2^, 2011 at Old Hickory Golf Club in St. Peters.   The Board of Directors and Staff of Community Council recognizes individuals, groups, and organizations on an annual basis that exhibits the collaborative spirit that makes our network so effective.

Three community groups received recognition at this year's event:

Volunteers in Medicine – Lake St. Louis for launching critical services for the uninsured using the cooperative resources.   SSM St. Joseph West offered financial support; Dr. Maimuna Baig offered free space in her medical building and the support of countless volunteers, doctors and nurses that offer their time and talent.  In 10 short months the Volunteers in Medicine team has registered over 400 patients and completed 1100 office visits to the uninsured in our community.

St. Charles County Coalition of Service Providers –a group of 24 nonprofits organizations that serve those in our community with developmental disabilities and their families.  This group was honored for their cooperative approach – in an otherwise competitive environment- to deliver the highest quality of services to local residents with disabilities.

Global Spectrum, managers of the St. Charles Convention Center for their Helping Hands for the Holidays- For the past three years the team at Global Spectrum hosts a special holiday event that reaches out to the vulnerable people in St. Charles county.  Helping Hands for the Holiday, which was held in December of 2010 provided food, friendship, and resources to over 1000 local indigent community residents and their families during the Christmas season.