We Need You to Volunteer!
The Greater Homewood Adult Learning Center is currently recruiting volunteer One-to-One Tutors. Compassionate volunteers with a commitment to enhancing the lives of Baltimore residents are needed to work one-to-one with adult learners, teaching basic reading, writing, and/ or math skills. Tutor-learner pairs meet for at least two hours a week, and volunteers are asked to commit for one year. Scheduling is flexible. Please contact Erin George, Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator, at egeorge@greaterhomewood.org or 410-261-3519 for more information or to request an application. Want to know more about what it’s like to be a volunteer tutor? Read our most recent Volunteer Profile here.
Get Funding for Your School Next Year!
The Baltimore Education Coalition (BEC) will host its Education Funding Forum 2012 on Thursday, February 2 from 5:15-8:00 p.m. at Digital Harbor High School. BEC will provide an overview of State education funding for City Schools for the 2012-2013 school year, share its organizing strategy to renovate and build City School buildings that are in poor condition by 2020, and provide information about City Schools budget forms. Contact Parent Organizer Grace Lee at glee@greaterhomewood.org or 443-650-8571 for more information. Register online: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2756818719/?ref=esfb.
Register Now for our 5th Annual Neighborhood Institute: Love Where You Live
GHCC’s Neighborhood Institute is all about learning what you can do to build and strengthen vibrant urban neighborhoods. Join us on March 24, 2012 from 9:00-3:30 p.m. at the Inn at the Colonnade for this exciting day of informative workshops, led by Baltimore’s best and brightest activists, artists, educators, and leaders. This event is free and lunch will be provided but space is limited. RSVP online to reserve your space today!
Call for Applications to GHCC’s 2012-13 AmeriCorps VISTA Project
AmeriCorps VISTA is a federally funded program dedicated to eradicating poverty. For more than two decades, Greater Homewood Community Corporation has been a proud sponsor of AmeriCorps VISTAs. Now, we are able to offer this incredible opportunity to community organizations, non-profits or service agencies in Baltimore! If you are interested in hosting a GHCC-Sponsored VISTA during our 2012-2013 project, please visit our VISTA page for more information, including how to apply.
GHCC VISTA Maggie Porter Featured in North Baltimore Patch
Maggie Porter, 26, has spent a year as an AmeriCorps VISTA at Greater Homewood Community Corporation working for the York Road Partnership. She said her year working in the community has her seeing Baltimore in a new light. Read full article here.
