Partner Agencies Listed by Category
Below is a list of non-profit and governmental agencies that are registered
with the Volunteer Center Serving Howard County. Please click on a social issue
below to learn about local agencies addressing the issue.
For more information regarding available volunteer opportunities, please contact
the Volunteer Center at 410.715.3172 or call the agency directly. Please let
the agency know that you received this information from the Volunteer Center
website!
Animal Welfare/Wildlife
Arts and Culture
Children
& Youth
Community Building/Crime and Safety
Consumer Protection/Victims' Rights
Disaster Preparedness and Response
Economic
Development
Education/Literacy and Tutoring/Mentoring
Environmental Issues
Families and Parenting
Health and Wellness Issues
Homelessness and Hunger
Race
& Ethnicity
Recreation
Seniors
Transportation
Women Issues
African Art Museum of Maryland
Mission: The museum encourages understanding of African art
and culture.
Contact: 410.730.7205 or africanartmuseum@aol.com
Website: www.africanartmuseum.org
Candlelight Concerts
Mission: to enrich the quality of life by presenting world
class concerts and educational programs in Howard County as Maryland’s premier
performing arts series.
Contact: Holly Thomas at 410997.2324 or info@candlelightconcerts.org
Website: www.candlelightconcerts.org
Chesapeake Arts
Center
Mission: Chesapeake Arts Center provides opportunities for
culturally diverse and rewarding experiences in the literary, visual, and performing
arts.
E-Mail: Josh Feist at 410.636.6597 or joshf@chesapeakearts.org
Website: www.chesapeakearts.org
Columbia Archives
Mission: The mission of the Columbia Archives is to collect,
preserve and make available to the public, the documentation of the history
of the planned community of Columbia and the life of its visionary founder,
James Rouse.
Contact: Barbara Kellner at 410.715.3103 or columbia.archives@columbiaassociation.com
Website: www.columbiaassociation.com
Columbia Association Art Center
Mission: to provide artistic experiences in the visual arts
for all ages and interest levels and to join with local arts organizations in
creating diverse offerings.
Contact: Liz at 410.730.0075 or art.staff@columbiaassociation.com
Website: www.columbiaassociation.com
Columbia Association Community Services
Mission: to enhance the quality of life for people living and
working in Columbia and to ensure that Columbia remains an open integrated and
caring community.
Contact: (410) 715-3000 for more information
Website: www.columbiaassociation.com
Columbia Festival of the Arts
Mission: to present an annual celebration of the arts that
builds community through shared participation and celebration, engages participants
in a broad spectrum of art forms and cultures, and encourages interaction among
artists and audiences.
Contact: Nichole Hickey at 410.715.3044 or info@columbiafestival.com
Website: www.columbiafestival.com
Columbia Orchestra of Howard County
Mission: to foster a lifelong appreciation of music
Contact: Ted Griepentrog at 410.465.8777 or execdir@columbiaorchestra.org
Website: www.columbiaorchestra.org
Friends
of the Patapsco Female Institute, Inc.
Mission: to preserve and maintain the building known as the
Patapsco Female Institute, and to collect, preserve and display the records
of its use and of the persons active in its history.
Contact: 410.465.8500 or sburrell@howardcountymd.gov
Website: www.patapscofemaleinstitute.org
The
Friends of the Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway, Inc.
Mission: To connect people with the natural, environmental,
historic, cultural, and recreational assets of the Patapsco in ways that interpret,
preserve, and enhance those assets and peoples awareness, understanding and
appreciation of them.
Contact: 410.480.0824 or patapscofriend@comcast.net
Website: www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, Inc.
Mission: The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture,
Inc. is an independent nonprofit organization formed to manage and operate programs
and facilitaties in Glen Echo Park, a national park and former amusement park
located in Montgomery County. The park hosts numerous resident visual arts organizations,
a restored Dentzel carousel, a children's theatre, a puppet theatre, and a social
dance program.
