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On behalf of AFL-CIO Community Services, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was involved in making our Soles for Christ Shoe Program a huge success again this year. This was the program’s 20th year and we could not be prouder. Because of the many generous people who…

Soles For Christ is a program sponsored by AFL-CIO Community Services which enables any child in Pre-K (must be 4 years old) through 12th grades, in Andrew, Buchanan, Clinton, DeKalb and Doniphan Counties, to receive a NEW pair of tennis shoes to wear their first day of school. This program started…

  (ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) AFL-CIO Community Services has announced that Nichi Seckinger will be the organization's new Executive Director effective September 30, 2021. AFL-CIO Community Services' Board of Directors made the announcement on Friday. Seckinger will be moving into the position after working…

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The longtime director of St. Joseph's AFL-CIO has her sights set on retirement in coming months.  Executive Director Penny Adams decided after 32 years it was time to step aside. "She's the one that everybody remembers; is Penny Adams," said Adams' co-worker Tammy Brooks. For…

Christmas program begins soon. AFL-CIO Community Services’ annual Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program begins Nov. 3. The organization will take applications from those needing help for Christmas through Dec. 5. Applications will be taken 1 to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.…