Service is more than the sum of our partnerships
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri is honored to work with some amazing Community Service Partners! Service activities such as volunteering onsite or holding a donation drive not only benefit that organization, they also help girls become aware of needs and future opportunities within their community. View the dropdown menu for more information on the types of services our partners often request.
For questions or to add an organization to the list below please email Abby Muir or call 314.592.2312.
Douglass Community Services 
Girl Scouts can help Douglass Community Services by holding drives,
helping in the pantry and assisting with distribution. All levels are
welcome to hold a food or personal care item drive at any time
throughout the year. Toy drives are needed during the months of October
and November. In the month of December, girls can assist with Toys for
Tots distribution. Senior and Ambassador girls are invited to help out
in the food pantry at anytime during the year. For more information on
volunteering with the pantry please reach out using the contact
infromation below.
Location
1705 S Hanley Rd,
Brentwood, MO 63144
Grade Level
All
LifeWise StL
We have a variety of service opportunities both during the week and on Saturdays from 9am-5pm. Volunteers most often help with sorting or stocking donations in our store and market, sanitizing classrooms, outdoor beautification and pricing items for our holiday market in December.
Special opportunities include our service to-go kits (group purchases supplies for a specific kit, assembles at their own location and then delivers to LifeWise), Freedom School (summer programming), back to school event (mid-August), and holiday market (beginning of December). Some special events require additional chaperones.
Chaperone policy: Children 6-12 must be accompanied by an adult 21 or older on a 4 to 1 ratio.
Teens 13-17 must be accompanied by an adult 21 years or older on a 7 to 1 ratio.
We have an ongoing need for paper goods, hygiene items, socks, underwear and cleaning supplies. Please email Maggie at mlohmeyer@lifewisestl.org before collecting items to find out what the most urgent needs are.
Nurses for Newborns
Nurses for Newborns is looking volunteers to help hold donation drives
or come on site to sort donated clothes. Check out our wishlist
for our most needed items. For more information on how to help, contact
Kate at kate.steele@nursesfornewborns.org
.
Ozark Food Pantry
Ozark Food Pantry is looking for assistance with food drives as well as
stocking and distributing products. Juniors and above can help the
pantry by holding a food drive on their behalf. Seniors and above can
assist at the pantry with marking and stocking donated items.
Ambassadors can assist with distribution of product. For more
information on volunteering wtih the pantry please reach out using the
contact information below.
St. Louis Aquarium Foundation
The Aquarium Foundation Stream Team invites Girl Scouts to help us
Revamp the Riverfront- a three-part cleanup series, along the
Mississippi Greenway on April 30th, June 8th, and September 17th, 2022.
While picking up trash, citizen science data will be collected through
the Marine Debris Tracker project. Join us as we prevent plastic
pollution from entering the Mighty Mississippi River and, eventually,
our oceans! Gloves, bags, trash grabbers, and snacks will be provided!
The Little Bit Foundation
The Little Bit Foundation is committed to breaking down barriers to
learning for under-resourced students and supporting them in reaching
their full potential. There are many ways to help!
Volunteer in the warehouse, individually or as a service group,helping to pull items for student orders; count, sort and prepare items for delivery; and assemble kits (days/times flexible to availability).
Host a "drive" for our most in-demand items. Helping to unload and distribute fresh and frozen food items to the community at our mobile food markets held at 3 communities on the fourth Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the month.
Volunteer in the warehouse, individually or as a service group,helping to pull items for student orders; count, sort and prepare items for delivery; and assemble kits (days/times flexible to availability).
Host a "drive" for our most in-demand items. Helping to unload and distribute fresh and frozen food items to the community at our mobile food markets held at 3 communities on the fourth Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the month.
The Open Space Council for the St. Louis Region
Girl scouts can help remove invasive species from parks, plant trees and native plants, pick up trash and litter from parks and streams and clean up trash and debris from rivers and lakes using canoes. View details below. For more information and to volunteer, please reach out using the contact information below.
- Operation Clean Stream - a water-based cleanup of the Meramec River held the 4th weekend of August each year.
- River des Peres Trash Bash - trash and litter clean up of parks and streams in the River des Peres watershed of St. Louis City and St. Louis County held in October each year.
- Confluence Trash Bash - a trash and litter clean up of parks and streams along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers held in April each year.
- Operation Wild
Lands - year round events to plant trees, remove invasive species
and restore wildlife habitat in various parks and conservation areas
in the St. Louis area