Contact: 301.634.2223 or
mforster@glenechopark.org
Website: www.glenechopark.org
Historic
Ellicott City
Mission: HEC Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
the preservation, education and restoration of Howard County, particularly the
Historic district of Ellicott City.
Contact: Claire Fulton at 410.730.3877 or fultoffun@comcast.net
Website: www.historicec.com
Horowitz Visual & Performing Arts Center at Howard Community
College
Mission: Howard Community College creates an environment that
inspires learning and the lifelong pursuit of personal and professional goals.
The college provides open access and innovative learning systems to respond
to the ever-changing needs and interests of a diverse and dynamic community.
Contact: Janelle Borderick at 410.772.4587 or jbroderick@howardcc.edu
Website: www.howardcc.edu
Howard County Arts Council
Mission: to serve the citizens of Howard County by fostering
the arts, artists and art organizations.
Contact: Coleen West at (410) 313-2792 or info@hocoarts.org
Howard County Center of African American Culture
Mission: To preserve and exhibit the history and culture of
African Americans of Howard County, the country and elsewhere.
Contact: Peggy DeShields at 410.715.1921 or hccaamd@juno.com
Howard County Library
Mission: To promote lifelong learning and enrichment through
access to information, a knowledgeable staff, and services in a free and open
environment. We bring people together to stimulate the free exchange of ideas
and a sense of community.
Contact: 410.313.7792 or plittk@hclibrary.org
Website: www.hclibrary.org
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo)
Mission: To enlarge the audience for contemporary poetry and
literature and the world literary heritage through public readings, residences
and special events.
Contact: Pamela Simonson at 410.772.4568 or hocopolitso@yahoo.com
Website: www.hocopolitso.org
Howard County Tourism Council
Mission: To develop, increase and promote tourism in Howard
County by featuring the county’s unique sites, services, products and people.
Contact: Ed Lilley at 410.313.1900 ir edward@visithowardcounty.com
Website: www.visithowardcounty.com
International Center for Artistic Development, Inc.
Mission: To promote the understanding and appreciation of the
arts through the development of public programs for the diverse peoples and
cultures of the world.
Contact: Dr. Camellia Blackwell at 301.604.4484 or icadcabt@yahoo.com
Reginald
F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture
Mission: The museum seeks to realize its mission by collecting,
preserving, interpreting, documenting and exhibiting the rich contributions
of African American Marylanders from the state’s earliest history to the
present and the future.
Contact: 410.333.1138 or Sullivan@maamc.org
Website: www.africanamericanculture.org
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Mission: Museum memorializes the victims and educates the public
about the Holocaust.
Contact: 202.479.9737 or pgarver@ushmm.org
Website: www.ushmm.org
WAMU
88.5 FM
Mission: to engage and challenge the listening public with
thoughtful news programming and community partnerships that broaden perspective
and deepen understanding of important current events, culture, and ideas.
Contact: Anthony Washington at 202.885.2816 or awashington@wamu.org
Website: www.wamu.org
The Volunteer Center Serving Howard County
info@volunteerhoward.org
10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 715-3172
AFS –
Intercultural Programs
Mission: AFS – USA works toward a more just and peaceful
world by providing international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals,
families, schools and communities through a global volunteer partnership.
Volunteer Opportunities: Host Families
Contact: Richard Davis at 443.745.2475 or
rdavisA4L@gmail.com
Website: www.afs.org
AIPT / IAESTE United States
Mission: IAESTE United States, a division of AIPT, is dedicated to
developing global skills in tomorrow’s technical leaders.
