BY DAVID BAUGHER, SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT
• Published May 21, 2016
During his time as a reservist, Stuart Katz didn’t see any combat.Well, almost.“I did fight a battle on H Street at a place called the Iron Butterfly where a bunch of the guys had a weekend pass,” he recalled with a laugh, remembering a Washington...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 21, 2016
As we all remember from grade school, good penmanship is always a virtue. For Betsy Mehlman, it is a quality that also leads to good volunteerism.“With the tribute cards, I saw the writing and I just loved the printing so I just got into it,” said...
BY ERIC BERGER, STAFF WRITER
• Published May 21, 2016
When the Ferguson-Florissant School District delayed the start of a new academic year after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, Elad Gross and other volunteers improvised, turning the local library into a school. Gross, who had been doing...
BY SUSAN FADEM, SPECAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 21, 2015
In this technologically advanced world, it’s refreshing to know that one man, with age-old communications savvy, can still make a difference. Don Roth, retired after 40 years in sales, is such a man.For more than 20 years, he’s met weekly with 8-...
By Patricia Corrigan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 21, 2015
When the Jewish Food Pantry opened in 1991, it was coordinated by one part-time staff member and served 40 families.Today, 11 paid staff members and 190 volunteers work at the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry, which is open five days a week. Last year,...
By PATRICIA CORRIGAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 21, 2015
Hungry to help heal the world, 190 volunteers welcome clients, take deliveries and sort, package and stock groceries at the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry Monday through Friday so that individuals and families going through hard times have food for...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 21, 2015
For Unsung Hero Tali Stadler, it wasn’t difficult to become a part of Jewish St. Louis. “I was always somebody who was very involved so it was easy for me,” said Stadler. “It was very natural.”It’s also been very rewarding – both for her...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 21, 2015
For Mark Rodgers, it’s all about water. He canoes, he kayaks, he fishes and his career goal is to become a marine biologist. Now Mark is being honored as an Unsung Hero because he has spent time – a lot of time – in a local pool, helping a 12-year-old...
By Richard Jackoway, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 21, 2015
Sherri Goldman is apprehensive. Fidgeting in her chair, she casts about for the right words.Goldman isn’t used to the spotlight. In all of her many volunteer endeavors she has only reluctantly taken the titles of leadership, but given many hundreds...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 21, 2015
As someone who taught Flynn Park Elementary School’s youngest students for nearly two decades, Dorothy Meyerson is quick with a joke about her lengthy tenure.“It took me a long time to get out of kindergarten,” she laughed.Even today at age 86,...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 21, 2015
Amy Fenster Brown’s reaction when she learned she was to be honored as an Unsung Hero was this: “Who would be delusional enough to nominate me?”She found out soon enough: Jennifer Deutsch, Fenster Brown’s best friend since first grade, and Jenny...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 21, 2015
Charlie Chaplin Caplin likely is the best source for information about Debbie Caplin’s years of volunteer work with Support Dogs, Inc., a nonprofit agency that uses trained assistance dogs to improve the quality of life for people with special needs...
