SERVICE
Friends, Park Team Up for Habitat for Humanity
Let’s Do It Again!
Joyful dedication ceremony caps year of hard work On May 30, the Friends and Park School communities celebrated as Habitat for Humanity handed the keys to the homeowners at the newly-renovated Jefferson Street houses. The dedication ceremony was a joyful occasion, with speeches, prayers, songs and many smiles.
On the heels of its successful co-sponsorship, with Park School, of a rehabbed Patterson Park home, Friends’ Habitat for Humanity Club this fall announced that they’re doing it again. With their Park counterparts, students will raise hammers and dollars to restore a rowhouse at 1151 Ward Street in the Washington Village/Pigtown community. Last year, Friends students raised more than $30,000,
Above: The Quaketones performed a lively number: (l.-r.) Nate Foster '11, Sam KeamyMinor '12, Billy Scaletta '12, David Socolar '12, Alex Young ’11, Declan Meagher '12 and Eric Ritter '12.
including in-kind donations, for building materials. They’re hoping for an equally strong response from the Friends community in 2010. (Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity estimates the cost of a single Baltimore city rowhouse rehabilitation at approximately $100,000.) The Upper School
Above: Janie Gordon and Stella GordonZigel ’11. Below: Class of 2009’s Mitchell Awalt and Kylie Davis were Habitat for Humanity co-heads.
Habitat club is once again sponsoring fundraising events, giving corporate presentations and painting houses to raise donations through its HabiPainters program. Students are also providing on-site labor at the Habitat
Below and right: The house at 2124 Jefferson Street before…and after.
Above (l.-r.): Tony Boswell ’10, Hannah Gartner ‘11, Dana Davis ’11, Stella Gordon-Zigel ’11, Kylie Davis ’09, the new homeowner Monyetta Johnson and her family, John Reilly, Arielle Allentoff ’10, Mitchell Awalt ’09 and Michael Paulson.
house and invite members of the community (age 16 and older) to join them. This year’s Habitat build dates are: December 12, January 9 (FS alumni), Monday, January 18 (MLK Day), February 27, March 6, April 17, May 8. To sign up, or for more information, contact Michael Paulson at mpaulson@friendsbalt.org.
COLLECTION MAGAZINE | Friends School of Baltimore | Fall 2009
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