On April 12th, at the Regional Cultural Arts Commision, local musicians, artisans, and St. Louis citizens from all walks of life gathered together to raise money for children in Senegal, West Africa. It was an amazing evening of music an celebration.

TAM TAM

African Restaurant

Special event!*
Please join us for Authentic Senegalese Quisine and West African music by Ala Lake Sidime International

Over 500 shoes and nearly $2000 were raised to help for an upcoming shipment of:

15000 books for the new Senecorps PEOPLE Center, 140 computers, medical supplies, clothing and now hundreds of shoes for street youth and school children.

When: Fridays in May ---6 P.M.-11 P.M

*If you Dine at Tam Tam on May 4 you will help Senecorps Inc. with the shipment of shoes, clothes, and greatly needed school & and medical supplies for the people of Senegal West Africa. You can make a difference! 

Please visit: www.senecorps.org & www.madministries.org

Where: Tam Tam Restaurant:  35 Florissant Oaks Shopping Center  (170 N. to Lindbergh North.   Left on Lindsay to Florissant Oaks Shopping Center)

Phone: 921-3805

Thank you to all of the following persons and groups that donated their time and energy to promote this cause.

Featured visual artists
Alalake International Sidime
Nigel Thomas
JOIAWorld Percussion Ensemble
Sabrine RhodesSky Kingsland, Donna Kouao DeBlaise & Caph Guei

Featured visual artists
Christine Clarke
Stephen Dalay
Andrew Droege
Micah Leisenfeld
Sabrine Rhodes

Mimi Roach & Mamady Sidime

Local Restaurants
Tam Tam
Iron Barley
Trader Joe’s

Volunteers/ Contributors

MAD Ministries

St. John Relaxation Center

Regional Arts Commission

Thank YOU!

PRESS RELEASE

Donations Needed to Ship Shoes, Books, Computers to Senegal

"Soles for Senegal," a music event/shoe drive and fundraiser for Senecorps Inc., was held on April 12, at Regional Arts Commission.  Thanks to the generosity of all who attended, over 500 pairs of shoes and over $1000 dollars were donated!  Now additional monetary contributions are needed to ship the shoes, plus lots of donated medical equipment, 9000 new and used books, 140 computers and furniture for the Senecorps People Center for Learning. All of these items need to be shipped around the third week of May so Senecorps, the sponsoring organization, may open Senegal's first two public libraries and provide clothing, shoes and supplies.   Senecorps is a 501c(3) organization so your donations are tax-deductible. To learn how you can donate or assist with fundraising efforts, please call Mimi at 314-647-3437 (evenings and early morning are best). For additional information about Senecorps, please explore this website or visit www.madministries.org. 

Please make checks out to Senecorps and send to:

Senecorps (Soles for Senegal)
17046 Downing Street
Gaithersburg, MD 2087

Please contact us for more info.

Yes, we are still collecting:

Monetary donations to help offset the cost of shipping cost are of course appreciated. The suggested donation is $1/per pair of shoes (More is even better!)

Here is a list of our current collecting post:

Richmond Community Center in Maplewood