1. Inside this Issue
CEO Corner..........................................................page 2
Sack Homelessness................................................page 2
Upcoming events...................................................page 2
Grateful for gifts....................................................page 2
Captured on camera (cont.)...................................page 3
Annual Report released.........................................page 3
A letter from Jan Rasmussen.................................page 3
Good News story...................................................page 4
Calendar of events................................................page 4
Volunteer opportunities........................................page 4
Volunteer spotlight................................................page 4
job.” St. Patrick Center placed Bobbette into the
Job Experience Training (JET) program, an intense
computer skills training program that includes an
eight-week class and four-week internship with a local
employer. For her JET internship, Bobbette went with
two other JET classmates to the Veterans Business
Resource Center. She says they worked on several
projects to help the organization catch up. Bobbette
received some wonderful news a couple of days before
her JET graduation – the Resource Center offered her
a job as Client Outreach Director! Today, Bobbette is
working and grateful for the help she received from
St. Patrick Center.
Gene’s experience with
homelessness is reflective of
countless others who “couch surf ”
with family and friends during
difficult times. The honorably
discharged Army vet never spent
a night on the street, but when
his hours were cut at a tree service company and his
family home fell into disrepair, Gene and his daughter
found themselves without a place of their own. Gene
heard about St. Patrick Center at a bus stop so he
decided to come in for help. Case managers assigned
him to our Veterans GO! Green program, which
places veterans into green industry jobs. While training
in the program, Gene worked a series of jobs until his
program manager called with a great opportunity —
a full-time job at Grossman Iron & Steel! “Gene has
not missed a day and the more he learns, the more
valuable he becomes,” says supervisor Bill Ruck. “I
show up early, do my best and try to represent so
Grossman will hire more St. Patrick Center clients,”
Gene adds.Today, Gene and his daughter are happy in
their apartment and he is saving money for a pickup
truck and eventually his own lawn service equipment.
3 stories of success
We have good news to share!
Gary never wanted to be like his
father, but addiction destroyed his
dream of becoming a better father
to his four children and breaking a
family cycle of neglect. To escape
his heavy drug addiction, he
moved from St. Louis to Omaha,
Nebraska, leaving behind his children and a 20-year
relationship. While in Omaha, Gary lived successfully
without drugs for five years, but lacked the proper skills
to stay clean. After returning to St. Louis to attend a
funeral, Gary began taking drugs again that very night,
never returning to Omaha. He soon found himself
homeless. After being arrested for drug possession,
Gary was required to attend a treatment facility and
was referred to St. Patrick Center’s Shamrock Club
Day Treatment program. Although resistant at first,
Gary eventually submitted to the program and kept
his appointments. Today, Gary’s life has completely
changed for the better! He has been clean for two and
a half years. He has an apartment, a car and pays his
bills on time. Gary credits St. Patrick Center for saving
his life. “St. Patrick Center means the world to me. It
gave me back my life. It gave me hope.”
Bobbette will proudly tell you that
she served 22 years, 4 months
and 25 days in the military, with
the Missouri Air National Guard.
After she put in for retirement,
though, life presented her with a
few other challenges, including her
family business going under and a potential foreclosure
on her home. While in line at the unemployment
office, she overheard people talking about St. Patrick
Center. “I remembered I had been a donor with my
military group so I decided to stop by and see if I
could get some help with my resume and finding a
Captured on Camera
St. Patrick Center collected and distributed more than 2,700
backpacks full of school supplies in August!
Cardinal Robert Sarah from Africa and Father Peter Bui of
Cor Unum served lunch in the Shamrock Club with St. Patrick
Center CEO Tom Etling in October while they were in town
for the Catholic Charities USA conference.
Whole Foods Market’s Community Support Day raised more
than $9,000 in July for St. Patrick Center’s City Seeds Urban
Farm.
St. Patrick Center’s Young Friends Development Board Event
Chair Elizabeth Smith and new members Steve Egart and
Sarah Hink at the Wine Tasting Happy Hour at West End
Wines in September.
