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Follow Lyn’s Footsteps is a charitable fund established in November 2021 in partnership with the St. Louis Community Foundation.  The fund draws inspiration from its namesake, Lyn Pickel, our mother who passed away in March 2021.  It is our hope that through the fund, Lyn’s loving and generous spirit may live on and continue to positively impact the community.  

The mission of Follow Lyn’s Footsteps is to foster a more connected, nurtured, and inclusive community by supporting local nonprofit programs that work to lift up community members in need of attention and care.  Our guiding principle is Lyn’s conviction that we should live as a neighborhood, pitching in to help our neighbors without regard for whether their background is the same as ours.  By following Lyn’s footsteps in this conviction, we all benefit from a stronger, more compassionate community whose members better understand and relate to one another.   

Please consider supporting Follow Lyn’s Footsteps by clicking the “Support Us” tab.  Donations will go towards supporting local nonprofit organizations that fit our mission.  For more information on our current giving program, click the "What We Fund” tab.