Johns Hopkins in Action Baltimore | DC

Join us May 4th — Johns Hopkins in Action Baltimore | DC day of service

Johns Hopkins in Action gives you the chance to help address significant issues facing your community. Please select the project of your interest below. If you would like to participate in more than one service project, please email jhaction@jhu.edu. Be sure to fill out one registration form for each volunteer in your group. You will receive a confirmation email with details of the project before May 4th.

REGISTRATION FOR ALL SITES CLOSES AT 3 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, EMAIL jhaction@jhu.edu.

Morning volunteer opportunities:

Packard Center’s 13th Annual Fiesta 5K Run for ALS Research
Time: 5:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. / 8:00 a.m. race begins
Description: All proceeds from the Fiesta 5K will benefit the Robert Packard Center for ALS Research at Johns Hopkins. The Center is the only international research organization dedicated solely to the disease. They bring together the best scientists, from a variety of disciplines, in an environment that removes barriers to collaboration and enables shared innovation. They drive new ways of thinking about ALS and help identify drug therapies to slow its progression. Volunteers will help with registration and t-shirt distribution, water stations throughout the course and additional race day needs. In addition to our sincere gratitude, volunteers will receive our Fiesta 5K volunteer t-shirt and breakfast. To register to run or to learn more about the Fiesta 5K, click here.
Location: Power Plant Live! at 34 Market Place, Baltimore, MD 21202

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Description: Downtown Partnership is your connection to everything that’s happening in Baltimore’s fastest-growing neighborhoods. Volunteers will help plant the sloped entrance to historic Center Plaza, assisting with planting new flowers, weeding, and watering the slope.
Location: 100 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

A Wider Circle (SILVER SPRING SITE)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Description: The mission of A Wider Circle is simple: to end poverty for one individual and one family after another. We work in partnership with those we serve and with those seeking to help to ensure that every child and adult has the chance to succeed and the opportunity to live well. Volunteers will assist in restocking showroom floor, sorting and organizing incoming donations, and ensuring donations are in dignity condition for our clients. There are meaningful tasks for volunteers of all ages and abilities. You will be on your feet sorting and transporting items from warehouse to showroom floor. Free parking located next door at elementary school. Limited free parking on-site.
Location: 9159 Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Civic Works
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Description: Civic Works strengthens Baltimore’s communities through education, skills development, and community service. Volunteers will be constructing beds, doing some planting, and placing signs in new gardens on the “Park Heights Corridor”. The Community Lot Team transforms vacant lots into community gardens and recreational spaces. On-street parking is available. Attire: closed-toe shoes, weather-appropriate clothing that can get dirty.
Location: 4200 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215

Healthy Harbor
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Description: Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative works to restore and protect our City’s most valuable asset—the Baltimore Harbor. Volunteers will participate in the Green Stoop Challenge in East Baltimore where they plant native perennials in neighborhoods. Volunteers will help plant trees, weed tree beds, mulch, and water the trees. Free street parking.
Location: 2900 E. Madison Street, Baltimore, MD 21205

Afternoon volunteer opportunities:

Blue Water Baltimore
Time: 12:00 – 3:00pm
Description: In Baltimore, trash in our streams and along shorelines is a highly visible source of water pollution. Caused by illegal dumping and litter from streets and sidewalks that has come through the storm drain system, debris in our streams is more than an eyesore. Trash in our waterways can be harmful to our health, the environment, and our local economy. Volunteers will remove trash from the shoreline of the Gwynns Falls, starting at Trailhead 6 at Carroll Park. Before we start, we will have a brief eco-literacy talk about problems/solutions for water quality in Baltimore and how we can work together for clean water and strong communities in our region.
Location: Gwynns Falls Trailhead 6, 2116 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21230

The 6th Branch
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Description: The 6th Branch utilizes the leadership and organizational skills of military veterans to execute aggressive community service initiatives in Baltimore City. The organization aims to empower veterans by utilizing the characteristics typically strengthened through military service such as sense of mission, a dedication to duty, and a love of country. They build community by bringing together service-minded veterans and civilians to serve our community on the home front. Volunteers will beautify and landscape the Oliver Community.
Location: 1606 North Bethel Street, Baltimore, MD 21213

ShareBaby (THIS SITE IS NOW FULL)
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Description: ShareBaby collects diapers, clothing, and other basic goods and distributes these items to families in need through community-based organizations. One in three American families with young children struggle to afford enough diapers and the consequences range from diaper rash and UTIs to maternal depression and increased incidence of child abuse. Help ShareBaby wrap diapers, sort clothing and create care packages for Baltimore’s neediest babies and young children.
Location: 1792 Union Avenue Baltimore, MD 21211

Martha’s Table (THIS SITE IS NOW FULL)
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Description: Since its founding, Martha’s Table has increased access to food in the District of Columbia. Their Healthy Eating programs have grown to bring more than 800,000 meals to children, families, and neighbors throughout the city. Volunteers will be helping to prepare 150 – 250 meals for the nightly, hot meal distribution.
Location: 1474 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC 20009

Maryland Book Bank  (THIS SITE IS NOW FULL)
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (event ends at 2:00 p.m.)
Description: Every year hundreds of teachers come to the Book Bank to gather books for their students and to build their classroom libraries. Families build home libraries and gather text books to homeschool their children. Head Start centers, Social Services, and more than 600 schools and organizations visit the Book Bank each year to get books for their programs. Books For Kids Day 2019 is Saturday May 4th and is held at the Maryland Book Bank warehouse. Our annual event is a time for us to celebrate the great work we do to help thousands of children each year and to say thank you to the many people who keep our programs going by volunteering their time. Volunteers will help with set up and check in, unload cars, sort books, greet donors, collect receipts, and organize books in our Book Bank and on the Bookmobile.
Location: Maryland Book Bank Warehouse 1794 Union Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211

Marian House (THIS SITE IS NOW FULL)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Description: Marian House is the leading organization offering high quality rehabilitative services and housing to homeless women and their children. They are focused on helping women break down the barriers of homelessness, heal from past traumas and move towards a life of independence and wellness. Volunteers will help with spring cleaning the main house and garden.
Location: 949 Gorsuch Avenue Baltimore, MD 21218

Questions? Email jhaction@jhu.edu, or call 410-516-0549 for more information.