Nehemiah House, Inc.
$5,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
Emergency funding toward the purchase of new bedroom furnishings for the homeless shelter.
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.
Pennsylvania Avenue Panthers Football Club
$5,000 / 2007 / Health and Human Services
Toward equipment, uniforms, and related expenses of the Panthers Football Club for children in the Upton community. The program is designed to help provide sports, cheerleading, tutoring, and mentoring as healthy and safe alternatives to a life on street corners and continuing involvement with the juvenile justice system.