Every year, all Sondheim Scholars participate in a Day of Service, an on-site service learning partnership with a Baltimore organization that serves the greater community.
Day of Service 2024
Sondheim Scholars Day of Service 2024 was held at two nonprofit locations in Baltimore, Art With a Heart, and Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park.
Art with a Heart, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides art education in Baltimore City Public Schools, community centers, hospitals, and more. Founded in 2000, Art With a Heart strives to enhance the lives of those in need through visual arts education.
The Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park is an all volunteer non-profit organization established in 1983 to advocate for and preserve the park as a public resource. The park is one of the largest urban wilderness preserves in the United States, and FOGFLP is committed to accessibility, as well as the preservation of trails, historical buildings and recreational facilities.
Sondheim Scholars worked in two groups for Day of Service 2024, on both a community art project at Art With a Heart, and park clean up and preservation at Gwynns Falls/ Leakin Park.
Past Days of Service
The site of the 2022 and 2023 Day of Service was Second Chance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides people, materials and the environment with a second chance. They deconstruct buildings and homes, salvage usable materials, and make those and other donated items available to the public for reuse at the more than 200,000 square foot retail center. With the revenue generated, they provide job training and workforce development for those with various employment obstacles in the Baltimore region.
In October, 2021, projects included a neighborhood community cleanup day with the Boone Street Community Garden and Greater Greenmount Community Association in East Baltimore. Others supported Retriever Essentials on campus. A fourth group partnered with CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) to prepare bagged lunches for distribution to homeless men.
