What:  Chocolate, Wine and All That Jazz - Tri County Division of United Way campaign kickoff

When:  Saturday, August 29, 6 - 9 p.m.

Where:  Chandler Hill Vineyards, 596 Defiance Road, Defiance, MO 63341 (15 minutes from

(St. Peters, MO) The St. Louis Chinese Baptist Church youth is gearing up for this year's mission trip. Each year, they participate in the World Changers (see www.World-Changers.net) mission trip to help impoverished families with home

ST. LOUIS - The Boathouse in Forest Park will host its Sixth Annual Paddle With Your Pooch dog-and-master boat race on Sunday, July 19, 2009, beginning at 12:30 p.m. KMOX personality Charlie Brennan will announce the event's three heats and final race.

Fenton, MO - Alliance Credit Union is teaming up with Homes for our Troops, a non-profit group started four years ago, to build homes for Missouri soldiers severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Alliance has already met their initial $5,000

The highly popular, noble and fun-loving grizzly bears, and St. Louis partygoers of the same persuasion, will make a grand appearance at ZOOFARI 09.  This popular creative black-tie party takes place on Friday, June 19, from 7 p.m. until midnight