To view more stories and videos, visit the Success Stories page on our
website: www.stpatrickcenter.org.
chroniclesNovember 2012 EditionBuilding Permanent, Positive Change
St. Patrick Center this month kicks off the agency’s
year-end campaign and it’s an aggressive, necessary
fundraising goal: two million dollars!
According to CEO Tom Etling, the need for
St. Patrick Center’s housing, employment and health
programs continues to increase while the resources to
sustain them become more difficult to secure. “Our
previous fiscal year was a challenging one, but we are
sharpening our focus and executing plans to be an
innovative, viable organization for years to come.”
St. Patrick Center is at the center of change! Clients
building permanent, positive change, a new logo and
new building sign this year, and a 30-year anniversary
coming in 2013 – all indicators that we are here for
people who want to change their lives. The agency
has achieved successful outcomes for many people
struggling in our community, thanks to the dedicated
support of donors, board members, volunteers and
staff.
“Thanks to everyone in the St. Louis region for what
you do to help our clients,” Etling adds. “With your
support, we will continue to provide opportunities for
self-sufficiency and dignity to individuals and families
in need.”
It takes an entire community to end homelessness.
Please consider a year-end donation to St. Patrick
Center to help fund nationally recognized programs
for people who are homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless.
Need is great to fund agency programs
Year-end campaign focuses on housing, employment and health

2. Chronicles is a publication of St. Patrick Center,
distributed three times a year to share the good news
with our large group of donors and volunteers, plus
grow the circle of those who believe in and support
the mission of St. Patrick Center.
If you have feedback or ideas, please contact our editor:
Kelly Peach, Senior Director of Communications,
314.802.0687 or kpeach@stpatrickcenter.org
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Main fax: 314.802.1982
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Website: www.stpatrickcenter.org
St. Patrick Center is accredited
by the Council on Accreditation,
for complying with governance,
management and service
standards. The COA is a world
leader in advocating for quality
children and family services.
The CEO’s Corner
As we enter our holiday giving season, we are so
thankful for everything the St. Louis community does
to help St. Patrick Center each and every day. As we
continue to achieve greater focus as an organization,
which directly benefits our ability to serve our clients
now and into the future, your support is more critical
than ever.
St. Patrick Center is truly an organization born from
and nurtured by the St. Louis community. More than
3,000 volunteers, 500 clients who earn jobs each
year through their St. Patrick Center experience, 125
children and families who are reunited each year
through St. Patrick Center support, and the 15 clients
who died this past year struggling to make change in
their lives are remarkable evidence of this.
And the 9,000 people each year throughout our
community who are working hard at St. Patrick
Center to build permanent, positive change in their
lives are evidence of this. You may not recognize
them because they are living, working and persevering
all over our region.
Please support St. Patrick Center this holiday season.
our resources are critical to us sustaining this one-of-a-
kind, community-owned organization.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Tom Etling
Chief Executive Officer
St. Patrick Center
St. Patrick Center and the St. Louis Rams are bringing
back the impactful program, “Sack Homelessness,”
which will help aid the fight to end homelessness for
the clients of St. Patrick Center.
Through this program, Rams players and personnel
along with St. Patrick Center supporters will make a
donation every time the Rams sack an opposing team’s
quarterback throughout the NFL season. The goal is to
raise needed resources to operate the agency’s housing,
employment and health programs.
“When the Rams’ defensive line sacks a quarterback,
they lift up a St. Patrick Center family,” said Chief
Executive Officer Tom Etling. “We’re very grateful for
our continuing partnership with the St. Louis Rams staff
and players as they help our clients build permanent,
positive change in their lives.”
The Rams and St. Patrick Center have worked together
to help people who are homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless since the team moved to St. Louis in 1995.
Sack Homelessness made its debut in 1997 and raised
more than $100,000 per season that went directly to
St. Patrick Center initiatives. This year’s goal is to raise
$250,000.
A portion of the funds collected through this
initiative will help renovate the St. Patrick Center
Child Drop-In Center that provides care for
children ages six months to six years during the day while
their parents are engaged in programs.
The Rams have been a longtime supporter of St. Patrick
Center. In addition to Sack Homelessness, The Rams
have shown their support through donating money,
in-kind items, volunteering and more.
