Actions
& Achievements
Campaign
Consultation, Inc.
Give 5 Initiative 2007-2008 Recipients
Alice
Lloyd College
www.alc.edu
Named in US News’ America’s Best Colleges in 2008, Alice Lloyd
College is a private, four-year, liberal arts institution in Pippa Passes,
Kentucky. It was founded by Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd in 1923 as an institution
dedicated to educating leaders in the Appalachian region. In 1980, it
became a four-year bachelor’s degree-granting institution and is
accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
A business college is in the planning process for 2012.
Alice Lloyd College does not rely on any financial support from the state.
As a part of the college’s unique academic program, students are
required to work 10 hours a week in a work study program, regardless of
financial situation, for minimum wage. Work study jobs include janitorial,
office assistant, tutor, craft maker, residential advisor, maintenance,
grounds and cafeteria positions.
Alzheimer's
Association, Greater Maryland Chapter
www.alz.org/maryland
Since 1980, the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Maryland Chapter,
which began as a support group at Johns Hopkins, has grown to an organization
with 27 staff and over 300 essential volunteers. The organization services
14,000 people a year through a full array of services including more than
50 support groups, a 24-hour Helpline, respite care grants, Safe Return
and educational programs. Through its advocacy and public policy efforts,
the Alzheimer’s Association is a vital force for enhancing the quality
of dementia care, for promoting supportive services for caregivers and
for increasing federal funding for Alzheimer’s research.
American
Breast Cancer Foundation
www.abcf.org
The American Breast Cancer Foundation (ABCF) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit
organization with a mission to provide early detection education and breast
cancer screening services to those in need, no matter what age, race,
sex or financial challenge. ABCF is advancing the research to find a cure
for breast cancer and expanding the assistance provided to patients and
their families after diagnosis.
Arabbers
Every 10 years or so, Baltimore runs the risk of loosing a chunk of our
heritage – the Arabber. Baltimore Arabbers represent generations
of vendors whose fruit and vegetables are made available to people in
neighborhoods throughout the city. Arabbers use horses and brightly painted
wagons to distribute their produce and – much like the ice cream
truck – attract people out of their houses to the street by calling
their unique greeting. Residents respond by purchasing nourishing fruits
and vegtables curbside that they may otherwise not have access to.
This year, the primary Arabber stable was condemned and Arabber horses
were moved to a temporary stable. While Baltimore is constructing another
headquarters stable, business is interrupted and Arabbers’ livelihoods
are stymied. In order to stop the erosion of one of Baltimore’s
great heritages, Campaign Consultation, Inc. launched a campaign to link
the Arabbers and their professional skills with Baltimore City Youth.
Campaign Consultation also donated their support so that the Arabbers
were immediately able to buy much needed supplies for their horses.
Caroline
Center
www.caroline-center.org
Caroline Center was founded in 1996 with the mission to assist unemployed
and underemployed women to acquire the discipline, knowledge and skills
necessary to find work in a career with potential for growth and advancement,
thus creating a future of hope for themselves and their families. Sponsored
by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, more than 1,500 women have taken
part in Caroline Center’s programs which include employment readiness,
skill training, career support services and GED tutoring. Skills training
is offered in culinary arts, certified nursing assistant, pharmacy technician
and upholstery. All 5 programs prepare graduates for certification in
their respective fields, thus providing them with an added advantage towards
obtaining employment upon graduation.
Charles
Village Parade Committee
The Charles Village Civic Association, Charles Village Rec League, Friends
of the Wyman Park Dell and Village Learning Place invite everyone to celebrate
city living in the beautiful Wyman Park Dell, located at 29th and Charles
Streets. This festival attracts 7,000 to 9,000 participants and visitors
to the Charles Village neighborhood adjacent to the Baltimore Museum of
Art and the Johns Hopkins University. A parade featuring creative floats,
art cars, marching bands and more will begin at 25th and Saint Paul Streets,
march up Saint Paul to 33rd Street, over to Charles Street and south on
Charles Street to 29th Street. Campaign Consultation, Inc. will provide
funds to use as prize money for Youth bands attending the Charles Village
Parade.
Community
Mediation Program
www.communitymediation.org
A Baltimore based organization, the Community Mediation Program strives
to reduce interpersonal and community violence by increasing the use of
non-violent conflict resolution strategies and making mediation accessible
within local communities. The mission is to provide neutral and safe dispute
resolution opportunities which individuals are empowered to work collaboratively
to develop creative and mutually agreeable solutions to conflicts.
