Category: Community Outreach and Events

Learn about whats going on at Safe Connections and in the community

Like Mother, Like Daughter: Ending Gender-based Violence

Meet Marie and Meaghan Carroll Marie Carroll and her daughter Meaghan Carroll care deeply about empowering women and ending domestic abuse and sexual assault.  They have been supporting Safe Connections together for more than a decade. A retired Anheuser-Busch vice president,…

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Donate Without Spending Anything Extra

When you do your shopping, remember Safe Connections! Be as savvy with your charitable gift-giving as you are with your shopping. When you shop, there are three ways to contribute to Safe Connections without spending anything extra. Here they are: 3…

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Safe Connections Receives BBB TORCH Award

On Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014 at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis, the Better Business Bureau presented Safe Connections with a TORCH Award in recognition for our exceptional standards for ethical business practices and service to our clients, employees and…

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Frontiere Family Partnership with Safe Connections Highlights Domestic Violence

Purchase a book to support Safe Connections in November or December 2014. While Dr. Kelly York is an expert at identifying other people’s character, she struggles with her own. Her pursuit to understand a killer uncovers more than murder. You…

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It’s Domestic Awareness Month, Light A Candle

Each year, Safe Connections is proud to be a part of Woman’s Place annual Vigil for Women’s Safety. People throughout the St. Louis community gather to support women who have experienced violence while remembering those who did not survive. Please…

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Mary McMurtrey Named Nonprofit Professional of the Year

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 – Safe Connections’ good friend Mary McMurtrey of the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation was presented with the 2014 Nonprofit Professional of the Year Award from the Community Service Public Relations Council today at the Sheraton…

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One Powerful TED Talk…A Man’s Voice for Ending Gender Violence

Jackson Katz makes a living doing leadership training for sports institutions, colleges, military units. In other words, he works heavily in male-dominated institutions to change the way men think and act, especially when it comes to how they lead other…

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GiveSTLday Raises Record Donations

GiveSTLday was a resounding success for Safe Connections and the St. Louis region. Fifty (50!) supporters chose to make gifts to us totaling $5,000. Totals: The entire region donated a grand total of $1,108,815 through 13,407 gifts for 780 local…

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