Programs

This SLACO program aims to bridge the gap in understanding among people, communities and races.  This year, SLACO will continue to bring neighborhoods together and support those neighborhoods in hosting kickoff events that will include a bus tour of each neighborhood, a shared lunch, and a high-quality conversation in which participants learn about a neighborhood that they previous might not have known much about, its resources, challenges and discuss ways to improve their communities.

To become involved in this project, please call the Judith Arnold at 314-305-1661, or email: arnold.judith@yahoo.com.

This program is financed in partnership with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the City of St. Louis Community Development Administration (CDA) and Vandeventer Community Development Corp.

After School Program

SLACO has a free after-school program in the Etzel Community Center. Applications are available now at our location, 5888 Plymouth at Hamilton, or call 314-361-9406.

Program hours are 3:30-6 p.m., or any part of that time when the children are home from school. We accept only children ages 6 through 12.  Preference is given first to residents of the Etzel Place Apartments, and then to others who live within the West End Neighborhood (area bounded by Skinker on the west, Page on the north, Union on the east, and Delmar on the south).

The program is open everyday, Monday-Friday, except for St. Louis Public Schools holidays.  Although the public schools will govern our schedule, children in any public, charter, private, or parochial school are most welcome.

Scouting

Girl Scouts meet at the SLACO Etzel Community Center weekly on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact Natalie Walker at (314) 603-6945.