Grant Winner Restarts Project Documenting Home Remedies
A Baltimore Sun article Written by Brent Jones of the The Baltimore Sun April 26, 2010 When Herbert Johnson was a kid, an audible cough or a red-hot forehead would send his grandmother into action, dishing out treatments ranging from the unorthodox to the disgusting. "The emergency room was not an option back then," said [...]
Employees from Walgreens Lend a Green Thumb to Abingdon Senior Housing Residents
Residents choose plans for their garden plots. (Photo by Nancy J. Oppel) It was a warm and sunny day when employees from various Walgreen's locations descended on Abingdon Senior Housing to assist residents with their gardens. About twelve volunteers arrived with a tiller, tools, fertilizer, plants and lots of enthusiasm. They were joined by residents, [...]
Catholic Charities Senior Housing Marks 30 Years of Operation with Continued Growth (2011)
What began with the construction of Basilica Place in Baltimore City in 1981 has expanded to include 22 Catholic Charities Senior Housing apartment communities for low- to moderate-income seniors in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford and Garrett counties and Baltimore City. In acknowledgment of the inaugural building’s 30-year anniversary and the presence of Catholic Charities Senior [...]
Building Community at Our Lady of Fatima I & II
Catholic Charities Senior Housing Services Manager, Edris Segree, is working hard to build a sense of community within the Our Lady of Fatima I and II complex in East Baltimore. The Fatima I building opened in November of 2009 and Fatima II opened in February, 2011. Ms. Segree says, “Feeling like part of a community is very important to our residents’ physical, mental [...]
Arbutus Woman Crochets 100 Scarves for Children
By Brian Conlin, The Arbutus Times bconlin@patuxent.com Eva Atkinson doesn't think what she did was a big deal; it's everybody else who thinks so. Atikinson, 82, who lives in Catholic Charities Senior Housing at Kessler Park, in Arbutus, crocheted 100 scarves that will be donated to pre-kindergarten students at Riverview Elementary School and [...]
Catholic Charities Senior Communities: What Our Residents Are Saying
A resident of Everall Gardens enjoys painting holiday decoration. "Catholic Charities has been a Godsend to me. The apartment in which I was living prior to my moving to DePaul House was nice, but the rent got too high for me to exist. Living here has been a wonderful experience. The apartment is [...]
Lincoln Resolves Past Issues
Lincoln came to Christopher Place (CP) with a lot of baggage. He lived on the streets from the age of 13. Due to a lot of mental illness in his family, no one was able to care for him. At age 21, he had a daughter, but the child’s mother soon broke up with him [...]
Catholic Charities Revs up Careers of West Baltimore with Automotive Training
Graduation for 7 Program Participants – Celebrates Training and Job Placement Media Contact: Rena Daly rdaly@cc-md.org 17 Aug 17 12:00 AM CDT WHAT: Catholic Charities of Baltimore and its St. Edward’s Workforce Development Center (SEWDC) automotive training program will graduate 7 participants from its 12-week program. All participants faced many barriers to employment, including homelessness, incarceration, lack education and work experience. [...]
Becoming Myself Again
(l-r) Meg Otake, an occupational therapist, Virginia Mellendick and Gredrivus Valaitis, a physical therapist at St. Elizabeth. "On the 21st of May, I went into the Upper Chesapeake Hospital as a result of neurological difficulties that I was having. There were a number of symptoms and I was having trouble walking. I spent several [...]
The Neighborhoods at St. Elizabeth
Charmaine Scalley gets a drink at the snack station that is accessible 24 hours a day. Any observer of the Neighborhoods at St. Elizabeth’s can see that it does not operate like a hospital or traditional nursing home. In its place is a person-centered approach with an environment that creates a home. In [...]