“We were honored to have the St. Louis debut of
Rams coach Jeff Fisher at our World’s Greatest Sports
Trivia Championship in February and Cortland
Finnegan at our Irish Open dinner auction in June,”
Etling added. “The Rams are amazing advocates for
people in our community who want an opportunity to
improve their lives.”
St. Louis Rams and St. Patrick Center come together to “Sack Homelessness”
Sack Homelessness
Grateful for Gifts
• Len and Pat Dino (pictured above), St. Louis Missouri
Area Chairs of the Order of Malta, presented
St. Patrick Center with $15,000 in June for the
agency’s mental health program, Shamrock Club Day
Treatment Program.
• The Saigh Foundation provided $10,000 for
St. Patrick Center’s Child Drop-In Center that
provides care for children ages six weeks to six years in
a safe, educational and nurturing environment while
their parents receive services.
• The Missouri Foundation for Health awarded
St. Patrick Center with a two-year $121,000 Health
Literacy grant in September.
• Cecelia Bockius Lowe (pictured above), has provided
ongoing funding for St. Patrick Center’s Fast Track
GED program for more than a year. She is the
program’s biggest donor.
• Nike IHM, Inc., an independently-run subsidiary of
Nike, Inc., gave a significant donation of various Nike
apparel including sportswear, t-shirts and shoes in
August.
• St. Patrick Center’s Key Players raised $96,552 during
the 2011-2012 school year for the Key Player Initiative,
a community-wide effort to help move clients from
homelessness to housing.
chronicles
st. patrick center
Help a family celebrate Thanksgiving in their home!
We need frozen turkeys, turkey pans and $10 Schnucks
gift cards for our Give Thanks Thanksgiving
distribution program in November. We are also
in need of volunteers to sort Thanksgiving meals and
supplies on Nov. 14, 15, 16.
Help make a family’s Christmas wishes come true!
We are in need businesses, schools and churches to
sponsor families for our Christmas Wishes family
sponsorship program in December. We also need
volunteers to sort, wrap and distribute gifts on Dec. 8
and 13.
Mark your calendars… the 10th Anniversary World’s
Greatest Sports Trivia Championship is coming
Friday, February 8, 2013 to Chaifetz Arena! We’re
recruiting 100 teams of 10 plus 250 volunteers. Stay
tuned for 10th Anniversary details, including legends
from the world of sports and questions from the first
nine years!
Organize a group of family, friends or co-workers into
a Pot O’ Gold team to collect donations for St. Patrick
Center in March 2013. We need 100 teams to wear the
green at local Schnucks stores March 15 and 16 and help
build permanent, positive change.
To get involved in these events as a donor, contact Katie
Joseph at 314-802-1976 or kjoseph@stpatrickcenter.org.
As a volunteer, contact Kristen Bracken at 314-802-0681
or kbracken@stpatrickcenter.org.
Note of thanks: We’re super grateful for the parishes,
individuals and businesses that donated 2,700 backpacks
full of school supplies to our Back-to-School Backpack
Giveaway for our clients’ children!
Join the fun and help make a difference
Let the events begin!

3. St. Patrick Center staff and volunteers in October held a
Memorial Service to remember all clients who passed away.
Captured on Camera
St. Patrick Center – in, out about!
Agency Leadership
Archbishop of St. Louis
Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson
Board of Directors
Officers
Jim Kavanaugh, President
Joe Ambrose, Vice President
Jim Del Carmen, Vice President, Strategic Direction
Bob Leonard, Secretary
Margaret Fisher, Treasurer
Directors
Bruce J. Anderson, Ed.D
Galen D. Bingham
Maureen Borkowski
Joseph Castellano
Charles E. Coyle
James J. Cunnane, Jr.
