🌱 Woman Creates Gifts For Kids In Hospital + New Exhibit At SLAM

Happy Monday, people of St. Louis! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Cooler; a morning shower. High: 62 Low: 40.

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Here are the top three stories in St. Louis today:

1. For the last two years, a local college student has been using her creativity to tailor special gifts for kids in the hospital. Tamar Adler, majoring in fashion merchandising at Fontbonne University, packages individual craft bags with messages of hope inside. She was inspired by the child life specialist who helped her own brother when he was in the hospital following a car accident. To date, Tamar has donated more than 3,000 craft bags. (KSDK.com)
2. The Saint Louis Art Museum is presenting a new exhibit called "Precious Woods, Pure Enjoyment: Japanese Art from the 19th and 20th Centuries." The free installation, curated by Philip Hu, will be on view in Gallery 225 through Sunday, Oct. 30. "Precious Woods" features works reflecting a range of traditional styles and sources of cultural inspiration that remained strong amid a period of swift modernization and Westernization of Japanese art. (Press Release Desk)
3. A North St. Louis County center is helping people heal through the power of sewing. Kacie Long's love for sewing and building a community for people of color who face daily affiliations led her to create the Sew Hope Community Sewing Room. Sew Hope offers sewing, quilting, and craft classes for children and adults, as well as entrepreneurship workshops and programs for formerly incarcerated women. (St. Louis American)

Today in St. Louis:

• Stories & Playtime - Richmond Heights Memorial Library (10:00 AM)
• Grab and Go After School Meals - Weber Road Branch Library (2:30 PM)
• Blackout Poetry - Lewis and Clark Branch Library (4:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The St. Louis County Police Department is requesting the public's assistance in locating any potential witnesses to the homicide that occurred on Apr. 16, in the 6300 block of Lillian Avenue. Please contact the St. Louis County Police Department at 636-529-8210 to speak with investigators if you have any information regarding this incident. (Facebook)
• Calling all volunteers! Sign up to remove invasive bush honeysuckle on Saturday, Apr. 30, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Creve Coeur Park Soccer Complex. To register, sign up online. (Facebook)
• Author Vivian Gibson joins the Missouri History Museum next week for the Thursday Nights at the Museum event 'Rethinking Monuments & Memorials.' Don't miss the thought-provoking panel discussion with Gibson and fellow panelists Galen Gritts, Dr. Peter Kastor, and Dr. Geoff Ward. (Facebook)

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— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing assistant at Lightning Media Partners. She is a self-professed logophile who is currently pursuing her master’s degree in library science. Outside of work, you can find Helen constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.