Meijer Community Giving Team presents St. Louis Center with $10,000.


On Thursday, December 15, 2022, members of the Scio Twp. Meijer, Store #173, made a special visit to the St. Louis Center.  In the past month their community giving team, led by employees who enjoy making a difference in the community, held a vote to pick their store’s recipient for yearly giving. Different organizations were considered, but one stood out to the employees: St. Louis Center.

During the holiday season each store’s Community Gives committee nominates local non-profit agencies that they would like to support. Community Gives committee members make informational posters to help the entire store staff select who they feel should receive the donations. 

Over the past month, Scio Twp. Meijer community giving team, led by employees who enjoy making a difference in the community, held a vote to pick their store’s recipient for yearly giving. Different organizations were considered, but one stood out to the employees: St. Louis Center.

St. Louis resident Joey B. is a long-time employee at the Zeeb Rd. Meijer store in Ann Arbor, MI.  Joey makes a lasting impact on everyone he meets. His cheerful, spunky, and talkative demeanor is heartwarming, and it is hard not to enjoy Joey. His Meijer coworkers definitely agree.

In April 2022, Meijer employee Stacy, along with other co-workers, came to St. Louis Center to celebrate Joey as he graduated from Independence College. Stacy and the others quickly figured out how great St. Louis Center is. In November, when it came time to vote for the store’s 2022 Meijer Community Giving Recipient, they knew exactly what charity they wanted to be chosen.

St. Louis Center overwhelmingly got the vote. Usually, two groups are chosen as recipients, however, they decided to give the full amount to St. Louis Center, Joey’s home. The Meijer Community Giving Team presented a check for $10,000 to St. Louis Center. Joey was there to help receive the check and was overjoyed with the generosity of the fellow employees on his work team.

St. Louis Center would like to thank the Scio Twp. Meijer associates for their gift. Being chosen as their charity this year means the world to the Center and will make a lasting impact in the lives of Joey and his friends, St. Louis Center residents with I/DD.

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Highlights from the Winter 2023 Issue of St. Louis Spirit
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Page 1 – Residents Show Their Cheer Page 2 – Updates from Fr. Enzo Page 3 – A New Home for Jackie Page 4 – Profiles of Guanellian Staff
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Page 5 – A Season of Giving Page 6 – Be a Monthly Sustainer Page 7 – Upcoming Events Page 8 – Remembering Our Friends