Contact: Janet VanCleve at 410.997.3069 or JVanCleve@aipt.org
Website: www.iaesteunitedstates.org
American Red Cross - Central Maryland Chapter
Mission: The
American Red Cross works to improve the quality of human life; enhance self-reliance
and concern for others; and to help people avoid, prepare for, and cope with
emergencies. Their mission is to help prevent and relieve human suffering.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Mass Shelter Services, Disaster Action Team Members, Disaster Educators,
Youth Opportunities Available
Contact: Pam Tice at 410.624.2023 or volunteers@arc-cmc.org
Website: www.redcross-cmd.org
A-OK
(Assisting Our Kids) Mentoring/Tutoring Program
Mission: to recruit and train mentors and tutors
to work with elementary and middle school students in Howard County public schools,
particularly children identified by the school as in need of additional adult
support. Volunteers meet with students during school, directly after school,
or in formal after school programs until 5:15 pm.
Contact: Chaya Kaplan and Joe Wilmott at 410.730.6030,
chayakaplan@verizon.net
or jwillmott@verizon.net
The Arc of Howard County, Inc.
The Arc of Howard County supports achieving full community life for children
and adults with cognitive and developmental disabilities- one person at a time.
Contact: Linda Congedo at 410.730.0638 x226or lcongedo@archoward.org
Website: www.archoward.org
Big
Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Maryland
Mission: To make a positive difference in the lives of children
by assisting them in achieving their highest potential as they grow to be confident,
competent and caring individuals. To do this, we enroll volunteers to become
Big Brothers and Big Sisters to children who will benefit from having the influence
of an adult friend and role model.
Contact: Natalie Meade at 410.243.4000 or info@biglittle.org
Website: www.biglittle.org
Bryant
Woods Elementary School
Mission: to provide a safe, nurturing environment in which
every child will succeed. As a total school community we will work together
to develop each student’s individual capability in a safe, respectful environment.
Contact: Winnie Dreier at 410.313.6859 or winnie_dreier@hcpss.edu
Website: www.bwes.hcpss.org
Bryant
Woods Montessori Children’s House
Mission: Bryant Woods Montessori Children’s House is
an independent, non-profit school which is committed to educating the 3-6 year
old child from diverse backgrounds. The school promotes joy in learning and
positive character development as well as stimulating the intellectual, emotional,
physical and social growth of the child through the implementation of the Montessori
philosophy and methodology.
Contact: Jenny Hobbs at 410.730.7525 or directorbwmch@comcast.net
Website: www.bryantwoodsmontessori.com
The Cal
Ripken Sr. Foundation
Mission: to use baseball as a tool for helping young people
develop positive character traits such as leadership, team work, good sportsmanship
and a healthy lifestyle.
Contact: 410.823.0808 x154 or info@ripkinfoundation.org
or lynn@ripkenfoundation.org
Website: www.ripkenfoundation.org
Child Health Foundation
Mission: to prevent and treat life-threatening communicable
diseases of infants and children in the United States and abroad.
Contact: Rosario Davison at 410.992.5512 or contact@childhealthfoundation.org
Website: www.childhealthfoundation.org
Coalition
to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
Mission: to create resources, programs, and policies to prevent
childhood lead poisoning and home-based health hazards.
Contact: Michelle LeDonne at 410.534.6447 or miedonne@leadsafe.org
Website: www.leadsafe.org
Columbia
Association Community Services
Mission: to enhance the quality of life for people living and
working in Columbia and to ensure that Columbia remains an open integrated and
caring community. for more information.
Contact: 410.715.3175
Website: www.columbiaassociation.com
Community Action Council of Howard County
Mission: to provide programs and services for low-income residents
of Howard County to alleviate the effects of poverty. Head Start is a program
this organization is working with in the community.
Contact: Lawrence Hunt at 410.313.6440 or lhunt@cac-hc.org
Website: www.cac-hc.org
Conexiones, Inc.
Mission: to ensure that all Hispanic students in Howard County
will graduate from high school and move on to further education.
Contact: Feli Sola-Carter at 410.313.8744 or feli@conexioneshc.org
Website: www.conexioneshc.org
Crohn’s
& Colitis Foundation of America
Mission: to prevent Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
through research, and to improve the quality of life of children and adults
affected by these digestive diseases through education and support.
