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Employment Connection is working in partnership with the Pulitzer

Foundation for the Arts to present: Urban Renewal. This venture is a

unique furniture restoration and repair project featuring clients from

Employment Connection including the homeless, U.S. Veterans, ex-offenders, high school drop-outs, and other individuals with limited

opportunities to achieve self-sufficiency. Using only hand tools, clients

from Employment Connection have worked with artists from the Pulitz

Foundation to break down and recreate discarded bulk trash items such

as the chairs you see here.

Items that have been created will be showcased and sold on Saturday,

May 15, 2010 in the Grand Center area of downtown St. Louis. Start at

the Pulitzer Museum where you can view the amazing Gordon Matta-Clark exhibit "Urban Alchemy". Then grab your map and head out to

one of the four Pulitzer sponsored projects, including Employment

Connections Urban Renewal project, all showcasing a broad range of

surprising talent from local artists. For more information, visit

www.urbanartstl.com.

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2838 Market Street

St. Louis, MO 63103

Phone: 314-333-JOBS (5627)

Fax: 314-333-3627

www.employmentstl.org

Mission Statement

To assist individuals with limited opportunities to

self-sufficiency

through employment

Vision Statement

To be the premier placement, retention, career de-

velopment and advancement program for persons

with barriers to employment, empowering them to

take charge of their lives and fulfill the needs of the

St. Louis region business community

Employment Connection

Assisting individuals with limited

opportunities since 1977

UP COMING EVENTS:

Job Fair Thursday, April 22, 2010For Clients who have completed the Work Readiness Training

If your company is interested in participating in our no fee Job Fair, please contact us at

(314)333-5614 or veronicatravis@employmentstl.org

2010 US Census - Stand up and be countedWhat's in it for YOU....

**Federal funding for community-based agencies, like EmploymentConnection, roads and bridges, and other needed services are given to

St. Louis, based on the results of the census.

Don't get left out, make sure you are counted and help St. Louis getmore federal funding. All information is strictly CONFIDENTIAL.

Community Partners at Work

Community Partners of Employment Con-

nection met Thursday, January 14, 2010.

Community Partners are those agencies

that refer clients to Employment Connec-

tion and also have been in collaboration for

various grants. These referral agencies and

Employment Connection partner to pro-

vide comprehensive services to our clients.Throughout the years the Community Part-

ners have been a support to the mission of

Employment Connection. We thank those

referral agencies that continue to serve on

the EC Advisory Council.

Suggestions from the community

partners discussed at the meeting

were continued sharing of informa-

tion about Employment Connec-

tion at their locations and provid-

ing services at those referral agen-

cies. The next Employment Con-

nection Advisory Council Meetingis Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 8:30

am.

Those agencies that were in atten-

dance were: Division of Work-

force Development, Preferred

Family Healthcare, Gateway Free

& Clean, US Probation & Parole,

MO Department of Correction,

Justine Petersen, Oasis Interna-

tional Ministries, YWCA-Metro,Bridgeway Behavioral Health,

Project Cope, Hope House and

Urban League.