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2019 Unsung Heroes event
Published June 6, 2019
![Karen Flotte at Central Reform Congregation’s mitzvah garden. Photo: Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8a1edbb3eb51f0416d34965fdab9b916-900x600.jpg)
Karen Flotte: Urban farmer ‘digs deep’ to nourish body and soul
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 30, 2019
![Students at Monroe Elementary School in St. Louis city help Dr. Terry Weiss unload his weekly delivery of food from Operation Food Search. Photo: Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/dfd2f3de7bef86cc30ea26b2a2d5bdb5-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Terry Weiss: Devoting retirement to helping those who need it
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published May 30, 2019
![Volunteer Alice Ludmer dances with participants at the J’s Adult Day Center during a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Photo: Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2f5767d1307b9067f80ad028f9618b4b-900x600.jpg)
Alice Ludmer: Longtime volunteer is go-to asset at J’s Adult Day Center
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published May 30, 2019
![Jennifer Rothman Mancuso holds a photograph of her son, Vincent Joseph “VJ” Mancuso, who passed away in 2010 shortly before his fourth birthday. Mancuso started a foundation in VJ’s memory, which supports four local nonprofit organizations. Photo: Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/53bc3968c095255baa7a101d14511557-900x600.jpg)
Jennifer Rothman Mancuso: Mom’s grief drives work to help others’ children
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published May 30, 2019
![Dr. Gary Ratkin, a retired oncologist, meets with a patient at Casa de Salud, a low-cost health clinic in St. Louis city. PHOTO: ODELL MITCHELL JR./COURTESY CASA DE SALUD](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/b05fb009894da4ba1ce71a857e9dc53b-900x600.jpg)
Dr. Gary Ratkin: Retired oncologist brings quality care to low-cost health clinic
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published May 30, 2019
![Sheila Shucart, Brayden Miederhoff, Heather Miederhoff, Bonnie Rosen and Madison Miederhoff recite the blessing after lighting Shabbat candles during a service at Delmar Gardens West in April. Photo: Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/d4b147b89dea24a7ec60ba3827d76a9e-900x600.jpg)
Volunteers bring ‘mitzvah’ of Shabbat to nursing home
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 30, 2019
![Julie Williams leads students on a tour of the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center of St. Louis earlier this month. Photo: BILL MOTCHAN](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/c657e0d175bfa594ae6c5e2e5459bb49-900x600.jpg)
Julie Williams: Holocaust museum docent wants to be agent of change against discrimination
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 30, 2019
![Barbara Finch with one of the gun locks her organization hands out at as part of the “Lock it for Love” campaign. Photo: Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/354ad5e4114ffdd88a81c35a1c529b83-900x600.jpg)
Barbara Finch: Passion for social justice issues drives co-founder of ‘Women’s Voices’ group
By Margaret Gillerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 29, 2019
![Reva Davis, a retired teacher, has become an integral volunteer with National Council of Jewish Women, the Jewish Community Center and other organizations. Here, she carries donated items for NCJW’s 2019 Back to School! Store. Photo: Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/809065f5f31152a492341418797bf79c-900x600.jpg)
Reva Davis: Fun, caring and unstoppable, former teacher drives on
By Ellie S. Grossman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 29, 2019
![David and Jeff Lazaroff. Photo: Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/97c2f09c5da94b1e13ef9c5a3b8f7db1-900x600.jpg)
Brothers Lazaroff use music to help heal the world
Story & Photos by Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 29, 2019
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