You are cordially invited to the 19th Annual Stepping Out for the Angels: Moulin Rouge

Stepping Out is Angels’ Arms’ signature fundraising event, directly benefiting the foster children living in our thirteen Angels’ Arms homes. Join us for an evening of cocktails, hors-d’oeuvres, exclusive silent and live auction packages, gourmet seated dinner and a moving presentation from our youth.

Cocktail Attire – Complimentary Valet Parking
Wireless silent auction bidding via OneCause

$175 per person (tables of 8-12)
Tickets: http://bit.ly/SteppingOut19Tickets

Dierbergs Raffle – Groceries for a YEAR!
Are you feeling lucky? We’ll be drawing the winner of the “Dierbergs Groceries for a Year” raffle at the auction.
Prize valued at $5,200! Raffle tickets – $50 each
(only 400 tickets will be sold)
Winner selected on 11/16/19
Raffle Tickets here: http://bit.ly/DierbergsGroceriesforayear

Join the Facebook event page to let your friends know you’ll be attending!

With our largest fundraiser only two months away, we want to keep everything smooth sailing. This year, we are trying to get our silent auction baskets done early, but we could use some help!

 

Do you frequent Home Goods, Hobby Lobby, TJ Maxx or Target?

We need items to complete our baking and home decor baskets. Anything from kitchen utensils, pots/pans, serving platters/dishes, dish towels, etc. would be a great addition. Also, any home decor items such as frames, candles, throw blankets/pillow and lamps would work. Check the clearance aisles!

Are you animal lover and frequent local pet stores/boutiques?

Help us build awesome doggy/kitty baskets with items such as leashes, bowls, food, tags, crates, accessories, grooming certificates, etc.

Not a shopper but you are a season ticket holder of Cardinals, Blues, Mizzou, Billikens tickets?

We could use tickets to complete some of our sports baskets. If you are willing to donate a pair of your tickets for the 2019/2020 seasons, we would LOVE that! All donations are tax deductible.

 

For my ideas for what we need for baskets, click the Basket Theme Ideas 2019 PDF and peruse the list of basket ideas until you find one that’s right for you! The deadline to enter the raffle by donating anything to the auction is September 20th! Please have any and all contributions to us by that date in order to ensure the item(s) will be included in the baskets! Can’t get to the store to look for items? No worries! We have an Amazon Wish List for items we need for the auction; just a couple clicks, and you’ve helped more than you can imagine!

 

If you are able to get any of these items for us, contact Maria Chandler at 314-842-8400 or maria@angelsarms.org to coordinate drop off/pick up times.

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

UPDATE: 4/15/2016 – 12:15pm…congrats to VICKI SEWELL…you’re the winner of the suite!
THANK YOU to everyone who purchased tickets!

CALLING ALL CARDINALS’ (and Cubs) FANS!

Enter to WIN a SUITE to the Cards VS Cubs game on Monday, April 18, 2016. Game time: 7:15PM. The suite is located behind home plate (see photo below).

ONLY $50 per raffle ticket (only 100 tickets will be sold so the odds of winning are pretty amazing!!!) ALL proceeds benefit Angels’ Arms.

Winner will be selected Friday, April 15, 2016 at 12PM CST and will be announced LIVE via Facebook. Prize includes 18 tickets to a suite complete with beer (2 per person), nachos and hot dogs.

 

 

Q. How did the Annual Angels’ Arms Trivia Night come about and become so successful?
A. Two amazing families and hundreds of fantastic supporters! 

On Friday, January 29, the generous Kallaos and Kamburis families and held at Christian Brother College High School (CBC), hosted our 12th Annual Angels’ Arms Trivia Night from 6-10 P.M.

The two families have hosted Trivia Night for Angels’ Arms since 2005. Carol Kamburis says the idea first came about when they volunteered to be in charge of the Family Activities Committee and had to come up with a way to increase funding.

All proceeds benefit our foster families, giving them a chance once a month to join in fantastic group activities they may not otherwise be able to afford. Thanks to the kindness of our community, 2016 was a record-breaking year! Over four hundred Angels’ Arms supporters flooded the room and worked together to raise more than $19,000! The event included a 20-item silent auction, with many of the packages being graciously donated. The auction alone raised over $1,600!

 

“We appreciate our generous trivia night supporters that have helped grow this fundraiser over the years into a huge success!” commented Kamburis, and the rest of us couldn’t agree more!

