Diane Lamboley Solo Photography Exhibition Benefiting Welcome Neighbor STL

A special reception will be held on the evening of Thursday, April 25, from 6 to 9 PM, where guests will have the opportunity to meet Lamboley and explore her collection. In a generous gesture of [...]

Local leaders making an impact on neighborhoods across the region

Looking for an easy way to help newly arrived refugee families in St. Louis? Welcome Neighbor can help you help them though its welcome kit program

Welcome Neighbor STL is gearing up for its annual Winter Party on Dec. 8, a time to spread cheer and create a fun experience for refugee children in the St. Louis area.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to noon in the parish hall on the St. John the Baptist campus, 4200 Delor St., St. Louis, 63116. And there are still ways for volunteers to help.

As numbers of displacement skyrocket around the globe and people struggle to resettle in high-income countries, mental health isn’t a priority, or for a lack of better words it’s not even on [...]

"Our supper club program helps immigrant and refugee families, especially ladies, to become a little bit independent,” Zaimi said. “I mean truly independent, especially financially independent."

In 2021, Faisal Ghandiwal and his family rushed to the airport to flee Afghanistan, but Ghandiwal was the only one of his immediate family to make it out. After a few months in Qatar he made it [...]

Enter Welcome Neighbor STL, which has carved out a niche helping refugees after their federal resettlement funds are exhausted—and mobilizing volunteers in the community eager to help.

A longtime volunteer with Welcome Neighbor STL leaped into action, developing a plan to mobilize volunteers in the wake of the transportation issues during the first weeks of class for St. Louis [...]