Our 2024 Mission
We at The Mission Attempt believe To Love is to Help. Having recently secured our own 501c3 status and listing in Guidestar, we are working hard to expand our reach. To that end, we doubled our fundraising goal this year to $40,000–And we met our goal!
The funds will go to the projects listed here. Our community includes generous and committed donors from all over the St. Louis area and nationwide. We are on a mission. Join us!
- Hope for the Holidays event in December, when we help 40 families and 100+ children
- Emergency Assistance Program to help families who have unexpected life events
- Back-to-School Supplies Event in partnership with the NCJW-STL
- Juneteenth Utility Disconnection Assistance
- Our Jolly July Gala celebrating the best of North St. Louis County
- Coming soon: Seeking a food delivery partner.

December: Delivering “Hope for the Holidays”
The Mission Attempt held its fifth annual Hope for the Holidays event, helping wishes come true for more than 40 St. Louis County families needing assistance on Saturday, Dec. 21. Mayor Sharon Pace opened Northwoods City Hall to families to share in a meal and holiday cheer. Children visited with Santa, families received gifts from their wish lists, and everyone delighted in the door prizes! Read more about it.


The Mission Attempt Receives National Award:
2024 Rinku Sen $10,000 Grant
We are thrilled to announce that, in recognition of “unwavering dedication and commitment to transformative justice,” The Mission Attempt was awarded the 2024 Rinku Sen Grant of $10,000 by the organizers of The Facing Race Conference powered by Race Forward. We were honored be one of five honorees to receive the award at the prestigious gathering with over 4,000 attendees at the America’s Center Convention Complex Nov. 21. We are energized by this recognition and are excited to put the award to good use in our community in 2025!

November: Thanksgiving Blessings!
For Thanksgiving this year, we are giving 11 families gift cards to Aldi’s so that they can have a delicious meal.



August: Getting Kids Ready for School
We were pleased to be invited by the National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis to bring 20 children to the Back-to-School Store event the afternoon of August 4 at Temple Israel. In addition, we held a second event at Koffee Ko in North St. Louis County where we were able to give away 20 more backpacks — and smiles!






Juneteenth: Utility Assistance
The heat was brutal this summer. Imagine your family not being able to pay the electric bill, and having to bear the heat. That was the reality for several of our community members this summer. Fortunately, we were able to help six families get reconnected to power so they could have air conditioning in the sweltering summer.
“I want to take the time to say thank you to the Mission Attempt for making my payment on my electric bill…I was overjoyed…This helped me out so much, and honestly took some stress off my back. Thank you again, greatly appreciated.”

What our families are saying about us
Thanks to the mission attempt! We are forever grateful for the love that you have shown my Grand babies at Christmas. Happy Holiday to all and be blessed in all that you do…
– @Hershey Kiss
Special thank you to…THE MISSION ATTEMPT for making this Christmas extra special for my girls! Been a tough year for a lot of us and you did an amazing job helping 40 families including mine! Happy Holidays!
– Monica Marie
THANKS MISSION ATTEMPT ALOT. THEY LOVE EVERYTHING
– Mona

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2024 SPONSORS
You can be part of The Mission Attempt in North St Louis County. Join these generous supporters and become one of our 2024 sponsors!
Platinum sponsors $10,000+
Margie Simon
Trudy Busch Valentine
Race Forward Rinku Sen Grant
Gold sponsors $1,000+
Laura Cohen, Martha Hogan, Thomas Keefe, Kayla Vaughan
Silver sponsors $500+
Rita Heard Days, Peter Gregory, Lance LeComb, M1 Bank, Becky Patel, Mary & Daniel Sinclair, Laura Stanton & David LaGesse, Priya Sudarsanam, Aimee Wehmeier, Susan and Larry Wang
Bronze sponsor $250+
Paula Brown, Evelyn Days, Amy Gunn, Jim Hacking, James & Eileen Krispin, Marie McMahon, Debbie Rabinovich, Katie Meyer, Rebecca Richardson, Lori Setton, Erica Slater, Linda Tsai
Friends of the Mission Attempt
Susan Block, Sarah Bock, Jean Cavendar, Debbie Champion, Bob and Betsy Cuneo, Lindsey Diel, Ron & Jackie Eilers, Yinka Faleti, Sarah Felts, Robbye Frank, Kristin & Kenneth Giele, Chris & Jim Gorman, Kathy Greminger, Trish Gunby, Susan Hoffman, Ricky Hopkins, Sr., Jean Jae, Nicola Jones, Jeanne Kirkton, Nancy Litz, Carol Davis McDonald, M'Evie Mead, Marcia Mellitz, Jackie Natch, Ralph Ragsdale, Frank Robbye, Patricia Rosehill, Angela Postal, Joan & Christopher Saracino, Thomasina Sargent, Sandra Schrand, Tracy Sridharan, Regina Starks, Nan Sweet, Mark Utterback
Bikes
Lauren Olivia, Tandra Patton, Nicole West