Contact: Laura Luther at 443.276.0861 or rmilanchus@ccfa.org
Website: www.ccfa.org
FIRN
- Resources for the Foreign Born
Mission: FIRN's mission is to support immigrants and refugees
as they become productive self-sufficient citizens of our community.
Contact: Mary at 410.992.1923 x14
or volunteer@firnonline.org
Website: www.firnonline.org
FIRST
BOOK
Mission: to give children from low-income families the
opportunity to read and won their first new books.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Volunteers are needed to help distribute new books to community based
literacy programs nationwide.
Contact: Kevin Markham at 202.393.1222 or fbnbbvolunteers@firstbook.org
Website: www.firstbook.org
Girl Scouts of Central Maryland
Mission: Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence
and character who make the world a better place.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Administrative, Board Committee Members, Clerical support, computer
technology, fundraising, marketing and outdoor activities.
Contact: Tracy Weeks at 410.358.9711 x. 221 or volunteerservices@gscm.org
Website: www.gscm.org
Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, Inc.
Mission: The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture,
Inc. is an independent nonprofit organization formed to manage and operate programs
and facilitaties in Glen Echo Park, a national park and former amusement park
located in Montgomery County. The park hosts numerous resident visual arts organizations,
a restored Dentzel carousel, a children's theatre, a puppet theatre, and a social
dance program.
Contact: 301.634.2223 or
mforster@glenechopark.org
Website: www.glenechopark.org
Guilford
Elementary School
Mission: to foster excellence in teaching and learning so that
students are able to participate in a diverse changing world.
Contact: Kris Woodson at 410.880.5930 or guilfordelempta@aol.com
HC DrugFree
The mission of HC DrugFree is to empower the Howard County community to raise
drug-free teens.
Contact: Laura Smit at 443.325.0040 or hcdrugfree@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.hcdrugfree.org/
Howard
County Department of Citizen Services
Mission: Department of Citizen Services provides high quality
human services to families and individuals. Our focus is senior citizens, youth,
people with disabilities, women, consumer based groups and advisory groups to
provide leadership for direct assistance, planning, community education and
managment of human services. We promote a community wide perspective on service
delivery for county residents.
Contact: Regina Jenkins at 410.313.1417 or rjenkins@howardcountymd.gov
Website: www.howardcountymd.gov
Howard
County Library - Teen Time Program
Mission: To provide a stimulating after-school environment
that will promote learning, cooperation, and responsibility. Teen Time will
provide students with the skills needed for a lifetime of learning, economic
success, and good citizenship.
Contact: 410.313.7718 or albuernec@hclibrary.org
Website: www.hclibrary.org
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo)
Mission: To enlarge the audience for contemporary poetry and
literature and the world literary heritage through public readings, residences
and special events.
Contact: Pamela Simonson at 410.772.4568 or hocopolitso@yahoo.com
Website: www.hocopolitso.org
Howard
County Public School System (HCPSS) Extended School Year Program
Mission: to educate students with special needs in a setting
that is respectful of diversity , that fosters growth and development while
respecting the human dignity of all students.
Contact: Gerald Platt at 410.888.8800 or gerald_platt@hcpss.org
Website: www.hcpss.org
Individual
Differences in Learning, Inc.
Mission:
IDL is a parent-led, non-profit organization, promoting awareness, understanding
and change in the approach to educating and supporting students. Our purpose
is to provide information, training and support for teachers, students, parents
and others concerned with the education, health and social and emotional well
being of different learners. We define Different Learners as those who are highly
able, who can learn, yet experience barriers to learning in a traditional school
environment. These barriers include specific learning disabilities, Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Executive Function Deficits and even Giftedness
and when these barriers are not understood, may result in mental health issues,
school failure and social difficulties.
Contact: Katharina Boser at 410.461.5720 or kboser@gmail.com
Website: www.gifteddifferentlearners.org
Jaguars
Athletic Organization
Mission: to foster and promote youth activities.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Help keep score at games
Contact: Angela Marshall at 301.776.6772 or amarshall994@msn.com
Website: www.columbiajaguars.org
Judy
Center Partnership
Mission: to promote school readiness by providing comprehensive
early childhood services to children and parenting support to parents.
