Parks & People Foundation
$160,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Hooked on Sports programs, which offer a variety of athletic activities for more than 1,100 Baltimore City public school students in fourth to 12th grades. Programs include: Baltimore Baseball League, Baltimore Middle School Soccer League, Baltimore Middle School Lacrosse League, and Baltimore Starlings Volleyball Club. The participants, while being exposed to the fundamentals of organized sports and sharing the values of teamwork and fair play, are required to maintain a “C” average and a 95 percent school attendance record.
Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Maryland Mentoring Partnership
$15,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For support of “B’Mentors: The Baltimore City Initiative” for 235 at-risk youth in six troubled neighborhoods. By matching youth with mentors, it is expected that there will be improvements in confidence, competence, academic performance, and relationships with adults and peers.
Koinonia Baptist Church
$25,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Toward staffing and the purchase of equipment for the Koinonia Baptist Center serving at-risk youth and adults in the Belair Road/Hamilton communities. A part-time director will be hired to coordinate activities for both seniors and teens in the new intergenerational center. Activities for seniors will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon and will include computer classes, arts and crafts, dance, and exercise classes. Activities for teens will be offered in the evenings and will include social and recreational activities. Weekend programs will be developed for both seniors and youth to encourage interaction between the groups.
Parkside Warriors
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Toward the purchase of football uniforms for up to 250 boys and girls who are participating in supervised after-school sports in the Belair-Edison neighborhood.
Catholic Charities
$50,890 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Two grants for continued support of the Traveler’s Aid Voucher Program at the Samaritan Center. The purpose of the program is to assist homeless persons who want to move out of Baltimore City to reunite with family, find employment, and/or access treatment for substance abuse, by providing one-way travel vouchers. Persons using the program must have a contact in the destination city willing to assume responsibility for finding new accommodations for recipients of the travel vouchers.