Giving Good

Morgan’s Wonderland is a non-profit, fully accessible theme park designed especially for those with disabilities or special needs, but built for everyone’s enjoyment.

The Parks & Recreation Volunteer Program has provided numerous volunteer projects to clean, maintain and upgrade City-owned parks.

San Antonio Food Bank relies on volunteers to inspect, sort, shelve and distribute donated food.

Soldiers’ Angeles relies on donation items of any kind to sustain three projects: Care Packages to units deployed in remote locations; Vet Packs to support VA; First Response Backpacks distributed to American combat hospitals around the world.

Help provide the little things that make the big difference to children in need by donating basic everyday times to Boysville.

At the event, meals are assembled with ingredients (assigned by United Way about a week beforehand) provided by volunteers. Groups gather at one of several “recipe tables” and once the whistle is blown, each table prepares about five batches of the recipe in 15 minutes. When all groups have finished, they clean up, move to the next table and start again until all groups have made each recipe.

Social interaction with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Playing bingo, adaptive bowling, bean bag toss. Or collecting items for the food pantry.

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore is one of Baltimore’s leading charities serving those who are struggling with the impact of poverty, hunger and homelessness. We provide comprehensive services including early childhood education, shelter, housing, employment training and services, to basic needs such as food and clothing to help move individuals and families from poverty to self-sufficiency and stability.

Meals on Wheels of Central MD enables people to live independently through the provision of nutritious meals, personal contact, and human services. Volunteer groups (up to 10 max.) can volunteer in the Main Office kitchen at 515 S. Haven St. Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 10:00pm where they volunteer “on the Meals on Wheels of Central MD enables people to live independently through the provision of nutritious meals, personal contact, and human services. Volunteer groups (up to 10 max) can volunteer in the Main Office at 515 S. Haven St. Monday through Saturday (various times) where they volunteer to pack our home delivered meals. Group meal packing is a fun, active volunteer opportunity that is great for team building. Specific dates are first come, first serve and the group should call about a month in advance. Groups larger than ten can help MOWCM by collecting shelf-stable foods so that clients who have no extra food in their homes have extra items in their pantries. Financial donations are also appreciated, and examples of past fundraisers hosted by groups include chili cook-offs, Jean Days, and discount shopping days. Finally, groups can do “Special projects,” where they make a craft to give to the clients such as cards, flower arrangements, or gift bags.