On Saturday, February 9th, over 55 children under the age of 12, (including some of the children currently living at SLP), participated in the Race for the Place Fun Run to benefit St. Lawrence Place.  Click below to view brief videos of the start line for the 1/4 mile, 1/2 mile, and 1 mile Fun Runs!

PS-Cocky makes an appearance in the last video!

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Click below to see a teenage resident of St. Lawrence Place, Mercutio, playing The Star Spangled Banner on saxophone before the Race for the Place 5K on Saturday, February 9th.
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A huge thank you to all the volunteers, sponsors, and participants that made the 2013 Race for the Place such a success.  We had over 330 participants in the 5k and Fun Run!  We also had a couple former SLP residents participate, as well as some current SLP residents and children.

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As part of an on-going partnership with the Columbia Museum of Art, the teens living at St. Lawrence Place visited the museum in January and created cartoons with Sanford Greene.

Mr. Greene has worked on animation projects for the last 10 years with movies, short films, and comic books and he is an art professor at Benedict College.  The teens created their own animation and character, and Mr. Greene signed copies of his comic books for them.

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St. Lawrence Place was awarded 50 shoe certificates from Payless ShoeSource through their annual Payless Shoes 4 Kids program. This is the 4th year we have been honored to receive these certificates, which allow all of the children and teens living at SLP to receive brand new shoes for free.
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In December 2012 the teenagers living at St. Lawrence Place took their monthly field trip to the Columbia Museum of Art and created monolith prints with local artist Josh Drews.

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