Holiday Events at St. John's Episcopal Church on Greenmount Avenue

Come one, come all to the Waverly Main Street Holiday Events "Taste of Waverly?" on December 7th, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Parish Hall on 3009 Greenmount Avenue and visit our table and learn about the exciting new program we have established with several Partners in the greater Charles Village community and beyond.  It is an opportunity to see what a real grass roots organization started as a local project of the St. John's of Baltimore Church United Methodist Church has grown into.  We started providing weekend backpacks to four homeless families over 2 and a half years ago, and will now now be expanding to 69 families who are homeless existing possibly right next door to you.  We provided these weekend backpacks to Margaret Brent School, expanded to Barclay School and now are ready to start deliveries to Waverly School and Dallas Nicholas School. Each weekly backpack represents a total investment of $25.00 each, which has been borne by all of the Partners.  This is a need in our neighborhood, in our city and it cannot be ignored. We were advised of the need after visiting with the Principal of Margaret Brent and said to ourselves, can we get involved?  So we have rolled up our sleeves and decided that we will tackle this problem and have.

Working quietly with the Office of Engagement of Baltimore City Public Schools, which introduced us to Mr. John Shaia of the Maryland Food Bank we plan on bringing this program to the entire Baltimore City school system.  Did you know that last year's figures indicate that there were 1,700 homeless children registered in the public school system?  We are actively doing something positive to ensure that these children do not go hungry over the weekend.  Give yourself and a hungry child a present come to the "Taste of Waverly?" on December 7th and show you care by making a donation to continue this program so that no child has to face the weekend hungry.

Come and pick up some literature that we have produced and make a donation to assist us in providing what the Maryland Food Bank cannot to make sure that the children of our city are fed over the weekend.  This is one donation that you can make that will make a difference to a child this Christmas and throughout the year and isn't that what Christmas is all about?

If you cannot make a contribution come on by and say hello and become a Partner who is willing to help further this campaign to feed homeless children.

Our current partners include the following organizations and churches:

Maryland Food Bank, Inc.
St. John's of Baltimore United Methodist Church
Grace United Methodist Church
ss Philip and James Roman Catholic Church
Heart's Place Shelter