ARCHS' Executive Vice-President Steve BrawleyThe ARCHS' "Getting Down to Business With Social Networking" presentation was held in September 2010 at the St. Louis Public Library. Nearly 40 area not-for-profit staff and volunteers attended the presentation and received tips on how to advance their not-for-profit's social mission and business strategies.

ARCHS' Chief Executive Officer Wendell E. Kimbrough, Executive Vice-President Steven Brawley, Director of IT Partnerships Eric Monroe and Communications Specialist Justin Gibson explained how ARCHS utilizes social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

The free event was co-sponsored by ARCHS and the St. Louis Public Library Grants and Foundations Center.

Promoting green-focused living and reducing the impact of toxics in a targeted area of North St. Louis City was the goal of ARCHS' three-year U.S. EPA environmental justice grant. ARCHS completed its formal grant activities by hosting a Tox-Away Day in April 2010. ARCHS' Vice President of Partnerships Les Johnson (shown above) joined ARCHS and other area organizations to collect several tons of items ranging from paint and car batteries to household cleaners and yard chemicals.

ARCHS reported the outcomes of its partnership at a special U.S. EPA event held in St. Louis in May 2010.

ARCHS is 2010 Health Advocacy Organization of the Year

By Rebecca S. Rivas

Of The St. Louis American

“Despite being a world-renowned center of health care and medical research, many of our residents lack access to care,” Wendell E. Kimbrough, the chief executive officer for the Area Resources for Community and Human Services, said of St. Louis.

But more importantly, St. Louis-area residents lack resources to live healthy lifestyles. In response, ARCHS focuses on preventive healthcare through a network of more than 400 community partners.

In Greater St. Louis, ARCHS’ partnerships deliver $31.2 million in additional community services.

This year, ARCHS will receive the Health Advocacy Organization of the Year Award at the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2010 Salute to Excellence in Health Care on Saturday, April 24 at the Ritz Carlton in Clayton.

To help share ideas on reentry programs, the ARCHS' “Building Nonprofit Partnerships in St. Louis: Prisoner Reentry Services” presentation was held in January 2010 at the St. Louis Public Library. Dozens of reentry partners from the area gathered to learn from one another on ways local nonprofits can work together to find and build resources for ex-offenders.

Whether it was nonprofits already in existence or ones looking to form in the near future, ideas were shared with one another on reentry topics.