Annie’s Hope | YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis

Annie’s Hope

Annie’s Hope provides comprehensive support services to children, teens, and their families who are grieving a death.

At their core, Annie’s Hope serves humanity in a non-judgmental atmosphere filled with compassion and gratitude. Their goal is to be the “first choice” bereavement center focused solely on the needs of grieving children, adolescents, and their families in the St. Louis region and to lead transformational change in the way our region views, acknowledges, and responds to grief, death, and dying. For more than 16 years, Annie’s Hope has operated solely through the generosity of the St. Louis community.

Your contribution to the Annie’s Hope Endowment Fund is a long-term investment in the future of children and families experiencing grief and loss.

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Honoring the Life of Annie Carter Mersmann by supporting programs to support grieving kids at Annie’s Hope.

The Annie Carter Mersmann Memorial Fund honors the legacy of Annie Carter Mersmann, who died of cancer in September of 2004, leaving a husband and three very young children. All proceeds contributed to the Fund will be donated to Annie’s Hope to support programs for grieving children

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