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Step OUT: To Shop and Support Job Training

Bmore Staff Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Support Art with a Heart’s Summer Job Program by perusing and purchasing crafts at Shop & Bop.

Environmentalists Hail Watershed Year

Elizabeth Heubeck Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Several bills aimed at protecting Maryland's watersheds passed this year, but some say much more work lies ahead.

Meet the Match.com of the Nonprofit World

Paul Sturm Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Business Volunteers Unlimited places board members on behalf of Northrop Grumman Corp., Constellation Energy Group, T. Rowe Price and other firms. It wants to grow the number of board members it matches by 50 percent over the next three years.

Nonprofit CEO Says Books Still Matter in a Digital Age

Shirley Bigley LaMotte Tuesday, April 10, 2012
So you scanned the headlines on your iPhone and downloaded the latest issue of your favorite magazine on your iPad. But you probably still have cherished memories of your favorite books that you wouldn't trade for the latest Apple gadget, says Baltimore Reads CEO Shirley Bigley LaMotte. 

Civic Duty: Nonprofit Provides Green Jobs Training

Paul Sturm Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Civic Works is making Baltimore City homes more energy efficient and training underemployed young men and women for the next wave of green careers. It plans to service 300 Baltimore homes in the next two years. 

Step OUT: For the Junior League of Baltimore's Warehouse Sale

Bmore Staff Tuesday, March 06, 2012
The Junior League of Baltimore is holding its annual Boutique Warehouse Sale, this time in Harbor East. 

Photo Essay: Backstage Pass to the Baltimore Improv

Arianne Teeple Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Bmore Media Managing Photographer Arianne Teeple recently took her camera behind the scenes at a rehearsal for the Baltimore Improv Group. Get a sneak peek at "Unscripted" in her photo essay.

Squash in the City

Paul Sturm Tuesday, February 21, 2012
SquashWise is part of a growing urban squash movement that is teaching students to excel on and off the courts. The Baltimore nonprofit now wants its rackets to reach three times as many students in the coming years as it builds on its track record of achievement. 

Photo Essay: BSO Rehearses Beethoven's Symphony No. 6

Arianne Teeple Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Bmore Media Managing Photographer strikes the right chords in her photo essay of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's rehearsal of Beethoven's Symphony No. 6. Check out her photos of orchestra members and their instruments, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and Music Director Marin Alsop.

Development With a Mission? Possible.

Paul Sturm Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Seawall Development has turned a vacant building in Remington into a thriving apartment and office complex for teachers and nonprofits. It is on the verge of completing a similar redevelopment in Hampden. Now, the Baltimore developer is about to take its socially responsible mission to other cities.

Baltimore Nonprofits Prepare for Aging Boomers

Elizabeth Heubeck Tuesday, January 17, 2012
In 2030, one in four Maryland residents will be age 60 or older. Local nonprofits are paving the way to help seniors of today and tomorrow become more active and independent -- and hopefully rely less on the cash-strapped government and an already stressed health care system. They are offering volunteer opportunities, transportation and building a new style of nursing homes.

Opening Baltimore: OSI-Baltimore's 2011 Community Fellows

Sam Hopkins Tuesday, November 01, 2011
You can call the world your home. You can care about more than one place and learn lessons that apply globally from highly localized, community-oriented action. Open Society Institute-Baltimore operates with the goal of letting underserved communities know that they matter. Today, OSI-Baltimore announces its 14th class of Community Fellows.

Green Space Takes, and Makes, the Stage at Irvine Nature Center

Renee Libby Beck Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Though it sits just outside the northwest corner of the Beltway, Irvine Nature Center could be a different world -- one in which the city that is in reality only a few miles away might as well not exist at all. Bmore's Renee Libby Beck goes behind the scenes at Irvine to discover what it has to offer and find out how it's weathering difficult economic times.

My Baltimore's Next: Beth Falcone

Beth Falcone Tuesday, July 26, 2011
For Beth Falcone of GiveCorps, Baltimore's future depends on a thriving nonprofit sector. In order to make sure we get there, she says, it's time to make sure we keep putting energy into attracting and retaining talent.

Building Better Lives At the Women's Housing Coalition

Sam Hopkins Tuesday, June 28, 2011
There are two kinds of progress in a place like Baltimore. There's obvious stuff like development business growth -- these are easy to see. Then there's the less obvious but arguably more important day-to-day work, done in the trenches by people who have dedicated themselves to helping others. Like, for example, the folks at the Women's Housing Coalition. You may not see them making "news" every day, but they're out there doing their part. Here, Bmore's Sam Hopkins goes behind the scenes to learn more.
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