Go the Second Mile with us this Lent/Holy Week/Easter!

Parkway will again support four worthy organizations with its Second Mile Giving for Lent and Easter. We believe this blend of support will help Parkway create local, national and international impact with its gifts. Please remember that Second Mile Giving is over and above our 2025 PUCC Budget and donations will be divided evenly among the organizations listed below. Please be generous as these organizations rely on our gifts to be able to be more faithful and effective in their mission.

Lydia’s House

Lydia’s House offers secure housing and immediate community for women and children who are victims of domestic violence. They have 50 confidentially located, fully furnished apartments where families can find refuge, safety and support. Lydia’s transitional housing is one of the largest in the country and the only program of its kind in Eastern Missouri.

Each family at Lydia’s House is provided an advocate to help guide them through the process of recovering from abuse. All family members are connected to support services, including individual and group resources, to help them build the skills that are necessary not only for surviving but thriving in the wake of trauma.

Lydia’s House staff are involved in: Advocacy; Children's Programs; Licensed Therapy; Immigrant Services; Development, Outreach & Administrative Services; Maintenance & Facilities Support and Spiritual Support.

 

For more information, please visit lydiashouse.org

UP—Unleashing Potential [formerly Neighborhood Houses]

For well over 100 years, Neighborhood Houses has loved children in St Louis and helped resilient families to be even more so!

Early Childhood Education: Caroline Mission is a licensed and accredited Early Childhood facility operated by UP. Our Mission is to provide quality affordable childcare for children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age. Caroline Mission is a “home away from home.”

After School Programs: UP is the #1 provider of before and after school programming in the St Louis Public Schools… fun & creative activities, homework assistance, character education, cultural awareness, health & fitness focus, arts & crafts, supervised recreation, and much more!

GeoQuest Program: expands access to education, hands-on learning, and skill training in geospatial technology for children in K-8 grades. As one of the fastest growing fields in information technology, geospatial science jobs are in high demand. In today’s digital world, STEM skills are essential and becoming increasingly specialized. Raising your child to be technologically-savvy is a smart move!

For more information, including learning more about family engagement and UP’s summer camp out at our MMS UCC Camp Mo-Val, please visit upstl.org

Heifer International

Heifer International does so much more than put food in the mouths of hungry people. Heifer helps people to feed themselves. The goal of every Heifer project is sustainability -- project partners achieving self-reliance. And year after year, as partner families “pass on the gift” of knowledge and one or more of their animals’ offspring to others in need, they become links in a network of hope, dignity and self-reliance that helps hundreds of others care for themselves. For more information, please visit heifer.org

Bread for the World

Bread for the World is a Christian advocacy organization urging U.S. decision makers to do all they can to pursue a world without hunger. Our mission for the last 50 years is to educate and equip people to advocate for policies and programs that can help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.

PUCC has partnered with BFW in their Offering of Letters for several years in order to speak our Christian values to our elected officials in Washington, DC.

This year, at the direction of Bread, we are looking to send some PUCCers to the annual Bread Summit in DC in June. Please stay tuned for more details.

For more information, please visit bread.org

 

Please be sure to clearly mark your 2nd Mile gifts throughout the season of Lent.