Roy E. Gillespie
Robert Gower
Bryan Graiff
Diane B. Herndon
Daniel Isom
Lawrence Keeley
Harry Kennedy
Founder Director Emeritus
Edith C. Cunnane
Director Emeritus
Leo P. Paradis
Executive Officers
Tom Etling, Chief Executive Officer
Gregory A. Vogelweid, Chief Operating Officer
Jan F. Rasmussen, Chief Development Officer
Board of Trustees
Cori Stebelman, Chair
Alicia Albus
Margaret Aylward
Carol Beckel
Margaret Benz
Pat Brannon
John Bruenger
Mike Capizzi
Cheryl Cavins
Laraine Davis
Mike Doyle
Michael Felton
Duff Foshage
Maria Gianino
Greg Goltermann
Mark Grieman
Mike Heck
Barbara Hershfelt
Jeff Hoelscher
Ken Kadel
Marifran King
Nancy LaVigne
Mark Leadlove
Mark Leverenz
Andy Likes
St. Patrick Center Mission
St. Patrick Center provides opportunities for self-sufficiency
and dignity to people who are homeless or at risk of becoming
homeless. Individuals and families build permanent, positive
changes in their lives through safe and affordable housing,
sound mental and physical health, and employment and
financial stability.
John McClusky, Ph.D.
Helen McGlynn, Ph.D.
John Moloney
Mary Mosqueda
Megan O’Brien
Larry Parres
Suzanne Pratl
Karie Lyn Ramos
John Ruhlin
Marie Saunders
Curtis Searcy
Sheridan Stiarwalt
Tom Sweeney
Andy Voss
John Walsh
Deborah Walters
Kathy Wehrfritz
Genie Wilhelm
Bob Will
Stephanie Will
Rhae Yancey
The Higher Education Channel (HEC TV) in October featured
St. Patrick Center’s Veterans GO! Green program, including
clients working at our City Seeds Urban Farm.
Ms. Missouri Senior America 2012 Dr. Veronica Hilyard served as
Celebrity Host in September at SPC’s McMurphy’s Grill.
Thanks to Sgt. Cheryl Orange and the St. Louis PD Skate Crew
for their donation of scarves, hats and gloves for SPC clients!
support this agency long term, our focus on our clients
and how we should serve this region are stronger than
ever.” Jim Kavanaugh
From the CEO: “We are incredibly grateful to everyone
in the St. Louis community… you are the reason we are
able to provide critical services to individuals and families
who want to build permanent, positive change in their
lives.” Tom Etling
From the Chief Operating Officer: “In FY2012, 90% of
the funds raised for St. Patrick Center were used directly
for client programs and services, and administrative and
fundraising costs were 10%.” Greg Vogelweid
From the Chief Development Officer: “If you ever
wonder if your gift really makes a difference, it does!
The people who come here for a hand up will touch your
heart with how hard they work to overcome challenges we
can’t even imagine.” Jan Rasmussen
To view the Annual Report, visit the About Us page of
our website at www.stpatrickcenter.org. If you would like
to receive a copy in the mail, contact Jan Rasmussen at
314-802-0683 or jrasmussen@stpatrickcenter.org.
Hot off the
presses…
St. Patrick Center’s
Annual Report for
Fiscal Year 2012!
We would like to
share some of the
highlights with you,
including housing,
employment and
health program
outcomes:
1,170 clients their
dependent children
were placed
maintained in
permanent housing
505 clients were placed into full-time part-time jobs
1,323 clients received mental health and/or substance
abuse services
From the Board President: “Despite a very challenging
end to our fiscal year and the need to build reserves to
Ambassadors
Jim Blase
Leo P. Cremins
Edith C. Cunnane
John P. Denneen
Anna Aydt Doyle
John F. Eilermann, Jr.
Harry Fabick
Betty Farrell
Carole Less
Michael Loynd
Joseph B. McGlynn, Jr.
Susan M. Reese
David Stiffler
William Tunney, Jr.
Charles H. Wittenberg
Jeff Wolff
Agency assisted 8,700 in Fiscal Year 2012
St. Patrick Center releases Annual Report
Karen Leverenz
Susan E. Lombardo
Mark Mager
Stephen M. O’Hara
Brian O’Malley
Janice Orlando
David A. Peacock
Dean Pilcher
Patrick M. Quinn
Cartan Sumner
Pamela Talley, MSN,
APRN, CSACII
Craig Unruh
other with special gifts. But for many people, the holiday
season has only a bare kitchen with no flavorful aromas,
a furnace without heat and threadbare coats that provide
little warmth. They are among the truly disadvantaged
people in our community who need our help to become
self-sufficient and to have a happy life.
