Maryland Institute College of Art
$5,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward continued support of “Finding Our Wings,” a pregnancy- and dropout-prevention documentary designed to educate teen girls in Baltimore City.
Parks & People Foundation
$98,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Hooked on Sports program serving Baltimore City Public School students in grades four through 12 in after-school sports and recreational activities. Participants are taught the fundamentals of playing organized sports, and the value of teamwork and fair play. To be eligible, students must earn a minimum “C” average, maintain 90 percent school attendance, and undertake a community service project.
Parkside Warriors
$5,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward the purchase of football and cheerleading uniforms for 250 boys and girls participating in supervised after-school sports in the Belair-Edison neighborhood.
Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc.
$151,750 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
A two-year grant toward support of a Baltimore City birth control initiative titled “Provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Methods for High-Need Clients.” The initiative provides family planning services and access to LARC methods to 470 low-income Baltimore City women.
Reach Out and Read
$50,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward the salary of a Program Director for the Greater Baltimore School Readiness Project, and for the purchase of books to implement a one-on-one literacy tutoring project for 160 students in grades K through five in four Title 1 schools in Baltimore City. The project recruits and trains volunteers to work with students twice a week for a minimum of 16 hours. It aims to have students reading closer to grade level by the end of the school year.