DonorsChoose.org/National
Office
www.donorschoose.org
In the spring of 2000, led by Charles Best, DonorsChoose.org was pioneered
by several public high school teachers in the Bronx. Best, then a social
studies teacher, saw first-hand the scarcity of materials in our public
school classrooms--and the profound impact of this scarcity on kids' education.
Sensing an untapped potential in people who were already frustrated by
their lack of influence in their charitable donations, Best founded DonorsChoose.org,
which is dedicated to addressing the scarcity and inequitable distribution
of learning materials and experiences in our public schools. By using
this site, donors are able to directly give to specific public-school
projects and know that their contributions are reaching the hands of students
in their local communities and across the nation.
Educational
Praxis, Inc.
www.educationalpraxis.org
Educational Praxis's mission is to bring people of diverse communities
together through direct educational activities and develop solidarity
with learning-teaching centers around the world. Praxis's educational
activities promote critical reflection, economic equity and security,
ecological consciousness, cultural groundings and creative action for
the purpose of addressing the schisms of race, class, caste and gender.
Educational Praxis's local programs include work with universities, schools,
and nonprofit organizations sponsoring lectures, training workshops, cultural
events, and teacher enrichment seminars. Praxis members are available
for facilitation work in the community and schools on diversity issues.
International programs include a student exchange program through Keene
State College at The Bapagrama Educational Center in Bangalore, India.
Episcopal
Relief and Development
www.er-d.org
Episcopal Relief and Development responds to human suffering around the
world in many ways. This organization saves lives by providing emergency
assistance after a disaster--whether man made or natural--by immediately
supplying food, water and medicine to disaster victims. Additionally,
when hurricanes, earthquakes and other catastrophes strike, Episcopal
Relief and Development helps when the crisis is over by working hand-in-hand
with local communities to build new homes, plant crops, create clean water
systems, construct clinics and schools and offer critical post trauma
counseling. Finally, Episcopal Relief and Development creates opportunities
for people living in poverty. Through the organization’s food security
and primary care health care program, Episcopal Relief Development provides
farming and business training, health care services and HIV/AIDS programs
in communities where families are struggling to survive. Episcopal Relief
Development gives people the tools to earn and income and creates opportunities
for their children.
Episcopal
Refugee and Immigration Center Alliance (ERICA)
Episcopal Refuge and Immigration Center Alliance (E.R.I.C.A.) works with
refugees and recent immigrants to help them transition to their new lives
in the U.S. E.R.I.C.A. works with a number of agencies to coordinate healthcare,
language training, education, job placement, legal issues, and psychological
counseling, especially for trauma victims, and to find and connect this
population to other resources to make their adjustment successful.
Equality
Maryland
www.equalitymaryland.org
Equality Maryland is Maryland’s largest LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgendered people) civil rights group. With thousands of members
across the state, Equality Maryland lobbies to create equal protection
under the law for LGBT Marylanders and their families. Equality Maryland
works to eliminate prejudice and discrimination based upon sexual orientation
and gender identity through outreach, education, research, community organizing,
training and coalition building.
Greater
Homewood Community Corporation
www.greaterhomewood.org
Since 1969, Greater Homewood Community Corporation has worked to make
the 40 neighborhoods of north central Baltimore safer, better places to
live. Their mission is to strengthen neighborhoods through improving education,
supporting youth development, and advancing economic development and community
revitalization. In addition, the organization serves as a meeting ground
for a diverse community. This focus involves providing a venue for discussing
significant community needs; encouraging interaction and involvement of
a diverse community of individuals, organization, business, and institutions;
and advocating for public and private resources and policies that will
benefit the community.
Green
For All
www.greenforall.org
Green for All has a simple but ambitious mission: To help build a green
economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. By advocating for
a national commitment to job training, employment and entrepreneurial
opportunities in the emerging green economy – especially for people
from disadvantaged communities – they fight both poverty and pollution
at the same time. A national effort to curb global warming and oil dependence
can simultaneously create good jobs, safer streets and healthier communities.
Green for All is committed to securing one billion dollars by 2012 to
create “green pathways out of poverty” for 250,000 people
in the United States, by greatly expanding federal government and private
sector commitments to “green-collar” jobs.