This holiday season, we turn to our faithful donors to
ask your continued support to help these families and
individuals in desperate need. With your help, they will
know what it is like to have a safe, affordable home all
year long.
We continue to be amazed at the generosity of so many
people in our community who give and give, and then
give again to help people who are less fortunate. Our
hearts are touched by how hard our clients work to
overcome challenges we can’t even imagine. We are
surrounded by so many blessings! Thank you!
Most gratefully,
Jan
(314) 802-0683
Dear Friends,
St. Patrick Center opens
its doors each morning
to welcome people who
are homeless or living in
poverty. They are women,
children and men. Families
and individuals. They are
exhausted and hungry, with
no idea where to go. It is
heart wrenching. St. Patrick
Center welcomes each
person who asks for help
in changing their lives, for guidance to find peace of
mind and sound mental health, for job training to
achieve financial stability and for a safe, affordable place
to call home.
We sincerely believe that all of them deserve dignity in
their lives and a reason to smile. We have done this year
after year. only because of you – our compassionate and
charitable donors and friends.
Holidays are about family. We enjoy spending time
together – sharing a warm meal, exchanging homemade
cookies and on Christmas morning, surprising each
Jan Rasmussen, Chief Development Officer
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Building Permanent, Positive Change
November 2012 Edition
• Give Thanks Thanksgiving distribution
program: Monday, November 19, 2012
• Christmas Wishes family sponsorship
program: December 13 14, 2012
• Sports Trivia Championship: February 8, 2013
• St. Patrick’s Day Brunch: March 2013
• Pot O’ Gold Kettle Drive: March 15 16, 2013
• St. Patrick’s Irish Party: March 2013
For more information about these events, contact Katie
Joseph at 314-802-1976 or kjoseph@stpatrickcenter.org.
Calendar of Events
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Volunteer SpotlightVolunteer Opportunities
Great things happen every day at St. Patrick Center! We
received a thank you note from a man after his brother
recently passed away. His brother suffered from mental
illness and substance abuse that made it difficult for him
to maintain a steady job and home. He was homeless
when he came to St. Patrick Center. We provided him
with food, clothing, bus tickets and counseling. We
helped him secure disability benefits and find a safe place
to live. He kept in touch with his brother and told him
how St. Patrick Center was helping him. He passed away
this summer, not on the streets but comfortably in his
own home. The man was grateful to St. Patrick Center
for providing his brother with dignity during his time
of need.
As seen in St. Patrick Center’s Annual Report
We have good news to share!
A brother’s gratitude
Mary Pat Glauber worked for St. Patrick Center
for two years before becoming a volunteer again.
That’s right… again! She made a full circle at
St. Patrick Center! Mary Pat volunteered for
6 months doing administrative tasks before
she was hired on part time in the development
department. Now Mary Pat has gone back to
volunteer status, volunteering once a week.
While employed by St. Patrick Center, Mary Pat’s
volunteerism never left. She would help serve
lunch every Tuesday, would coordinate our Silent
Auction Crew at our World’s Greatest Sports
Trivia Championship and would help wherever
needed for our Irish Open Dinner Auction. We
are very grateful for everything Mary Pat has
done for St. Patrick Center and are extremely
blessed to have her continue on as a volunteer!
Give Thanks Giveaway: The holidays are quickly
approaching and we are still in need of many volunteers
to assist with sorting non-perishable food items for
our Give Thanks client giveaway. We are in need of
volunteers on Wednesday, November 14 from 9-11am
1-4pm and Thursday Friday, November 15 16
from 1-4pm.
Christmas Wishes: Volunteers are still needed to
assist with sorting, organizing, wrapping and distributing
donated Christmas gifts for our clients. Volunteers are
needed on Saturday, December 8 from 9:45am-12pm
and Thursday, December 13 from 1:15-6:15pm.
GED Tutor: We are in need of several volunteers
on Friday mornings from 9am-12pm to assist clients
working towards achieving their GED. Volunteers must
be proficient in pre-algebra, algebra, English, science and
history.
If you are interested in volunteering for any of the above
needs, please contact Kristen Bracken at 314-802-0681
or kbracken@stpatrickcenter.org.