Welcome to The Mission Attempt

The Mission Attempt brings our community together to support families in North St. Louis County. Founded by friends looking to bring positive resources to families in their community, The Mission Attempt  gives back to those who need it most. To date, our work has included delivering food weekly to 15+ families, providing books to children, and our annual holiday gift give-away to 40 families!

Delivered: Hope for the Holidays!

We are so thankful to our donors and volunteers who helped us make the wishes of our families come true. Our Hope for the Holidays event, hosted at beautifully decorated Northwoods City Hall (Thank you, Mayor Sharon Pace!), was an afternoon full of good cheer. In addition to the giveaway, this year we were able to celebrate with food, conversation, door prizes and visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus! We are excited to turn our attention to expanding our mission in 2024. 

Our families, in their own words:

“I would like to thank you guys at Mission Attempt for being a true blessing to families in need. God bless you guys.”

“We are thankful for whatever we receive.”

“To see some joy, happiness & smiles in our home this holiday season would be so grateful & appreciated!”

Our First Back-to-School Supplies Delivered! 

In our first Back-to-School event, The Mission Attempt delivered donated school supplies to Lemasters Elementary School in the Riverview Gardens School District on August 24. Donations included 35 backpacks filled with supplies, winter coats, socks, snack packs and periodsupplies and dental kits, courtesy of the National Council of Jewish Women, children’s books via the Life Foundation, and binders and other supplies from donors. Principal Dr. Travis Brown and his staff were excited to recieve the donations, and they will arrange to distribute to students who need them.

Jolly July Gala a Success!

We are thrilled to report that our gala on July 22 was a huge success. We celebrated local business and hometown heroes. We dined on delicious food. And we came together to commit to helping make our community a better place. We are so close to reaching our goal of $20,000. Won’t you keep the celebration going by donating today?

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

THANKS TO OUR 2023 SPONSORS!

Platinum sponsor $5,000+
Margie Simon, Trudy Busch Valentine

Gold sponsors $1,000+
Laura Cohen

Silver sponsors $500+
Amalgamated Transit Union, Claim Your Power, Kitasha Crawford, Margaret Donnelly, Thomas Keefe, Lance LeComb, M1 Bank, National Council of Jewish Women, Becky Patel, Matthew Rossiter, Laura Stanton & David LaGesse, Priya Sudarsanam & Barak Cohen

Bronze sponsor $250+
Lori Setton

New Bicycle Donors
Eric Brown, Lisa Cooper, Tandra Patton, Edward Sisson, Regina Starks

Friends of the Mission Attempt
LaDonna Appelbaum, Darlene Bell, Hon. Susan Block, Contessa Bundridge, Shelton Caruthers, Maxine Clark, Nancy Collins, Evelyn Days, Rita Heard Days, Michele DeShay, Treva Downing-Patton, Tim Eby, Jackie Eilers, Kathryn Ellis, Sarah Felts, Robbye Frank, Jamie Gilley, Nicole Greer, Trish Gunby, Amy Gunn, Scott Intagliata, April Jolly, Jeanne Kirkton, Mary Ann Kroeck, Jacob LaGesse, Shane LaGesse, Deb Lavender, Nancy Litz, Carol Davis McDonald, Marie McMahon, M'Evie Mead, Marcia Mellitz, Maggie Menefee, Veronica Morrow-Reel, Jeanette Oxford, Angie Postal, Amy Ravin, Clarissa Reel, Dawn Richards, Rebecca Richardson, Jill Schantz, Dr. Lori Setton, Erica Slater, Brian Stiens, Cherie Summa, Nanora Sweet, Karen Tokarz, Kayla Vaughn, Susan and Larry Wang, Kristen Weber