Welcome!
By Christy Oldani
Hello everyone, and welcome to the United Way of Greater St. Louis’ GenNext Web site. More than three years ago, I started this group with a handful of other volunteers, and I am so happy to see how this group has grown.
GenNext started with a simple mission: to engage young professionals in their community. We wanted GenNext members learn how their personal community involvement could make a positive impact on the region. GenNext members would also meet a diverse group of peers and local leaders, including United Way board members.
I feel that we have lived that mission and introduced a whole group of young professionals to the United Way and the St. Louis community. We started with a mailing list of 40 people and have grown to over 1,600.
Since starting up the group in April 2005, we have done over 2,500 service hours, raised over $300,000 for the United Way and helped hundreds people make important professional and personal connections. And we are just getting started.
If this is the first time you have heard of GenNext, I encourage you to check out our “About” page to see about some of the events we do. We do a variety of unique activities, including service projects, fundraisers, networking events and professional development events. If you are new to the area and want to meet new people or just find out about your community, GenNext is the perfect first step. I truly believe GenNext has something for every St. Louis young professional.
I hope you bookmark this page and visit often. This site will be filled with information on our upcoming events, pictures from past events, blogs and much more. We want this site to not just be your portal to community involvement, but your portal to colleagues and friends.
Thank you all for a wonderful first three years, and I look forward to many more. Hope to see you at a project soon.
Christy