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Health care "Call to Action"
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Special effort to transform St. Louis health care will
begin November 1, 2001 with a call for "100% Access &
Zero Health Disparities." Rabbi Susan Talve, chair of
ARCHS's Health Committee, explained that the purpose of
the "Call to Action" is: to develop new champions for
health-care access with zero disparities; to hear from the
people who are really suffering; and to commit the
community to pooling assets for fair allocation. Rabbi
Talve said that St. Louis has all the health resources it
needs but systems must be modified to provide equal
access to care.
Keynote speaker for the campaign will be Dr. Marilyn
Hughes Gaston, a primary care pediatrician who has
devoted her career to providing medical education, clinical
research, and administration of local and federal programs
directed to services to the under-served. She is the first
African-American woman to direct a Public Health
Service Bureau.
Gaston will speak at the Khorassan Ballroom of the
Chase Park Plaza at 7 p.m. on November 1. A reception
for Dr. Gaston will follow at 8:30. For information or to
RSVP (by October 26), call 314.206.3226.
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Free security lights
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Outside lights are a deterrent to crime. Free
dusk-to-dawn lights are available to senior (60 or older)
homeowners through the "Focus on the Family" program
sponsored by the Annie Casey Foundation. Call Liz
Robinson at 314.531.4468 for the addition of this security
feature to your home.
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Washing Manchester
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The civic group Metropolis will do "a wash" along
Manchester, primarily picking up trash, on Saturday,
November 3, 2001, between 10am and 12 noon. You can
help out by meeting at the parking lot next to Ujamaa
Maktaba Bookstore, 4267 Manchester.
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Main Street fund raiser
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The housing corporation's Main Street Committee is
sponsoring a holiday party on December 12 at Mangrove
Restoration, 4266-70 Manchester (the former "hubcap
store"). Guy Slay is renovating the building. The purpose
of the party is to raise money to support committee efforts
to revitalize Manchester as the neighborhood's main street.
Call Marti Hamilton at 314.533.6704 for details and
tickets.
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Annual election
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The Gibson Heights Neighborhood Association will
hold its annual election at its November 27 meeting. Call
president Sonda Thompson, 314.534.1709, for information
on the opportunities to get yourself and others involved in
neighborhood activities.
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Business and neighborhood
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Liz Robinson is about business and about the neighborhood.
Liz's business is Leslie's Hair Salon, 4500 Chouteau
(southwest corner of Taylor). She has been a hair care
professional since 1982 and started her own business in 1990.
Her hair care expertise extends to all kinds of hair as she
is proud
to serve all the people living or working in the neighborhood,
women and men of all ethnic and racial groups.
Progress in the business is on Liz's mind, too, as she
seeks a
qualified stylist and nail tech to join her in making the shop
"full
service." Hours at the shop, by appointment, are: Wednesday
from 10 to 4; and Thursday through Saturday from 10 to 6:30.
Liz can also accommodate special occasions with a Sunday
appointment. Call her at 314.531.4468.
Liz serves the neighborhood in many other ways, too. She
is
a business-owner member of the housing corporation's Housing
and Main Street Committees. She participates in the Annie
Casey-sponsored Y Read program and has been elected to the
advisory board of the Adams Park Community Center. She is
also the co-chair of the Human Services Committee.
It looks like Liz has passed her neighborhood interest
on to
her family. Her daughter Karen also works in the neighborhood
and her thirteen-year-old granddaughter won first prize by
suggesting "Buzz" as the name for the neighborhood newsletter.
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