Volunteer
Opportunities:
• Mentoring and tutoring, including parents
Contact: Donna Balderston at 410.381.9407 or donna_balderston@hcpss.org
Junior
Achievement of Central Maryland
Mission: Junior Achievement will ensure that every child in
America has a fundamental understanding of the free enterprise system.
Contact: Kathleen Brennan at 443.394.7211 x224 or kbrennan@jakids.org
Website: http://maryland.ja.org
Kidsave
International
Mission: Every child needs a family. Kidsave is a volunteer-driven
organization that is working to move older children out of orphanages and foster
care and into permanent, loving families. Kidsave
helps older children without parents meet people who often end up adopting,
mentoring or staying connected to them.
Contact: 202.237.7283
x239 or
rebecca@kidsave.org
Website: www.kidsave.org
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Mission: To fulfill the wishes of children with life threatening
illnesses and to enrich human experience with hope, strength and joy.
Contact: Lisa Kadish at 410.484.1232 or lkadish@midatlantic.wish.org
Website: www.midatlantic.wish.org
Maryland
Cooperative Extension
Mission: Maryland Cooperative Extension extends lifelong continuing
educational opportunities to the residents of Howard County. Programs are provided
in four basic areas: Agriculture and Natural Resources, 4-H Youth Development,
Family Community Sciences and Master Gardeners.
Contact: Carolyn Kulp at 410.313.2707 or ckulp@umd.edu
Website: www.agnr.umd.edu/MCE/index.cfm
Mentoring
Matters
Mission: The Institute is dedicated to creating a fundamental
change in the community of organizations, programs, professionals and community
members that care for our children, youth and families.
Contact: 301.776.4294 or jvalentine8@verizon.net
Website: www.iiiinc.org
National Council of Jewish
Women – Howard County
Mission: The National Council of Jewish Women is a volunteer
organization that has bee at the forefront of social change for over a century.
Inspired by Jewish values, NCJW courageously takes a progressive stance on issues
such as child welfare, women’s rights, and reproductive freedom.
Contact: Kristin Goldscher at 443.535.9216 or ncjwhowardcounty@yahoo.com
OJTB
(Only Just The Beginning), Inc.
Mission: O.J.T.B. specializes in document preparation and business
writing. Our primary services is to help to promote healthy communities and
lifestyles within the vulnerable and at-risk populations. We help by expanding
disadvantaged individuals’ employment opportunities by connecting them
with free work skill training.
Contact: 301.877.5251 or
OJTB.ofyourdream@verizon.net
Port Discovery Children’s Museum
Mission: Port Discovery, the “kid-powered”
museum in Baltimore, educates children and ignites their imagination in an environment
that encourages exploration, discovery and learning through interactive play.
Contact: Nan Bambara at 410.864.2726 or nbambara@portdiscovery.org
Website: www.portdiscovery.org
Project
Linus - Howard County
Mission: to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort
to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through
gifts of new, handmade blankets and
afghans, lovingly created by volunteer “blanketeers”.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers to sew labels onto the
blankets and afghans.
Contact: Arlene Kutz 410.730.8865 or kastle@comcast.net
Website: www.projectlinus.org
Refugee
Youth Project
Mission: The Refugee Youth Project seeks to improve the lives
of Baltimore’s youngest refugees by supporting their academic needs, and
making their acculturation simple and meaningful.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Mentoring and Tutoring
Contact: Ellen Brown at 410.558.3194 or ebrown@bccc.edu
Website: www.refugeeyouthproject.org
Running Brook Elementary School
Mission: to share the responsibility for fostering optimum
achievement to all students.
Contact: 410.313.6893
The Salvation Army
Mission: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an
evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on
the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach
the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Contact: Pam Carnock at 443.656.3376 or carnock90@aol.com
Website: www.tsabaltimore.org
Talbot
Springs Elementary School
Mission: To ensure excellence in teaching and learning so that
students are able to participate in a diverse and changing world.
