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A Turn in the Right Direction

Maryland Agency Assists Thousands With Job Placement and Career Counseling

A Turn in the Right Direction

March 5, 2009
By Molly Dilks
Photography courtesy of Maryland New Directions

Raina Miller was working as a sales professional until a collapsing market thrust her into unemployment.

“I was a little bit lost,” says the friendly and outgoing Baltimore resident. “I sat still for a long time with no direction. Then a friend referred me to Maryland New Directions. The process helped me to re-evaluate myself and find a new path.” Read more »

 

St. Agnes Honors Sisters with Heart

Awards ceremony celebrates women dedicated to community health

St. Agnes Honors Sisters with Heart

February 19, 2009

On Sunday, February 8, St. Agnes Hospital presented the first-ever Sisters with Heart Award to five women who have dedicated themselves to raising awareness about health issues in their community. Read more »

 

GEMs in the Rough

After-school Program Empowers Girls to Shine

GEMs in the Rough

October 17, 2008
By Jane Marion

Debbi Weinberg, founder and chair of Girls’ Empowerment Mission (GEM), proudly plays a cell phone message from “one of my girls,” as she calls them. Read more »

 

“Spirited Women” Shine

“Spirited Women” Shine

September 12, 2008

Three Baltimore-area philanthropists were chosen to receive inaugural Spirited Woman awards presented in August. The Spirited Woman awards were created by MyCity4Her.com™ CEO Monyka Berrocosa as a means to raise awareness and provide continued support to the Central Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross. Read more »

 

Rebuilding Together Baltimore

Rebuilding Together Baltimore

August 19, 2008
By Tyisha Manigo

CHARITY’S MISSION

Rebuilding Together Baltimore is a volunteer-based nonprofit dedicated to making sure low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners in Baltimore City and Baltimore County stay warm, safe and dry by providing home repairs and renovations. Read more »

 

Snapshots of Philanthropy

Online postcards highlight local successes

July 29, 2008
By Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz

In 1983, a group of leading foundations and corporations founded the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, or ABAG, as a forum to address common problems and interests. Today, ABAG is the the main resource on philanthropy in the Baltimore area. Dedicated to helping grantmakers and bettering our community, it has a membership of more than 120 private foundations and corporations. Read more »

 

Moms for Meals

Enhaning quality of life by providing nutritious meals, personal contact and related services.

July 29, 2008
By Tyisha Manigo

CHARITY’S MISSION

Moms for Meals is a summer program of Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland (MOWCM), designed to encourage mothers and children to participate in volunteer activities. Moms for Meals participants continue the Meals on Wheels tradition of delivering healthy meals to homebound residents. Read more »

 

Creating a Solid Nest Egg

Group Help Poor With Taxes and More

April 7, 2008
By Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz

Charitable foundations invest and build on their assets. Asset building is how foundations continually sustain their funds for philanthropic work in our communities.

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Art with a Heart

March 3, 2008
By Tyisha Manigo
Photography Courtesy of Art with a Heart

CHARITY’S MISSION

Art With a Heart, Inc., is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing, empowering and changing the lives of underserved and disadvantaged Baltimore-area residents through the visual arts. Read more »

 

Franciscan Youth Center

February 24, 2008
By Tyisha Manigo

CHARITY’S MISSION

The nonprofit Franciscan Youth Center is dedicated to providing children from disadvantaged Baltimore neighborhoods a healthy and safe environment where they can grow academically and socially. Read more »

 

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