Sometimes the best way to support your hometown is by wearing a t-shirt.

Our three specially designed “Dear Lou” t-shirts are a simple way to help create lasting change for St. Louis. Make a donation of $25 and we’ll send you a “Dear Lou” t-shirt for free (a shipping and handling fee of $5 will be applied for each shirt).

All shirts are custom printed by STL Style. 100% of all proceeds go toward Beyond Housing’s Once and for All—an effort to transform our most under-resourced communities to create a stronger, more equitable, and prosperous St. Louis region—once and for all.

All designs are printed on Next Level Apparel’s softest, most comfortable, and best-selling tee.

Make more than a donation. Make a difference.

Something special is happening in North St. Louis County. Together with our partners and people like you, we are helping single mothers become homeowners, strengthening families to lift themselves out of poverty, building and rehabbing hundreds of homes, fostering the success of small businesses, and transforming our most under-resourced communities to move all of St. Louis forward.

A region is only as strong as the people and communities within it

A wealth of research published by Washington University in St. Louis, University of Missouri–St. Louis, Forward Through Ferguson, Greater St. Louis Inc., and others shows that our region’s longstanding challenges are the direct result of our high concentrations of poverty and communities in decline.

For decades, the Normandy schools footprint in North St. Louis County has had the highest concentration of poverty in the Missouri side of the St. Louis region. Together with our partners and the support of people like you, we are reversing decades of decline to address the source of our region’s challenges to move all of St. Louis forward—once and for all.

Please join us to make a difference today.

What your support provides:

  • Your support helps provide affordable housing and holistic services designed to strengthen families and break the cycle of poverty.
  • Our holistic support for families addresses needs including basic needs, employment, childcare, health, education, financial literacy and planning, and homebuyer education.
  • Strengthening families is one part of our comprehensive work of transforming entire communities which includes constructing new affordable homes, rehabbing existing housing, economic development, and more.
  • All of this brings more St. Louisans and communities into the economic mainstream to address our region’s longstanding issues to move all of St. Louis forward—once and for all.
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