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United Way of Central Maryland features Helping Up Mission on their website. To view the video CLICK HERE
Read MoreMaryland law firms help expunge criminal records for Giving Tuesday
WMAR Staff BALTIMORE (WMAR) – Law firms in Maryland teamed up for Giving Tuesday to help people expunge their criminal records. Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service and Venable, a Baltimore law firm, set out to help 40 clients expunge 250 criminal record convictions so they can have easier access to jobs, houses, and time with their children. Both firms worked with the Helping Up Mission, which aims to help people who are overcoming poverty, homelessness, and addiction. To Read More CLICK HERE
Read MoreChoir from St. John in Westminster heads to Carnegie Hall
Check out this great article about Helping Up Staff member and CFO Michael Burns: By Emily Rosenthal of the Catholic Review WESTMINSTER – Fifteen choirs will participate in the world premiere of “Rhapsody in Bluegrass” at Carnegie Hall in New York City Nov. 27. Only one has a Catholic connection: the adult choir from St. John Parish in Westminster. “We’re a little parish choir in Westminster, invited to perform at Carnegie Hall,” said Regina McCurdy, director of liturgical music …
Read MoreMaryland nonprofits join ‘Giving Tuesday’ movement, solicit donations, volunteerism
Yvonne Wenger Contact Reporter The Baltimore Sun A coalition of young people is searching for 614,000 pledges of time, money or acts of kindness as part of a local #GivingTuesday campaign to secure one charitable action in honor of every Baltimore resident. The global fundraising movement has raised tens of millions of dollars locally and generated creative outpourings in Maryland since it was established in 2012, such as a dance crew posting step-by-step video tutorials on social media to raise money …
Read MoreDustin’s recovery story
“I was using drugs for so long that I didn’t know how to live without them.”
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Baltimore Shelters Take on Veteran Homelessness
Brendan McNamara 8:51 PM, Nov 8, 2017 BALTIMORE, Md. (WMAR) – Homelessness is a problem that still impacts tens of thousands of veterans across the country. In Baltimore, traditional shelters are teaming with veteran organizations dedicated to helping those who have served. One of those shelters is the Helping Up Mission. “It gave me hope at a time when I was really hopeless,” says Kris Sharrar, a former airman and current Helping Up Director of Philanthropy. Sharrar says the transition …
Read MoreCanoe and Scoop (video)
This month, 30 of our clients took to the river in canoes and kayaks. Together we cleared over 900 pounds of trash from the banks of the Patapsco near Middle Branch Park!
Thanks to Baltimore City Parks and Rec for facilitating this adventure. Learn more at: bcrp.baltimorecity.gov/recreation/outdoor
Ben Carson visits Baltimore for tour of addiction recovery facility
By Yvonne Wenger Contact Reporter The Baltimore Sun Dr. Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, toured a Baltimore addiction recovery treatment center Friday to amplify the Trump administration’s efforts to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic. Visiting the 132-year-old Helping Up Mission in East Baltimore, the retired Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon praised the organization for its work to fight addiction and provide stable housing without being a “big government program.” To read the rest of the article CLICK HERE
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