Client Stories
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"After being here for just a few days," said Ebony Miller, "I found warmth and compassion."
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Read Ebony's Story
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Charitable Contributions
Gateway Homeless Services welcomes charitable donations that enable us to provide emergency shelter, food, and preparation for accessing transitional housing services to homeless and severely impoverished people in the St. Louis region.
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A Word from the Executive Director |
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 Gateway Homeless Services is the largest 24-hour shelter for women, children and families in Missouri. 40% of our budget is provided by compassionate donors who seek to use their dollars pragmatically to end homelessness in St.. Louis. Your contribution supports:
A 24-hour family emergency shelter for single women and families. Gateway places more than 300 women and children into transitional or permanent housing each year.
Adult educational and support programs that empower homeless people to take responsibility for moving into transitional or permanent housing.
Services designed specifically for children and youth including tutoring, childcare, computer literacy and other educational opportunities.
A food distribution effort to shelter residents, former residents who are in permanent housing, senior citizens and working poor individuals.
Annual collection of personal hygiene items and school supplies for homeless and at-risk children.
A large contribution to overall planning to end Homelessness within the St. Louis Region by focusing on helping families in crisis keep the housing that they already have, moving families out of emergency shelters and into permanent housing as quickly as possible, understanding families needs and linking them to targeted services, and collecting and sharing data to improve program management and planning.
We need your gift today. With your help, we can continue to serve the many homeless children, women and families in the Bi-State Region, helping them to move from homelessness to independence. Please donate on line or send a check to Gateway, 1000 N 19th St, St. Louis, 63106 or call 314-546-9684 and Jenn Gauthier-Lyke will arrange for your gift! Sincerely, Martin Rafanan |
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Gateway WISH LIST!
Contact: Jenn Gauthier Lyke -
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or 314-546-9684
Client Support - Perfect for Donation Drives!
Canned Goods
Hygiene Items
Diapers, Formula
Cleaning Supplies: bleach, laundry soap, Pine Sol, Toilet Tissue and Paper Towels
Children's socks (all sizes)
Underwear (new ) womens and childrens
Bath & face towels
City bus tickets
Childcare Equipment
Baby Beds / Pack & Plays (Used Good/Stable Condition & New)
Strollers (Used/New)
Shelter Operations Support
Support for Emergency alarm and lighting system
Generator System for the Building
Support for Bathroom Renovation
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Thank you for your support of Gateway Homeless Services! We are grateful for each and every donor. You make it possible for us to provide emergency shelter services for homeless people, empowering individuals and families to move from homelessness to transitional housing, the next step toward housing independence.
There are three ways to make a donation: online, by phone or by mail. There are many giving levels including support for our facilities to gifts that support our residents directly. Your gift of time or money helps us to fulfill our mission to provide safe, nurturing emergency shelter services that empower homeless people to move into transitional and permanent housing!
1. Donate online by clicking on the DONATE NOW button to the left
You may use your credit card to make a donation immediately by using our secure online processing center.
- $75,000 will remodel a client bathroom on one floor (including plumbing repair)
- $10,000 will update one of our larger client spaces including cooling room or dormitory
- $1,000 will remodel one of our client rooms or can pay down housing debt so that a family can be placed
- $500 will provide utility assistance to place a family in transitional housing
- $250 will provide three home-cooked meals to everyone in our shelter
- $150 will provide lunches to 75 transient and low-income people
- a contribution in any amount will strengthen our mission!
2. Donate by phone
To make donation over the phone, please call Jennifer Gauthier-Lyke 314-546-9684 or 314-231-1515 x17
3. Donate by mail
You may mail your donation to: Gateway Homeless Services, c/o Director of Development, 1000 N. 19th Street, St. Louis, MO 63106.
For more information about giving opportunities, please contact Martin Rafanan, 1000 N. 19th Street, St. Louis, MO 63106, 314-231-1515 x12 or email
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Gateway 990, Audit, Annual Report |
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Gateway Homeless Services is very pleased to share its most recent 990, Audit and Annual Report with those who request this information via email or letter. The documentation is available in pdf format and will be emailed to your designated email address. Thank you for your interest in our organization.
You have two options. You can go to Guidestar.com to access recent 990's:
http://www2.guidestar.org/organizations/43-1099929/gateway-homeless-services.aspx
or, please use the contact information below to request this documentation:
Contact - do not forget to provide email address for 990, Audit or Annual Report pdfs:
Martin J. Rafanan, Executive Director
Gateway Homeless Services
1000 N 19th Street
Saint Louis MO 63106
990 and Audit and Annual Report are available in pdf format and will be emailed upon request.
Contact:
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Gateway Homeless Services - Shelter Makeovers
The Gateway Homeless Services building is the old Polish Community Center of St. Stanislaus Koska. The building is over ninety years old and for 25 years, it has been open round the clock every day of the year to house over 100 homeless women and children each day. The building gets very hard use and we must constantly clean and maintain it. Shelter "Makeovers" are a very important part of our work, and volunteers really help us to get this important job done. We need all spaces in the building cleaned and "made-over" at least once per year, sometimes more.
For more information on this prograM, please email Jennifer Gauthier-Lyke at
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