Habitat
for Humanity of Greater Newburgh
www.habitatnewburgh.org
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh began with the philosophy of
partnership housing—where those in need of adequate shelter would
work side by side with volunteers to build simple, decent houses. Since
affiliation with Habitat for Humanity International in 1999, Habitat for
Humanity of Greater Newburgh has organized thousands of volunteers, raised
over $2,000,000 from area businesses and individuals, acquired over 20
abandoned houses in the City of Newburgh for rehabilitation, partnered
with 36 families (170 individuals, including 117 children) and completed
27 houses and hopes to build 13 more by 2009.
Heifer
International
www.heifer.org
The mission of Heifer International is to work with communities to end
hunger and poverty and to care for the earth. Heifer’s simple idea
of giving families a source of food rather than short-term relief caught
on and has continued for over 60 years. The strategy is to “pass
on the gift.” As people share their animals’ offspring with
others, along with the knowledge, resources and skills, an expanding network
of hope, dignity and self-reliance is created that reaches around the
globe. Today, millions of families in 128 countries have been given the
gifts of self-reliance and hope.
Homes
for Our Troops
www.homesforourtroops.org
Homes for Our Troops is a non-partisan, non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization
that provides specially adapted homes for our severely wounded service
members of our military. Through their growing network of monetary contributions,
donations from building contractors, suppliers, corporate supporters and
local volunteers, they are able to provide assistance at no cost to the
veterans that they serve. The outpouring of support and the prudent management
of the funds resulted in many more severely disabled veterans being provided
specially adapted homes this past year. In 2007, they completed 10 home
projects, and they had 18 home projects in various stages of progress
at the end of 2007.
Innocence
Project
www.innocenceproject.org
The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter
J. Neufeld to assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through DNA
testing. The Innocence Project’s groundbreaking use of DNA technology
to free innocent people has provided irrefutable proof that wrongful convictions
are not isolated or rare events but instead arise from systemic defects.
To date, 208 people in the United States have been exonerated by DNA testing,
including 15 who served time on death row.
Margaret
Brent School (Tap Shoes)
On December 20, 2007, Margaret Brent School students performed their annual
holiday show. This year, the middle school girls have been working on
a tap performance and determined that six of the twelve girls were not
able to get tap shoes for the event. The Greater Homewood Community Corporation
reached out to the community to ask for assistance in helping these girls
have a memorable and treasured event. Campaign Consultation, Inc. provided
funding for three girls who needed to purchase shoes.
The
Maryland SPCA
www.mdspca.org
The Maryland SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is
a private, non-profit and independent organization dedicated to helping
animals and people. Founded in 1869, the MD SPCA operates primarily in
the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area. The MD SPCA provides premium
care to animals including high-quality food, necessary medications/vaccinations
as well as spay and neuter services. The MD SPCA staff works hard to pair
adopters with the best animal match for their homes and lifestyle and
also offers counseling and training courses to help keep pets in homes
and prevent pet abandonment. The MD SPCA is one of the busiest adoption
centers in the area, placing more than 3,000 pets a year into new homes.
The
Friends of Patterson Park, Inc.
www.pattersonpark.com
The Friends of Patterson Park is a non-profit membership organization
formed in 1998 to promote, protect and advocate for Patterson Park so
that it can be enjoyed for generations to come. This organization supports
and sponsors events and activities for the community that will enhance
the park’s image and increase park use while providing residents
with a voice in planning and promoting such events. The organization also
develops volunteer programs and fundraising strategies to support park
goals. Members of The Friends of Patterson Park believe that a well used
and well tended park will contribute to the health and vitality of the
diverse communities who call Patterson Park the Best Backyard in Baltimore.
The
Unequal Justice Legal Defense & Education Fund
www.michaelbaisden.com/Article.asp?id=513166
The Unequal Justice Legal Defense and Education Fund was originated following
the national march in Jena, Louisiana, which supported the six African
American teens who were charged as adults with attempted second degree
murder following a school yard fight with a white schoolmate. Utilizing
a public defender, who called no witnesses, one of the teens was tried,
convicted and was expected to received a sentence of 22 years (the adult
charges were later dismissed). In light of this event, the Unequal Justice
Legal Defense and Education Fund was formed to provide assistance to disadvantaged
individuals who otherwise would not have access to adequate legal representation.
