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Wednesday, July 6, 2022
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…
Friday, August 27, 2021
(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…
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
(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…
Monday, November 10, 2014
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.…
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Area Offers Help in Time of Crisis Opinion Piece
Reactions to yet another killing on a school or college campus fall along predictable lines of division.
It’s the gun culture’s fault. It’s bad parenting. It’s lax security on our campuses.
It’s a result of an entertainment media culture that…