Save the Date: Picnic in the Park! Join us for our annual fundraiser--with a festive twist! This year we will come together with food trucks, open bars, live performances, and dancing after dark! Come listen to a beautiful address by our Sally Michel award honoree the renowned author, journalist, and philanthropist: Wes Moore! [...]
Parks & People is pleased to announce finalized plans to begin the playground transformation at Liberty Elementary School! We will break ground for this long awaited project at the end of July! Special shout out to Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) for choosing @Liberty [...]
Juneteenth is the oldest African American celebrated commemoration of the ending of 200+ years of enslavement of people of African descent in the United States. Juneteenth, short for “June Nineteenth,” honors the technical emancipation of the enslaved. Originating in Galveston, Texas, Juneteenth is considered the longest-running African American holiday. Since [...]
Welcome Stacey Hubbard, our new Director of Finance! Stacey hails from Chicago and moved to Baltimore about 5 years ago. She has an MBA from Robert Morris University -IL. She has almost a decade of nonprofit accounting experience. Stacey recently adopted an 80 pound pit-boxer mix named Beau during the pandemic! Beau thinks [...]
Parks and People Foundation Officially Opens 3 New Green Spaces in Baltimore City! What a great day for Parks and People Foundation and Baltimore City! 3 ribbon cuttings for 3 amazing communities in 3 hours. It was our immense honor to officially open three new vibrant community parks in West and East Baltimore. Through hard [...]