Blueprint4

10/07/2026

Since our Blueprint4 office is in the Delmar Divine, we are lucky to have an up-close view of the Delmar Maker District every day! Now, we want to invite the whole STL community to witness the food, fun, music, and shopping! Mark your calendars to bring the whole family to Delish on Delmar October 16th. In addition to the vendors and performers, there will also be hands-on demonstrations and activities for the kiddos!

Daydreaming about another Delish on Delmar sunset just like this one. 🌅✨ Good food, great people, and a beautiful evening along Delmar... we can't wait to do it all again! See you October 16th!

09/30/2026

The Blueprint4 team was honored to receive a special surprise at the 2026 Camp Summit: a national award from Challenger Center! The Challenger-7 Recognition celebrates organizations whose work reflects the spirit, vision, and values of the Challenger 51-L crew. We are so honored to receive this award, nominated by Erin Tyree and our partners at the Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis.

Their lovely nomination reads in part: “For over 10 years, Blueprint4 has advocated for families in under-served neighborhoods to gain access to quality informal STEM education. Much like the Teacher in Space program set out to create new resources that teachers could use to inspire students, Blueprint4 has created new resources that help informal educators to inspire the children in our communities.”

In addition to the recognition certificate, we also received a special Challenger Learning Center friend from Build-A-Bear Workshop that will live proudly in the Blueprint4 office, representing the legacy of our founder Maxine Clark. A huge thanks to Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis for this kind recognition and all the work that they do to bring STEM education to more youth in St. Louis!

09/24/2026

Last week, we welcomed St. Louis youth program providers to our 10th Annual Camp Summit! If you missed it, take a peek inside the learning, collaboration, problem solving, and FUN of this celebration. Or, relive the magic of community coming together to support youth with opportunity. 💙

09/22/2026

09/16/2026

Although St. Louis weather doesn’t seem to know it, it’s almost fall! 🍂Our Blueprint4 database is here to help families find programs on evenings, weekends, and school breaks this semester, like the Artscope Young Makers Studio!

To find out more information or search for additional fall youth programs, visit https://stl.blueprint4.com/

09/03/2026

Calling all STL camp staff! The 2026 Blueprint4 Camp Summit is just a few weeks away. Have you registered yet?

The Camp Summit is our signature professional development event for camp providers, uniting over 100 youth program staff in the region for skill-building and networking. 2026 will mark our 10th annual summit of St. Louis-area camps, and you won’t want to miss our celebration! Learn more about this special event and register: https://blueprint4.com/camp-summit/

09/01/2026

08/26/2026

At the end of August in St. Louis, the dog days of summer are in full effect- literally! On this 🐶 we wanted to celebrate the furry friends behind the Blueprint4 team. Just like the kids of St. Louis, these pups spent their summer learning, playing, and enjoying their favorite hobbies!

08/24/2026

Each summer, The Clark-Fox Family Foundation welcomes in a crop of summer interns who want to learn, grow, and make St. Louis better! These talented young people work on Blueprint4 and other Foundation initiatives, adding capacity to our otherwise small team to do research, system-mapping, outreach, and more!

This year, our summer associates also lent us their youthful perspective, introducing us to “tiny mic” interviews on social media. So, naturally, we got a tiny mic of our own and turned the camera on them to share about their internships and the highlights of their time with us!

Thank you to Kaitlyn, Bella, Tildie, and Allison for their incredible work and contributions to our community this summer!

08/21/2026

How did your child’s summer go? Did you have challenges finding camps? Any great programs your family loved? We want to hear from you! It’s the last month of our St. Louis Family Survey on summer youth programming in the region. If you haven’t already, please take a couple minutes to fill out the brief survey and you could win a $100 visa gift card: https://maryville.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_892Axp3eNy618BU