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During the 10th Annual Hardee’s Rise and Shine for Heat-Up benefit, on Friday morning (from 5:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.), a record-breaking 500 volunteers served as celebrity greeters in about 60 area Missouri and Illinois Hardee’s restaurants, requesting extra tax-deductible donations. So, far the Hardee’s efforts have raised about $85,000 in a Friday morning only […]
Despite the unseasonably cool winter weather compared to a constantly colder 2011, Heat-Up St. Louis, the regional utility assistance charity continues to get hundreds of requests from bi-state area seniors, the disabled and low-income households with children, who are being threatened with disconnection notices or who require service restoration. The series of cold snaps during […]
This has been the most financially challenging winter since the inception of Heat-Up St. Louis, 11 years ago. In most parts of the St. Louis region, where the all-volunteer charity serves, the public cupboards are almost empty, in terms of donations. Thousands of area seniors, disabled and poor households with children are struggling to stay […]