Contact: Principal Rachel Slocum at 410.313.6915
Website: www.howard.k12.md.us/tses/
Therapy
Needs, Inc.
Mission: Therapy Needs, Inc., is a Howard County based rehabilitation
provider who is partnering with Columbia Association to provide a summer sensori-motor
camp. The camp provides a therapeutic setting that encourages children to feel
comfortable while challenging them to enhance their sensori-motor skills. We
understand that children need to have a fun and enjoyable summer experience.
Contact: Amy Potler at 410.465.7553 x2 or therapyneedsinc@msn.com
Website: www.therapyneeds.com
Thunder
Hill Elementary School
Mission: to provide all children with a quality education which
promotes life long learning, productive and responsible citizenship and respect
for diversity
Contact: 410.313.6922
Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
Mission: To provide support programs, education, and resources
free of charge to benefit young adults, their family and friends who are affected
by cancer, and to promote the prevention and awareness of cancer.
Contact: Kelly at 410.964.0202 x105 or kelly@ulmanfund.org
Website: www.ulmanfund.org
US Dream Academy, Inc.
Mission: The US Dream Academy’s mission is to empower
at-risk children and youth to maximize their potential by providing them with
academic, social and values enrichment through supportive mentoring and the
use of technology.
Contact: 410.772.7143 or dbooker@usdreamacademy.org
Website: www.usdreamacademy.org
Voices
for Children, Inc.
Mission: Voices for Children recruits, trains and supervises
volunteers who advocate for abused, neglected and delinquent children in Howard
County Courts.
Contact: Janice Schwarz-Lantner at 410.740.0933 or info@voicesforchildren.org
Website: www.voicesforchildren.org
World Computer Exchange
Mission: To reduce the digital divide for youth in developing
countries; to build a global network of partnerships that enhance communities;
and to promote the reuse and responsible recycling of computer equipment.
Contact: Tom Graham at 443.745.0066 or tgraham@worldcomputerexchange.org
Website: www.worldcomputerexchange.org
Youth
Enrichment Program, Inc.
Mission: To encourage students to recognize and reach their
highest academic potential.
Contact: 410.796.0344
YMCA
of Central Maryland - Howard County Family YMCA
Mission: The YMCA of Central Maryland is a human service organization
dedicated to developing the full potential of every individual through programs
that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all.
Contact: 410.465.4334 or elizabethsprinkle@ymcamd.org
Website: www.ymcamd.org
Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office
Mission: the State’s Attorney’s Office for Howard County will
vigorously prosecute criminal cases always seeking justice. In making our decision,
the rights of our community are paramount. In addition to the prosecution of
cases, the office is dedicated to involvement with our community regarding criminal
justice issues. Visibility in the county is important for the staff to be responsive
to the community concerns and join together in a collaborative relationship
on prevention and intervention programs.
Contact: Cathie Cugle at 410.313.2108 or ccugle@howardcountymd.gov
Office
of the Attorney General– Consumer Protection
Mission: to uphold Maryland’s consumer protection laws.
Contact: 410.576.6355
Center for Social Change,
Inc.
Mission: to serve individuals with developmental disabilities
for choice, rights, growth, and independence.
Contact: Daphni McRann at 410.579.6789 or daphni@centerforsocialchange.org
Website: www.centerforsocialchange.org
Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
of America
Mission: to prevent Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
through research, and to improve the quality of life of children and adults
affected by these digestive diseases through education and support.
Contact: Laura Luther at 443.276.0861 or rmilanchus@ccfa.org
Website: www.ccfa.org
Emerge, Inc.
Mission: to support people with medical, mental and physical
disabilities in residential supported living and day programs. They believe
all people have gifts, talents and abilities and should be fully involved in
their community.
