Respond by 6/9: Paid Volunteer Opportunity

CheckUp Project
Missouri's First LGBT Health Survey

The CheckUp Project is looking for a few good people.

Are you outgoing? Do you love your community and want to be an active supporter? Are you willing to spare some of your Pridefest time to help the community and earn some cash? Then keep reading...

The CheckUp Project is the first state-sponsored effort to take a serious look at the attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs of the LGBTQ community regarding tobacco use. We believe that this project could help identify health disparities prevalent to our community that are currently being ignored by leading health agencies. Participation in this study will help facilitate what we believe is ground breaking research in this area with the potential to generate more funding to address health disparities in the LGBT Community. We deserve the same level of state support as any other population.

What you need to do is:

• Sign up
  Submit your name, email address, phone number to Sue McDaniel at mcdanielsu@health.missouri.edu or call her at: 573-230-8582. Please contact by June 9th. Each applicant will have to pass an online quiz prior to training, which will be emailed to you. Please keep in mind we are looking for enthusiastic outgoing folks who are comfortable walking up to strangers and asking them to complete a paper survey.
  
  
• Participate
  You will be acting as representatives of the University of Missouri, hired for a 4-hour period (plus training) as consultants. While under the direction of the University, you will be collecting surveys from Pride Festival Attendees.
  
  
• Get Compensated
  You will be paid 100 dollars to collect surveys for 4 hours plus training... some training will be through email and there will be 1/2 hour of training the day of the event. You can work two shifts if you want to, but not on the same day. Being sober is required for this position.

Dates of participation:

• Saturday, June 28th
  
  
• Sunday, June 29th

Shift availabilities and times:

• First shift will work from 10:30am to 3:30pm, showing up at 10:30 for training
  
  
• Second shift will work from 1:00pm to 5:30pm, showing up at 1:00 pm for training

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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
P.O. Box 19071
St. Louis, MO 63118-9071
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com

6/19: LGBTA Business Assoc. Mtg.

Gateway Business Guild Meeting

Mike Shannon's Steaks & Seafood
Outfield Deck
620 Market Street
St. Louis, MO 63101 US
Click here for Google Map

Thursday, June 19, 5:30PM

$20 per person

**Click here to RSVP**

The Gateway Business Guild exists to promote and support LGBTA businesses, trades, and professions and we do this through offering networking and educational opportunities for our community.

Please join us for good food, good drinks, and good conversation. Mix and mingle with like-minded business professionals at our June 19th event at Mike Shannon's Steaks & Seafood.

Payment of $20 in advance must be received on or before June 16th.

Any reservations and/or payments received after June 16th are at the cost of $25.

Payments may be submitted on-line through PayPal. Or by submitting a check payable to the Gateway Business Guild at:

Gateway Business Guild
P.O. Box 16723
St. Louis, MO 63105

Your payment includes food and drinks compliments of Patty Long Catering.

Please direct any questions regarding this event or our organization to gatewaybusinessguild@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

Introducing Missouri's Historic LGBT Health Study!

Checkup Project

Missouri's Historic LGBT Health Study

Monday, May 19 -- 6:30p
Tuesday, May 20 -- 6:30p
Thursday, May 22 -- 6:30p

* LGBT Smokers & Ex-Smokers Needed*

RSVP:
573-529-9704
mcdanielsu@health.missouri.edu

You heard it right.

This is a Missouri-wide, grant-funded study on the health of LGBT individuals.

Both smokers & ex-smokers are encouraged to participate in 60-minute focus groups on smoking.

Each person receives a $20 stipend.

For more information, call 573-529-9704 or email Sue at mcdanielsu@health.missouri.edu .

See you there!


Shän
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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
P.O. Box 19071
St. Louis, MO 63118-9071
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com

5/12/08 & 5/13/08 - Ex-Smokers: $20 - Free Food & Drinks

Want an extra 20 bucks, free Novak's food, and free drinks for 90 minutes of your time?

{For EX-SMOKERS: Ages 24-35 years}

We need more ex-smokers to drop by the Vital Voice office tonight, Monday, May 12, 2008 (4337 Manchester, on Manchester Strip) at 7:30 pm.

We need your stories and voices to help assess tobacco use in the Missouri LGBT Community.

Confidentiality provided :-)

Either just show up or contact 573-529-9704.

See below for more info.

Are you 35+?

There's another one on Tuesday @ 5:30pm. Same place, same offers. See below.

- Shän, The Center



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Hello All,

This is Lucas Hudson, editor of the Vital Voice newspaper.

The University of Missouri was awarded a grant to assess factors related to tobacco use by LGBT Missourians. Some of the things they are investigating/assessing are: initiation of smoking, daily smoking, exposure to secondhard smoke, quit attempts, and long-term cessation
rates.

I am helping them recruit ex-smokers to participate in a focus group held next week. Participants will be paid twenty dollars and fed (Novak's food) as well. There are two age groups: 25-34, and 35 plus.

The times for the focus groups are: (24-35 year olds) Monday, May 12 7:30pm to 9pm at the Vital Voice's office, and (35 and up crowd) Tuesday, 5:30pm to 7pm at the Vital Voice's office. The Vital Voice is located in the Grove, at 4337 Manchester.

You are urged to call 573-529-9704 to register, but you can just show up as well. If you have any questions, please send me an e-mail at lucashudson@thevitalvoice.com.

Thanks,


Lucas
lucashudson@thevitalvoice.com

New Hours: LGBT-friendly "The Shangri-La Diner"

Hello all,

The most LGBT-friendliest demi-vegetarian place I know, The Shangri-La Diner, has NEW HOURS!

Now for questions...

What the heck is a demi-vegetarian?
See the Vegetarian Circle's website at: http//www.yellins.com/veg/different_types.html

Will they serve other sorts of vegetarians & vegans, too?
Of course. The owner even separates the food (fish in one skillet, non-fish in another).

Wow! Where is this magical place?

2201 Cherokee St

Saint Louis, MO 63118-3226
(314) 772-8308
{corner of Cherokee & Missouri streets in Cherokee Antique Row}

What are the new hours?
Thursday -- 11 AM to 9 PM
Friday -- 11 AM to 10 PM
Saturday -- 9 AM to 10 PM
Sunday -- 9 AM to 5 PM
Sunday -- 9AM to 2PM -- ALL YOU CAN EAT BRUNCH $10.00 {INCLUDES FREE TEA OR COFFEE!} VEGAN ITEMS AT EVERY BRUNCH!

What about other days/hours?
Straight from their personnel: "If enough people start coming in on Thursdays we may expand our hours even more!"

Do they have a website?
Yep, http://www.theshangriladiner.com/ or you can also visit their Myspace at http://www.myspace.com/shangriladiner (which is being updated soon).

Hey, I'm skeptical... what accolades do they have?
They're all on the menu at http://www.theshangriladiner.com/images/TheCurrentMenu.pdf (yes... a shameless attempt to get you hungry, too).

Who are you... why are you doing this?
I'm Shän (pronounced like "Shawn"... yes, that's a boy's name, I know).
I'm doing this because 1) I am vegan, 2) another vegetarian place (who shall remain nameless) turned my lesbian/trans-self away, 3) the food is SO DARN GOOD, and 4) I love the people there... they ROCK!

Are you going to stop talking?
Yes, I am. There. I'm done. Really.


Thanks for listening...

Shän