GRACE

Food and toys needed for local community

Posted by on November 18, 2019

Staff Council is sponsoring a food and toy drive for the local community through Thursday, Dec. 5. Staff Council members will collect the items Friday, Dec. 6, and deliver to the Greater Rolla Area Community Enterprise (GRACE) and the Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Give Christmas” toy drive (formally called “Angel Tree.”) If your department will have a box, please email Barbi Spencer, president of Staff Council, at spencerbar@mst.edu to arrange for pick up on Dec. 6.

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EMSE announces chili, costume contest winners

Posted by on November 1, 2019

The engineering management and systems engineering (EMSE) department thanks everyone who entered a pot of chili in the chili contest on Oct. 31:

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Chili cook-off coming up

Posted by on October 17, 2019

Join the engineering management and systems engineering department at the EMSE chili cook-off and Halloween costume contest Thursday, Oct. 31, in the second-floor lobby of the Engineering Management Building.

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Employee donations to GRACE help 400 families

Posted by on December 13, 2018

Dave Dearth, a volunteer with the Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise, thanks Missouri S&T employees who donated food or toys during recent drives.

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Today is final day of food, toy drive for local area

Posted by on November 26, 2018

Make a child’s holiday brighter or help feed a family by donating to the Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise (GRACE) or Rolla Mission by Nov. 26. Get a list of items needed.

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Enter to win prizes at staff celebration, sign up for costume contest

Posted by on October 25, 2018

Drop by the Fall Staff Appreciation Day 8:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the Puck and enter to win a door prize. All attendees are eligible to enter the prize drawing and do not need to be present to win. To get an extra ticket for the prize drawing, bring an item to donate to the Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise (GRACE) or the Rolla Mission. Click here for a list of items. The schedule includes:

  • 8 a.m.: Drop off your decorated pumpkin for the pumpkin decorating contest.
  • 8:30 a.m.-noon: Games, music, pumpkin painting and refreshments (s’mores, hot chocolate, hot apple cider, candy and popcorn)
  • 9-11 a.m.: Monster massage (chair massages)
  • 9:30-10 a.m.: Live costume contest (sign up here)
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GRACE thanks S&T community

Posted by on January 3, 2018

Lynne Soleta, on behalf of Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise (GRACE), thanks all faculty, staff and students at Missouri S&T who contributed to GRACE for Christmas. The organization provided gifts for 372 families, including more than 1,200 individuals, thanks to the generosity of community members. Missouri S&T’s Staff Council organized the campus collection and delivery.

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Fraternity, police adopt family for holidays

Posted by on December 14, 2017

The holidays will be a little brighter for one local family, thanks to Tau Kappa Epsilon and University Police. Individuals in the police department and fraternity joined forces and adopted a family through the Greater Rolla Area Community Enterprise (GRACE). They collectively contributed more than $900 and then purchased toys on the wish lists of all three children and gave the parents gift cards for gas and groceries. They provided a holiday meal and presented the gifts to the family at the TKE house on Dec. 10.

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Thanks for giving to GRACE, trophies go to two groups

Posted by on December 11, 2017

Staff Council members thank the campus community for your support of the recent food and toy drives, as well as individual and department donations for the Greater Rolla Area Charitable Enterprise (GRACE). During the November drives, faculty and staff donated more than 1,500 food items, 80 toys and more than $400 in monetary donations. The Chancellor’s Holiday Brunch on Dec. 6 brought in additional donations.

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Food and toy drive ends today

Posted by on November 27, 2017

Staff Council members will collect donations for the Greater Rolla Area Community Enterprise (GRACE) Tuesday, Nov. 28. There is still time to donate today; you can drop off donations of unwrapped toys and non-perishable food in an S&T collection box. Collection boxes are located in buildings throughout campus.

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