In addition, the Unequal Justice Legal Defense and Education Fund will
also support educational initiatives including:
- Conducting quarterly workshops to educate individuals
of their legal rights
- Assisting individuals to prepare for interviews
(when transitioning from being incarcerated)
- Developing mentoring programs
The Unequal Justice Legal and Education Fund is part
of the Michael Baisden Foundation. Baisden is the radio talk show host
who spearheaded the national march in Jena, LA on September 20, 2007.
TurnAround,
Inc.
www.turnaroundinc.org
TurnAround, Inc. was founded in 1978 in Baltimore County and later expanded
into Baltimore City in 1995 to provide counseling and support services
of sexual assault and domestic violence victims and to support victims
of rape, incest and to increase community awareness and understanding
of these problems. TurnAround’s core services include providing
shelter, counseling, ER Companions and education. Additional service include
a 24-hour hotline, support groups for victims, art & play therapy
for child victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence, parenting classes,
intervention for court ordered batterers, counseling for child witnesses
and legal counsel for protective orders. TurnAround helps and educates
more than 10,000 people each year.
Campaign
Consultation, Inc.
Give 5 Initiative 2006-2007 Recipients
ACORN
www.acorn.org
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is the
nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families,
working together for social justice and stronger communities. Since
1970, ACORN has grown to more than 350,000 member families, organized
in 850 neighborhood chapters in over 100 cities across the U.S. and in
cities in Argentina, Peru, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Canada.
ACORN members participate in local meetings and actively work on campaigns,
elect leadership from the neighborhood level up, and pay the organization's
core expenses through membership dues and grassroots fundraisers.
ACORN’s accomplishments include successful campaigns for better
housing, schools, neighborhood safety, health care, job conditions, and
more.
Alice
Lloyd College
www.alc.edu
Named in US News’ America’s Best Colleges in 2008, Alice Lloyd
College is a private, four-year, liberal arts institution in Pippa Passes,
Kentucky. It was founded by Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd in 1923 as
an institution dedicated to educating leaders in the Appalachian region.
In 1980, it became a four-year bachelor’s degree-granting institution
and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
(SACS). A business college is in the planning process for 2012.
Alice Lloyd College does not rely on any financial support from the state.
As a part of the college’s unique academic program, students are
required to work 10 hours a week in a work study program, regardless of
financial situation, for minimum wage. Work study jobs include janitorial,
office assistant, tutor, craft maker, residential advisor, maintenance,
grounds and cafeteria positions.
ACCION
International
www.accion.org
The mission of ACCION International is to give people the tools they need
to work their way out of poverty. By providing "micro" loans,
financial services and business training to poor women and men who start
their own businesses, ACCION's partner microfinance organizations help
people work their own way up the economic ladder, with dignity and pride.
With capital, people can grow their own businesses. They can earn enough
to afford basics like running water, better food and schooling for their
children.
TechoServe
www.technoserve.org
Founded in 1968 by Ed Bullard, TechnoServe is a non-profit organization
that helps entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing
world build businesses for their families, their communities and their
countries. TechnoServe provides the technologies needed to improve
productivity. These productive, growing enterprises generate more
jobs, more income and thus more opportunities that would not otherwise
be available. TechnoServe also grows local capacity so that growing
enterprises are self-sustaining. TechnoServe has helped more than
3 million men, women and children throughout Africa and Latin America
to build small, farmer-owned businesses producing, processing and marketing
basic agricultural commodities.
International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
www.icrc.org
Established in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively
humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of
war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It
directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted
by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavors to
prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and
universal humanitarian principals.
Charles
Village Recreation League (CVRL)
www.charlesvillagerec.org
Charles Village Recreation League (CVRL) is a community-based, volunteer
organization whose purpose is to provide recreation activities primarily
for school-aged children in an environment that emphasizes the fun, skills,
and exercise of sports more than the competitive aspects. It was founded
in 1993 by three parents in Charles Village interested in having local
recreation programs available. CVRL now serves families throughout north
Baltimore, and all children are welcome.
