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Thanks to Dowd Bennett LLP for Helping Feed the Hungry with $100,000 Donation to St. Louis Attorneys Against Hunger Initiative - Recent News

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Posted by: Susan Sagarra on Mar 31, 2022
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Thanks to the incredible generosity of the law firm Dowd Bennett LLP, $100,000 was distributed during the first quarter of 2022 to several area organizations that feed the hungry. Dowd Bennett donated the funds to The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis’ (BAMSL) and the Saint Louis Bar Foundation’s St. Louis Attorneys Against Hunger (STLAAH) initiative. The money was distributed to:

  • Meals on Wheels of Greater St. Louis
  • BAMSL member Beth Boggs’ Step It Up program
  • St. Louis Area Foodbank
  • St. Patrick Center
  • Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis

Ed Dowd, partner at Dowd Bennett, founded BAMSL’s STLAAH initiative when he was president of BAMSL from May 1, 2017, to April 30, 2018. His mother volunteered at Meals on Wheels for 40 years, which is how he learned about the issue of food insecurity in the region.

Presentation of the check to the St. Louis Area Foodbank (from left): STLAAH founder Ed Dowd, STLAAH Committee member Hon. Dianna Bartels, Jim Bennett, BAMSL Executive Director Susan McCourt Baltz, St. Louis Area Foodbank President and CEO Meredith Knopp, BAMSL President Bob Tomaso, STLAAH Committee member Eisha Ahmed-Petersen and STLAAH staff liaison Susan Sagarra.

Presentation of the check to St. Patrick Center (from left): STLAAH founder Ed Dowd, STLAAH Committee member Hon. Dianna Bartels, Jim Bennett, BAMSL Executive Director Susan McCourt Baltz, St. Patrick Center CEO Anthony D'Agostino, BAMSL President Bob Tomaso, STLAAH Committee member Eisha Ahmed-Petersen and STLAAH staff liaison Susan Sagarra.

(Photos by Tom Paule.)

 

 


 


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