WWSSD 2008 Project 
This year, the St. Louis IAHSP® Chapter selected The St. Louis Crisis Nursery located in St. Charles, Missouri, as their project for the Worldwide Staging Service Week. On September 20, the Chapter members were welcomed by the staff at the St. Charles Crisis Nursery. Our project involved the Staging® of an office shared by two employees. The goal was to maximize the workspace, organize and add additional storage. The members also Staged the main entry room for staff and parents, by making it more spacious, and creating an inviting point of entry for the nursery. Anna Schmidt, the Chapter President says “It’s important for us to give back to an organization that provides such a great service to families in our community.” Saint Louis Crisis Nursery provides 24-hour care for children of families facing a crisis. Families may voluntarily bring their children to the Crisis Nursery because of parental illness or hospital stay, domestic violence, lack of utilities, overwhelming parental stress or any other emergency that requires a temporary parent-child separation. The center works to prevent child neglect and abuse by providing a safe environment for children while their parents work out problems. Members that helped complete the project came in two shifts. We painted, put in shelving and hung plantation blinds, sheers and valances on the windows. Then for the finishing touches. One of our members, Chris Balch-ASP® is also an accomplished seamstress and provided color coordinated cushions for the two chairs that were purchased and donated. Amal Eche-ASP, Kay Dixon-ASP, Anna Schmidt-ASP, Cathy Brosius-ASP and Joyce Kluge-ASP all helped with painting and numerous related tasks. Leigh Cullian-ASP and Gerri Downen-ASPM rounded out the group with running errands and hanging wall art. The Director, Bonnie Define, came between shifts to personally thank each of us for the great work we were doing for the Nursery. We were all filled with a great sense of accomplishment and walked away knowing that Staging does truly make a difference. (written by: Ambassador Gerri Downen, ASPM) These photos show the Before & Afters of the office.
About the St. Louis IAHSP Regional ChapterApril of 2007 marks the date that our St. Louis Chapter was founded. We started with 7 members and are presently at 15 members! Five of our members attended the 2007 Home Staging Symposium in Chicago. Because of the distance to Chicago, we have several members that are from Illinois. They were notified that a Chapter was being formed in the St. Louis area and they decided to join. It won’t be long before we see Chapters forming all over the bi-state area. In March of 2008 plans were finalized to assist the Ronald McDonald House McMentor program on West Pine Blvd in St. Louis. This RMH consists of apartments. When one family would leave an apartment, we would go in and Stage to prepare for the new family that was arriving. Leigh Culian is the contact for the McMentor program. Here are some photos of the last Staging job. We also used the art work from Personal Preferance http://www.stagingwithart.com/, an affiliate of Staged Homes. St. Louis@IAHSP.com St. Charles Builder`s Home Show Sept. 2008The Chapter members contributed their time and talent to make the day a success. The show is for the Home Builder`s and Real Estate community. It was the Chapter`s first time to participate in a trade show. Our experience was very positive. We were able to talk to many agents and hand out information about our chapter and mostly provide information on what being an `ASP` is really about. We also gave away votive candles of different colors and scents, that we had enhanced with raffia . The guests loved them! 
Leigh Cullian-ASP, Cathy Brosius-ASP Kay Dixon-ASP Realtor, Joyce Kluge-ASP and Anna Schmidt-ASP
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