Witness
www.witness.org
Founded in 1992 by musician and activist Peter Gabriel and the Reebok
Human Rights Foundation, WITNESS is an independent nonprofit organization
with offices in Brooklyn, New York, and human rights partners based around
the world. WITNESS empowers people to transfer personal stories
of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement
and policy change by using video and online technologies to open the eyes
of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS partners fight for the
rights of indigenous people, for an end to systemic gender violence and
the use of children as soldiers, and for environmental protection where
human communities are at stake.
CeaseFire
Maryland, Inc.
www.ceasefiremd.org
Founded on April 5, 1986, CeaseFire Maryland, Inc. is a statewide non-profit
organization comprised of thousands of Marylanders working with a common
mission – to free Maryland from gun violence. Their mission
is to reduce gun violence in Maryland through education and grassroots
advocacy. CeaseFire, Maryland, Inc. works to reduce gun violence
through educating the public, press and policy makers about the hazards
of gun ownership and misuse, and through lobbying for sensible gun laws.
Innocence
Project
www.innocenceproject.org
The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter
J. Neufeld to assist prisoners who could be proven innocent through DNA
testing. The Innocence Project’s groundbreaking use of DNA technology
to free innocent people has provided irrefutable proof that wrongful convictions
are not isolated or rare events but instead arise from systemic defects.
To date, 208 people in the United States have been exonerated by DNA testing,
including 15 who served time on death row.
The
Genocide Intervention Network/STAND
www.genocideintervention.net
www.standnow.org
STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition and its partner, the Genocide Intervention Network, share a vision of the world in which the international community protects civilians from genocidal violence. STAND, a student anti-genocide coalition, serves as an umbrella organization for over 500 student groups active in promoting awareness, advocating for an end to the current genocide in Darfur, fundraising for civilian protection, and working to create a permanent anti-genocide student movement. It serves as a guide for student groups in high schools and colleges, helping them develop their grassroots efforts for Darfur and anti-genocide activism, to unify the message and to coordinate efforts. The first US STAND chapter formed at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. in 2004, just a few weeks after President George W. Bush called Darfur “genocide,” and one year after the fighting broke out in Darfur, Sudan. Since then, it has grown into an international network of student activism of more than 700 chapters around the globe. With the goal of helping to advance STAND’s advocacy and organizing efforts, Campaign Consultation supported two of their national advocacy training sessions held at Brown University and the University of California at Berkeley.
Big
Brothers Big Sisters
www.biglittle.org
The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters is to help boys and girls grow
up to be confident, competent, and caring young adults. Their goal is
to provide the influence of positive adult role models and the friendship
of caring adult mentors to children whose education, health, and safety
are threatened. Their vision is to contribute to brighter futures,
better schools, and stronger communities for all! Since their
founding in 1952, Big Brothers Big Sisters has served more than 30,000
youth in Baltimore City, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and
Howard Counties. In 2005, they welcomed a small but growing program into
their organization – Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lower
Eastern Shore, where they are also providing services to children and
families in Salisbury and in Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester
Counties. Annually, they leverage hundreds of thousands of hours of volunteer
service helping Maryland youth grow up confident, competent, and caring!
E.R.I.C.A.
www.thecathedral.ang-md.org/outreach/index.
Episcopal Refuge and Immigration Center Alliance (E.R.I.C.A.) works
with refugees and recent immigrants to help them transition to their new
lives in the U.S. They work with a number of agencies to coordinate
healthcare, language training, education, job placement, legal issues,
and psychological counseling, especially for trauma victims, and to find
and connect this population to other resources to make their adjustment
successful.
Fusion
Partnerships, Inc.
www.fusiongroup.org
Since it’s inception in 1998, Fusion has facilitated numerous educational
and community workshops. Bridge Experience programs and events help create
bridges of understanding across diverse perspectives to develop organizational
capacity and individual competency in addressing diversity, racism and
related social justice issues. Fusion has also served as facilitator
for a number of collaborative initiatives. Their school based community
building diversity retreats and programs develop youth leadership and
skills that create a community of connection and a more peaceful, safe
and welcoming environment at schools for students and staff.
Institute
for Sustainable Communities
www.iscvt.org
Since their founding in 1991, by former Vermont Governor Madeleine M.
Kunin, ISC has led transformative community-driven projects across the
globe. They garnered early recognition for connecting civic participation
with environmental problem solving, and over the years they have developed
an approach that accelerates a community's ability to meet challenges
head on. Whether the challenge at hand is halting air and water
pollution, catalyzing HIV/AIDS prevention campaigns, or training new civic
leaders, their work is making a real difference in millions of lives across
the world. They get people involved in shaping their future and cultivate
local talent—enabling people to become strong advocates and effective
leaders in their communities.
