Be a Buyer: Virtual Grant Qualifying Class
Amy Menzer2020-04-07T15:04:57-04:00April 21 at 6pm Online Register in advance
Milestone Awards Dinner July 23, 2020
Amy Menzer2020-04-07T15:02:31-04:00July 23 6pm Sparrows Point Country Club Get your tickets
Camp Quarantine: Staying Busy While Social Distancing.
Amy Menzer2020-03-26T13:53:09-04:00For those of us who are home from school and work filling our days might seem challenging, but we have options: Check out the Library. Both Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL) and Baltimore City’s Enoch Pratt physical locations are closed to the public, but their digital libraries remain open. You can download the Libby App and access books, audiobooks, television shows, magazines, and comics digitally. Customers who use BCPL can access the library and databases remotely: Enoch Pratt offers a wide away of virtual children’s programming. Kids can get 24 hour one-on-one homework help with HelpNow, learn something new with Gale [...]
Milestone Awardee Cortney Roberston
Amy Menzer2020-03-26T13:54:01-04:00Cortney Robertson is the founder and CEO of I Believe In Me, or IBIM for short. IBIM currently operates in both the Turner Station and Woodlawn communities. The organization focuses on empowering girls from ages 8-18, teaching them how to become the best versions of themselves. Robertson’s experience as a mother and daughter of a single parent household inspired her to found IBIM. “Watching my daughter grow into a young woman has felt like one of my greatest accomplishments yet. She watches my every move and looks to me for guidance. I realized while watching her one day that every girl [...]
Gemstone Awardee: Sekinat Dosunmu
Amy Menzer2020-03-26T13:54:08-04:00Sekinat Dosunmu is a senior at Patapsco High School and is an active member of her student government, participates in numerous honor societies and is on the track team. Dosunmu initially started volunteering as part of the requirements for her honor societies and student government association, but she quickly discovered she enjoyed giving back. Dosunmu volunteers regularly at a food pantry that operates every other week out of her high school, tutors students twice a week through her school and acts as coach and mentor for younger kids in Soccer without Boarders--a program that aims to provide a sense of [...]
Gemstone Awardee: Jacob Swink
Amy Menzer2020-03-26T13:54:15-04:00Jacob Swink is a senior at Dundalk High School. He jokes that he’s been an active member of the community since birth—attending church, Scouting meetings, and the 4th of July parade just after he was born. “My parents are involved in the Dundalk community, so it’s been instilled in me to be involved and give back to my community,” Swink said. Swink is involved in the Boy Scouts of America working as a den leader of a local pack and a junior assistant scout master of his troop; he served as a chapter chief for two years and is currently a [...]
Milestone Award Winner The Sky is the Limit
Amy Menzer2020-03-26T13:54:24-04:00The Sky is the Limit is a creative arts program operating out of the North Point Government Center and is a program of Baltimore County Recreation and Parks Office of Therapeutic Recreation. It is an inclusive and barrier free theatre. Their actors are made up of every individual who auditions for the show and perhaps most importantly it’s a space where people of any physical and mental ability can perform. It’s a program for the love of theatre and the ways theatre can transform a person’s life. “If you don’t like sports, you can do theatre and it can give [...]
Why buying a home shouldn’t be your only financial goal
Amy Menzer2020-03-04T13:34:10-04:00You found your lender, your realtor, and your home. You made it through home inspections and closing. Now you’re officially a homeowner! When the excitement of purchasing your first home wears off you might start to notice some things. A need for furniture in this room, a repair in that room, a fresh coat of paint in the bathroom. The bills start to add up. Budgeting for expenses after you’ve moved into your home is not just a great idea, it’s necessary. Home repairs can really add up and take a chunk out of your savings or worse plummet your credit [...]
Zallies Boutique
Amy Menzer2020-03-04T13:34:23-04:00The first thing you’ll notice about Tiffany Lockemy’s shop, Zallies Boutique, is that it’s the kind of store you want to be in for a while. This time of year it’s warm and holiday scents fill the air. Her shop is named for her two daughters, Allie and Zoey. She jokes that her store is like therapy and bows all in one. A one stop shop for the busy mom on the go. Her regular customers text her ahead of time letting Tiffany know they’re heading over. They often come in without their children and chat about their day, kids or [...]