United Way

State labor secretary to be mayor's chief of staff

2012-05-07 17:09:00

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has once again looked outside Baltimore government for a chief of staff, tapping Maryland Labor Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez for the position. "I want to build on the strength of her vision," Sanchez, 43, said in an...

Dec. 14: The $34 Solution

2011-12-14 00:00:00

Abby Ferretti, 28, is a hands-on philanthropist. Four times a week, she volunteers with an organization called Back on My Feet, where she goes on 5:30 a.m. runs with residents of local homeless shelters. She's not the type to just write a check and...

Constellation has proven a good neighbor

2012-02-06 04:30:00

The American Red Cross of the Chesapeake Region knows how important it is to stay connected to your home. We have been serving Maryland's disaster victims every day for the past 107 years from our offices in Baltimore. We've changed our physical address a...

United Way grant aids Target's job skills training

2012-02-12 15:50:24

United Way of Central Maryland's Community Partnership Board of Carroll County recently awarded a community grant of $1,500 to the Westminster-based Target Community and Educational Services. Target serves Carroll County residents with intellectual and...

Educator, United Way grant boost after-school program at Laurel Boys and Girls Club

2012-02-15 05:56:00

After teaching for 25 years in the Philadelphia public school system, James Egins retired in 1991. He moved to Laurel about seven years later and, because he missed being in the classroom, volunteered at schools in Baltimore and Washington. Last year, he...

Keeping Comfort in Baltimore a tough sell, O'Malley says

2012-02-15 10:44:27

Gov. Martin O'Malley says Maryland will have a tough time persuading the Navy to keep the USNS Comfort docked in Baltimore, but he expects forthcoming commerce to bolster the waterfront's vibrancy. O'Malley said Wednesday he will work with the state's...

Frederick W. Glassberg, community developer

2011-09-18 19:46:01

Frederick W. Glassberg, a one-time Rouse Co. executive who became a prominent real estate and community developer in Howard County, died Sept. 15 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Columbia of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 77. A native of...

Baltimore homeless shelter along Fallsway to sleep 275

2011-06-23 15:47:00

An aging transportation building and garage in Baltimore has been restored into the $8 million Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Housing and Resource Center, adding to the growing complex of services for the homeless along the Fallsway. The 24-hour facility...

Baltimore's fight against hunger gets healthy

2011-10-26 17:08:00

When a load of bagged salad arrived at the Fishes & Loaves food pantry in West Baltimore recently, people scooped it up quickly. Salad is a treat for the more than 100 people who come to the pantry each month but usually face a limited choice of high-...

Counting on the generosity of the crowd

2011-11-13 00:00:00

Robert Stone was a healthy baby until he was 13 months old. Then, over three or four days, he became unresponsive and lost the use of his limbs. His bewildered parents put him through one medical test after another, each yielding inconclusive results....

West Laurel: After that big Thanksgiving meal, get some exercise at Tom's Reindeer Run

2011-11-21 12:10:00

Happy Thanksgiving West Laurel! Let the holiday race begin. The trees have lost most of their leaves and West Laurel is one big leaf-raking nightmare. But the leaves will disappear as they are swapped with the glow of Christmas lights. West Laurel loves...

Organizations

2011-05-30 19:11:00

Are you a pregnant woman who just discovered she’s expecting twins? Better call the local chapter of Mothers of Multiples. Interested in becoming a better public speaker? Learn how with Toastmasters. Quilters, hikers, beekeepers, cooks, figure...

The United Way of Northeastern South Dakota, the National Association of Letter Carriers and Sanford Health partnered for the annual letter carriers' food drive event. Sanford provided a financial donation to assist the organizations with the publicity of the food drive.

2012-05-20 15:29:00

Drs. Sally and Louis Cannon mark completion of Char-Em United Way's 2011/12 campaign.

2012-04-24 07:20:00

DuBoe, who also is president, had been serving as interim CEO since January. She was chief operating officer before that. DuBoe joined United Way in 2003 and has been at the forefront of moving United Way's investments to three critical areas: income, education and health.

2012-04-17 00:00:00