From our hearts to yours, thanks to each and every one of you who came out and spent the evening with us— your bigheartedness is sure to make this a year our foster kids won’t soon forget! Here’s hoping next year will be even more spectacular!

 

For the 3^rd year in a row, The Finish Line and their wonderful staff at South County Mall opened their doors to Angels’ Arms foster families for a private shopping experience on Sunday, January 17.

When kids enter our nonprofit, many of them have little to no clothing of their own. Heather Jones, President of the Angels’ arms Junior Board and a dedicated volunteer, believes that the shoes this event provides “not only represent something that is

truly theirs, but it also shows them that people out there care about them and their well-being.”

Because of our promise to keep siblings together in a safe, stable family environment, many parents that foster through Angels’ Arms have up to six children in their home at once, thus resulting in sticking to a tight budget.

Each household only receives an average of $15 per child per month from the state, so an expense such as new, brand name shoes is a luxury that many foster families cannot afford.

One of our foster moms, Katie Brown said, “It’s not very often someone says to a foster kiddo,’ Pick out whatever shoes you want, brand new, any brand, any color, it’s all up to you!’… The excitement lasts much longer than just the shopping experience.  There’s always a level of happiness and joy about wearing their new shoes to school.”

Angels’ Arms firmly believes in allowing foster children to be children, and it was through the generosity of our community and donations collected on Giving Tuesday, that allowed us to provided all 65 of our kids with a brand new pair of shoes.

THANK YOU for making the 2016 New Kicks for Foster Kids such a resounding success!

Our dear friends at Forest Hills Country Club, along with mothers and daughters from the National Charity League: Gateway Chapter, hosted a magical Christmas party for our Angels’ Arms foster families, staff and board. This is the first time all of us have gathered together for the holidays, and we can assure you that we’ve never before experienced a celebration on this level.

The foster families, board members and staff enjoyed a delicious dinner, complete with various food stations including a salad bar, numerous buffet options, a carving station and decadent desserts.

The children enjoyed decorating their very own gingerbread houses and had a special visit by Santa himself.

We are full of gratitude for this incredibly generous act of kindness on the part of everyone at Forest Hills Country Club. The event created lasting memories for many foster children, making them feel important, wanted and special this holiday season. 

We will never forget this night! 

We are so excited to share the news!

Angels’ Arms is one of four finalists in the St. Louis Blues “Power Play Goals for Kids” contest, sponsored by Ameren Missouri. Your daily VOTE between December 1 and February 6 could help us win $200 for every power play goal scored by the St. Blues this season. 

Please VOTE for Angels’ Arms every day at www.amerenmissouri.com/blues and SHARE!  

Click HERE to watch a promo video featuring Angels’ Arms Founder/ Executive Director, Bess Wilfong.

*Voting is easy and done using your email address. You can vote ONCE per day, per email address.

Enjoy 5 scrumptious varieties of gourmet breads baked fresh for your family by a wonderfully talented Larysa Enk. Any one of the 5 varieties below would make for a perfect treat to go along with you morning tea or coffee. Also, consider ordering as gifts for your family, friends and co-workers.

Click HERE to order!

*Each loaf is approximately 20oz. Breads contain no preservatives or flavor imitation. Due to fresh fruit used if not consumed within 24h, it should be refrigerated. 

ONLY $10 per loaf, 100% of the proceeds will benefit Angels’ Arms.
Online orders available Oct 19. through Nov 19.

Banana Bread 
Classic banana bread gets a tropical makeover with toasted shredded coconut and sliced almonds.

Cranberry Orange Bread with Walnuts
The combination of fresh tart cranberries sweetened with oranges, another holiday fruit, is one of the classic flavor pairings in baking.

Dried Plum Bread with Walnuts
Dried plums soaked with vanilla extract then added to the dough, give this fall bread sweetness and texture. Bread best enjoyed with a dollop of butter or jam.

Pumpkin Apple Bread
Two fall favorites work their magic in this spicy bread with a streusel topping. No nuts. Can be wrapped in plastic and foil and refrigerated for up to 1 week or frozen for up to 1 month

Pumpkin Bread with Dates (no nuts).
Classic pumpkin bread gets a makeover with buttery rich fruit grown in Southern California, dates.

*Orders placed on Monday-Wednesday will be available to pick up on Thursdays
*Orders placed on Thursday-Sunday will be available to pick up on Mondays.
Pick up from Angels’ Arms office between 9am-5pm:
12128A Tesson Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 63128

Questions: Contact Amber Odom at 314-842-8400