The Second Cup: July 14 Edition

Good morning, Lake Saint Louis!

Today is my Give 5 Day. Give 5 is a Patch initiative in which employees give five days of service a year to their communities. My first Give 5 Day was the , back in February. That was so much fun, it didn't feel like volunteer work.

I'm excited to spend today helping Lorri Grueber and her Green Gloves volunteer group doing some work in . I even went out and bought myself some green gloves! (Okay, green is Patch's color, too.) I'll have a photographer along to get a few shots of us working, and I'm hoping that during our coffee break (do we get a coffee break, Lorri?) I can take some notes on a group that's doing some wonderful work for Lake Saint Louis.

If you haven't read of equipment to Georgia (the country in Europe, not the state), go read it—now. I mean it. Now. It will give you yet another reason to be proud to live in Lake Saint Louis.

Today we'll be posting the Get Out list for weekend entertainment, and news from the Lake Saint Louis-Dardenne Prairie Chamber of Commerce. We'll also feature a beautifully-written,brand-new blog post from Heather Kemper-Hussey.

Don't miss it!

Today in history, thanks to History.com: It's Bastille Day! In 1789, French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, that infamous fortress and prison, giving momentum to the revolution that would end with the beheading of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1792.