More than 3,500 families in the St. Louis, Missouri, area received food, toiletries and personal protective equipment on Martin Luther King Jr. Day thanks to a partnership of Latter-day Saint Charities and the Urban League of Metropolitan Saint Louis, Inc. (St. Louis, MO).

During the three-hour event in Florissant, Missouri, cars moved from station to station as volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the community and the National Guard helped load trunks with the supplies. Latter-day Saint Charities provided 40,000 pounds of food that was repackaged and distributed by the volunteers.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Urban League has redoubled its commitment to providing the basic needs of food and toiletries, utilities, rent and mortgage assistance and employment services to its clients. 

Urban League of Greater Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN) and community partners launched the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, an annual initiative that provides free tax preparation for qualifying individuals and families throughout the greater Chattanooga region.

 “The VITA program is critical for individuals and families who would otherwise face significant difficulties navigating the tax process,” said Urban League President and CEO, Candy Johnson. “We know tax preparation can be very confusing to navigate, particularly for our disadvantaged residents. We deeply appreciate our community partners and dedicated volunteers for assisting thousands of individuals and families through what can be a daunting process.”

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Warren E. Logan, Jr., longtime leader of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga (Chattanooga, TN), has died at 73.

As businesses continue applying for the second round of federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, the Columbus Urban League (Columbus, OH) is working with Black-owned businesses to make sure they get equal access.