Quality of Life Giving Circle
The Quality of Life Giving Circle, formed in 2000, supports efforts to improve the quality of life in Baltimore City for all. Currently, the circle has 19 members. To date, the Circle has awarded 14 grants totaling $33,700. Grantee organizations include The Village Learning Place's YEA Café, the Fells Point Creative Alliance, Patterson High School's Native American Education Program, The Amazing Grandmother's Project and Eden Jobs. Membership requires an annual $500 contribution.
Mr. J. Richard Block
Ms. Cheryl A. Casciani
Ms. Helen M. Schlossberg Cohen
Mrs. Jane W. Daniels
Ms. Mary Roby
Ms. Mollie Webb Jenckes
Mrs. Bettina C. Jenkins
Ms. Jane C. McConnell
Ms. Jayne E. Miller
Ms. Tracy Miller
Ms. Regina P. Minnis
Ms. Ruth Ann Norton
Ms. Michele L. Rackey
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Reuter
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton D. Roby
Ms. Sandra R. Sparks
Ms. Jessica Strauss
2006 Grantees
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| Organization |
Amount / Purpose |
| Friends of Mt. Vernon Place |
($2,500) To support free public entertainment in the Mount Vernon parks beginning in spring 2006. |
| Herring Run Watershed |
($3,000) To suport a summer internship program for city youth. |
| House of Ruth Maryland |
($2,500) To support the Safe Transport For Battered Women Initiative.
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2005 Grantees
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| Organization |
Amount / Purpose |
| Agape Family Empowerment Center |
($1,600) For Rainbow Community Association- Celebrating Life in Park Heights "The Sequel" |
| Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore |
($2,400) To fund the DIGYTS (Directing In-Need Gay Youth to Services) or the switchboard project. |
| Public Justice Center |
($500) To fund art activities for youth housed at the juvenile justice center. |
| YANA |
($3,500) To fund the Patterson Park Outreach Initiative. |
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2004 Grantees
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| Organization |
Amount / Purpose |
| Access Art Inc. |
($2,166) To support an after school art program for youth. |
| Audubon Maryland-DC |
($2,166) To introduce todllers to science and hands-on outdoor learning. |
| Enoch Pratt Free Library Baltimore City |
($1,500) To support an after-school arts program at the Pennsylvania Avenue Branch in partnership with MICA. |
| Franciscan Youth Center |
($2,166) To suport an after-school and evening program for area youth on photography and videography. |
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