GSEM Bronze Award Project Catalog

Welcome Neighbor Playroom

Project Details: Motivated to provide refugee children arriving in the St. Louis area with a safe and fun place to play and relax, Alice partnered with Welcome Neighbor STL to provide their facility a dedicated playroom at the new Peter and Paul Community Campus. Alice’s Bronze Award project included rehabbing the playroom space and working with her community to collect donated toys, rugs, and furniture. She created social media posts and flyers to ask for donations, as well as speaking to church members for items and progress updates. Alice also added several small drawstring bags so that when it was time for the families to leave the center to move into more permanent housing, the children would have a bag of toys to take with them.

Bronze Award Team: Alice K. of Troop 1739

Issue: Children of refugee families staying at the Peter and Paul Community Campus needed toys while living in the shelter. Root Cause: The refugee families are coming to the United States with little to no belongings, and things like toys are a luxury that they didn’t have. Target Audience: Welcome Neighbor STL Refugee Families living at the temporary housing at the Peter and Paul Community Campus.