Jermin Laviera, the Esperanza Center
Jermin Laviera Jermin Laviera’s 23-year odyssey with the Esperanza Center began on her wedding day. “A few hours after getting married, my husband took me to the Esperanza Center to enroll in English as a [...]
2013 Project Serve Reunion Weekend
This weekend, more than 20 Project SERVE alumni and the 5 current Project SERVE volunteers gathered to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Catholic Charities year-long volunteer program for young adults. The alumni came from all over the country [...]
Catholic Charities honors dedicated volunteers, employees at annual banquet
April 23, 2013 This article, by Maria Wiering, in the Catholic Review captures so much of what was special about the 2013 Annual Dinner. Years ago, Mark Greenberg described Catholic Charities of Baltimore as a place where “we [...]
Tragedy leads to volunteerism
April 12, 2013 Below is a link to a story about Esperanza Center volunteer Jerry Schreiber. This is a really wonderful profile of a volunteer who has been working with the clients at Esperanza Center for 17 [...]
Meet our cohort of Project SERVE volunteers for 2012 – 2013
Project SERVE 2012-13 Cohort: (left to right) Charlotte Adinolfi, Rachel Libros, Tavia-Simone Bascuine, Brandon Williams, Sara Fowler Recent college graduates join Project SERVE and dedicate a year to full-time volunteerism while living in a small [...]