Village
Learning Place
www.villagelearningplace.org
The Village Learning Place began as a grass roots effort to save Branch
#6 in the Enoch Pratt Free Library System. During the past five years,
the Village Learning Place library has served as an information and resources
center for the community. It also provides a safe haven for youth
after-school and during the summer. As such, their mission is to
promote literacy, cultural awareness, and lifelong learning through free
access for all ages to information, resources, and educational programs.
They strive to provide services that help people achieve their personal
potential and strengthen them intellectually, socially, economically,
and culturally.
Harford
Community Action Agency, Inc.
The Community Action Agency is a multi-faceted, private non-profit 501
(c) 3 organization governed by a volunteer board of directors. The agency
is a member of the Maryland Association of Community Action Agencies.
The Harford community Action Agency is dedicated to providing help to
individuals and families in financial difficulty. Whether their
neighbors’ needs are for food, heat, housing, clothing or counseling,
the agency seeks to help them regain self-sufficiency. Through the
generosity of local businesses and volunteers, the Harford Community Action
Agency sponsors Bel Air Emergency Food Pantry, Harford County Fuel Fund/Maryland
Energy Assistance Program, Summer Meals for Kids, Super Pantry and Eviction
Protection Programs.
Rose
Street Community Center
www.rose-street.net
In 1998, they took over a vacant house on Rose Street, partially renovated
it, and opened the Rose Street Community Center as the base of their operations.
As a result of their work and their effective assistance to the Baltimore
City Police Department, several of the community's drug dealers burned
the center down in May 1999. Undeterred, the members of the community
center pitched a tent on the corner of Rose and Ashland, and began a 24-7
vigil. They worked in 12-hour shifts, and after six months of making their
presence known in the community, not only did their neighbors start paying
attention, the neighborhood drug dealers began listening to them, with
some dealers even deciding to go to the center for help.
In 1999, the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition gave the Rose Street Community Center two adjoining row houses, at 819 and 821 Rose Street, right next door to the center that was burned down. At the new community center, Clayton Guyton and Elroy "Chris" Christopher staff the center and work with people of all ages by building a trusting relationship, identifying their interests and aspirations, and encouraging them to work hard and contribute to the community. They work with young people who have dropped out of school to reconnect them to a learning environment, either by re-enrolling them in school or enrolling them in a GED program. They work with adult residents who must complete court-ordered community service by cleaning up the neighborhood. Rose Street staff also counsel these residents to get their lives back on track by getting a job and completing their high school education. The Rose Street Community Center offers transitional housing to a small group of ex-offenders who need a place to stay, meeting with them daily to motivate them to become productive citizens. In addition to these services, the center also provides a safe space for over 80 children of the neighborhood, offering snacks, homework assistance and tutoring, and the support of caring adults.
Charles
Village Community Foundation
www.charlesvillage.org
The Charles Village Community includes residential property, apartment
buildings, and businesses. The Charles Village Civic Association (CVCA)
began in the 1960s and represents the interests of residents in working
with businesses, institutions, and government to preserve, enhance, and
promote the quality of living in the historic neighborhood of Charles
Village, in Baltimore City. These initiatives include but are not
limited to, expanding playground and sport opportunities for children
and youth; growing businesses and job markets; promoting well-lighted,
floral-laden, freshly-painted and litter-free porches, sidewalks, alleys
and parking lots; instilling a sense of security in working and living
through citizen education and community safety oversight; as well as increasing
opportunities for reading, study, computer training, and parenting skills
among families in the community.
Fuel
Fund of Maryland
www.fuelfundmaryland.org
For 25 years, the Fuel Fund has been keeping families safe, warm, cool,
and their homes well lit by helping them pay their energy bills. The Fuel
Fund of Maryland helps avoid homelessness, because nonpayment of energy
bills is the number two reason people lose their homes. They promote safe
homes, because without access to energy, families often try makeshift
means to heat and light their houses, which oftentimes prove fatal. And
they help children stay in school. The greatest tragedy of evictions caused
by utility turnoffs is that children not only lose their homes, they also
lose their schools, teachers, friends and neighborhood support systems.
