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It was brought to my attention at a recent MFDEA meeting that the St. Louis Community College’s Mortuary Science class does not have a voice in any of the local funeral newsletters. So I am taking this opportunity to introduce the Mortuary department and to get more funeral personnel involved in the many activities that are happening this year with the students at the school.

We are off to a great start this semester.

Kyle Clay, Jim Gramlich, Kristen Langkopf, LaRonda Willis, Ramona Revels

First, I would like to congratulate the students that won scholarships for the 2009-2010 school year. What a great opportunity for the students to get some help with tuition. A big thank you goes to the contributors of the MFDEA Education Fund for awarding $300 to the students listed above, and to the NFDA for awarding Chandra Zeisset a scholarship amounting to $1000. It was greatly appreciated.

Chandra Zeisset

Second, I would like to introduce the class officers that are working hard to make this a productive year (see picture below). We are planning many fundraisers as well as community service activities. One of the fundraisers we recently concluded is the always popular t-shirts sales and this year we added polo-style shirts to the selection. All proceeds from the fundraisers including the shirt sales are going to our class graduation dinner. This is so we can bring ourselves and a guest to the dinner.

Robert Curtis, Kristen Langkopf, Melissa Speight, Emily Roesslein

If you are interested in supporting your local school you can contact me through our class blog at http://stlfuneral.wordpress.com. Please stay tuned to future updates for more activities that help us support our goal.

For our community service project, we held a canned food drive, collecting 200 pounds of food and fed 172. Overall we had a good turnout for a great cause.

In closing I would like to quickly mention that several students are looking for practicum sites and/or apprenticeship opportunities following the passing of our boards in May. If any funeral home in Missouri or Illinois would like to help please notify Steve Koosman at St. Louis Community College or you can post any opportunities at the above mentioned blog.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Melissa Speight

Class President 2010

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