St. Louis Business 500: Community Builders
Local leaders making an impact on neighborhoods across the region
How Welcome Neighbor STL Is Helping Refugees Find Their Place In St. Louis
Jessica Bueler details what led her to found Welcome Neighbor STL in 2016, and how it continues to help. Syrian refugee Mawda Altayan joins the conversation.
Food City continues its fight against ‘food apartheid
The Serving Our Communities Foundation [SOCF] has awarded $436,000 in grants to St. Louis-based food nonprofits and businesses through its Food City initiative
Meet Jessica Bueler of Welcome Neighbor STL
Today we’d like to introduce you to Jessica Bueler. She and her team share their story with us below. Welcome Neighbor STL You don’t need an invitation to do the right thing.
St. Louis Character: How a news story led Jessica Bueler to found a nonprofit for immigrants
When Jessica Bueler set out to help a group of Syrian refugees with a post on NextDoor, a social network app that helps neighbors stay connected, she had no idea it would turn into a nonprofit [...]
2019 Women of Achievement
“When I was 8 years old, my mother walked out on our family and left me and my three little sisters to be raised by my father,” Bueler says. “I promised myself when I grew up, I would do [...]