No Turning Back Supportive Housing for Men/A Step Forward, Inc.
$25,000 / 2007 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For the purchase and installation of a new HVAC system, and to cover costs of office supplies and staffing for a transitional housing facility for men recovering from substance abuse. The facility provides housing for up to one year, financial counseling, nutritional classes, family reunification services, along with job readiness and an opportunity to work for a landscaping and hauling business.
Normandy House, Inc.
$50,000 / 2007 / Workforce Development
For renovations of a resource center serving residents of the Coldstream/Homestead/Montebello communities. The center will provide 50 children and their families with a variety of programs designed to engage children in safe activities outside the school day, in order to help keep children off the streets. During the day, a computer lab will be open to neighborhood residents. Volunteers, serving as mentors, teachers, and tutors, will operate the center and offer tutoring assistance, computer classes, piano and other music lessons, sign-language instruction, and a book club.
On Our Shoulders, Inc.
$15,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase of a 15-passenger van in order to provide transportation for youth from surrounding West Baltimore neighborhoods, enabling them to participate in educational, recreational, leadership development, and preventative street gang activities.
Parks & People Foundation
$5,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
To provide a stipend for an AmeriCorps Volunteer Coordinator. The coordinator will assist in the recruitment and retention of volunteers who help tutor young people in SuperKids Camp, teach environmental education to elementary and middle school students, coach in their youth sports programs, plant trees, create community gardens, and improve the park’s trails.
Parks & People Foundation
$60,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Hooked on Sports program for Baltimore City public school students. The multi-sport program serves more than 1,100 children and includes soccer, baseball, volleyball, and lacrosse leagues. Along with playing-field skills, participants are taught the basic fundamentals of playing organized sports and the value of teamwork and fair play. The organizers monitor academic achievement and attendance, and encourage achievement and excellence.
