VOLUNTEER TRAINING JANUARY 26 6:30PM

When: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 6:30pm. The training will last about 1 hour.

Where: St. Francis Neighborhood Center, 2405 Linden Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217. Free street parking available.

To RSVP, or for any questions, please contact Abby Becker, abecker@stfranciscenter.org or (410) 669-2612.

Thursday, Dec. 15 2011, 5:30pm
St. Francis Neighborhood Center
2405 Linden Avenue

Did you know?
Children who experience homelessness are twice as likely as their peers to repeat a grade.

Join St. Francis Neighborhood Center and the Public Justice Center in an educational workshop on the rights of homeless and transitional youth.
Start Time: 6:30pm
Date: 2011-11-30
End Time: 8:00pm

Wednesday, Nov. 30th 6:30 PM
2405 Linden Avenue Baltimore, MD

Do you know a child who…
· has had to change schools · lives doubled up · may be homeless · is affected by eviction · is awaiting foster care · moves among relatives · struggles with enrollment· misses out on extracurriculars ·

Did you know?
Children who experience homelessness are twice as likely as their peers to repeat a grade.
Homeless, doubled up, and transitional youth have the right to an education at the school that is best for them.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

Join St. Francis Neighborhood Center and the Public Justice Center in an educational workshop on the rights of homeless and transitional youth.

RSVP encouraged by Nov. 28
Abby Becker: Abecker@stfranciscenter.org  (410) 669-2612

Learn how you could serve as a mentor, Power Project volunteer, workshop leader, tutor, or community event coordinator in the historic Reservoir Hill neighborhood.

RSVP by Oct. 24: Abby Becker, Volunteer Maryland Coordinator
abecker@stfranciscenter.org

Start Time: 06:30 pm
Date: 2011-10-27

Fr. Tom came to the Center in 1965 after finishing his studies at a Jesuit seminary.  When the Jesuits ordered Tom to return to New York for another assignment Tom refused.  He told them that he made a promise to this community and he had no intention of leaving.  He kept this promise everyday for the rest of his life.

Tom did not merely live in Reservoir Hill, he lived for Reservoir Hill.  Through the transformative programs he launched as SFNC’s Director, to the friendships he forged with his neighbors, to the glowing smile he delivered to loved ones and strangers alike, Fr. Tom devoted his life to service.  Serving the community and working for St. Francis Neighborhood Center was never just his job; it was what Tom embodied through his every word and action.  It was through the act of treating every human being with dignity, that Tom was able to foster empowerment within each person and the community as a whole.

Fr. Tom’s legacy will live on through the countless lives that he touched, and through the work of the St. Francis Neighborhood Center.   We will all miss him dearly.

If you would like to share a few words, a story, or photos of Fr. Tom please visit the virtual guest book or leave a comment at the bottom of this page.

Thank you to Tom Hall, a resident of Reservoir Hill, who did a remarkably touching remembrance of Fr. Tom on NPR’s Maryland Morning.  To listen to this piece, please click here.

 
The Baltimore Sun also did a piece on Fr. Tom. To read it, please click here.

 


 


 


 

FREE MONTHLY MOVING SCREENING NIGHTS

NOW AT ST. FRANCIS NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER!!!!

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neighborhood residents and provide the resources needed to create a healthy sustainable environment within the community.  The Green Machine meets regularly to plan and implement projects.  For more information please contact Sarah Tarighi at sarah.tarighi@stfranciscenter.org or 410-669-2612.

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