Contact: Michael Gahagan at 410.884.4420 x251 or mgahagan@emergeinc.org
Website: www.emergeinc.org
Fido’s
For Freedom
Mission: Provides trained Service Dogs or Hearing Dogs to people
who are physically challenged, deaf or hard-of-hearing, including on-going support
services and training.
Contact: Joe Swetnam
at 301.490.4005 or office@fidosforfreedom.org
Website: www.fidosforfreedom.org
Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Mission: The mission of this agency is to promote dignity,
security and independence for those thatare blind or visually impaired by providing
them with a highly trained Guiding Eyes Dog. Volunteers are needed to assist
with training.
Contact: Ken Hanscomb at 845.878.3330 or khsent@msn.com
Website: www.volunteer.guildingeyes.org
Howard County Department of Citizen Services
Mission: Department of Citizen Services provides high quality
human services to families and individuals. Our focus is senior citizens, youth,
people with disabilities, women, consumer based groups and advisory groups to
provide leadership for direct assistance, planning, community education and
managment of human services. We promote a community wide perspective on service
delivery for county residents.
Contact: Regina Jenkins at 410.313.1417 or rjenkins@howardcountymd.gov
Website: http://www.co.ho.md.us/CitizenServices/CS_HomePage.htm
Howard County Representative Payee Program
Mission: to assist Howard County residents who are unable to
manage their limited financial resources due to a disability.
Contact: (410) 730-2026 or colf.mf@horizon.net
Linwood Center, Inc.
Mission: To create opportunities for those who fall within
the autism spectrum, through education, vocational training, social awareness,
direct support and advocacy.
Contact: Tony Sochurek at 410.465.1352 x223 or tsochurek@linwoodcenter.org
Website: www.linwoodcenter.org
Lorien Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Mission: to dedicate quality compassionate health care in a
cost effective manner while preserving every person’s dignity and human
rights.
Contact: Kristin Mills at 410.531.5300 x1221 or kmills@lorienhealth.com
Website: www.lorienhealth.com/columbia
The
Metropolitan Washington Ear
Mission: to provide a comprehensive array of reading and information
services for blind, visually impaired, and physically disabled people who cannot
effectively read print.
Contact: Donna
Hunsicker at 301.681.6636 or volunteer@washear.org
Website: www.washear.org
National Federation of the Blind of Maryland - Howard County
Mission: The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland,
an affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind, is a non-profit organization
of blind persons. We provide advocacy services for the blind, special training
programs for parents of blind children, job referrals and placements for the
blind, public education programs, scholarships to blind students, and help the
newly blind to acquire special techniques for maintaining productive lives.
We also provide special programs and services to persons facing diabetic complications.
Contact: Sharon Maneki at 410.715.9596 or nfbmd@earthlink.net
Website: www.mfbmd.org
Therapy
Needs, Inc.
Mission: Therapy Needs, Inc., is a Howard County based rehabilitation
provider who is partnering with Columbia Association to provide a summer sensori-motor
camp. The camp provides a therapeutic setting that encourages children to feel
comfortable while challenging them to enhance their sensori-motor skills. We
understand that children need to have a fun and enjoyable summer experience.
Contact: Amy Potler at 410.465.7553 x2 or therapyneedsinc@msn.com
Website: www.therapyneeds.com
Volunteers
for Medical Engineering, Inc.
Mission: To increase the independence and quality of life for
people living with diabilities through engineer-created designs and equipment
modifications..
Contact: Theo Pinette at 410.554.9134 or info@vmesolutions.org
Website: www.vmesolutions.org
The Volunteer Center Serving Howard County
info@volunteerhoward.org
10221 Wincopin Circle, Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 715-3172
Disaster Preparedness & Response
Adventist Community Services
Disaster Response
Provides assistance to communities during
times of disaster by distributing goods and materials to those in need. Much
of our assistance is in coordination with federal and state organizations. ACS
also provides training to ensure we provide effective management of our local
and regional distribution centers and warehouses.
Volunteer Opportunities:
· Clerical staff to support collection and distribution.
· Sorters, packers, loaders
· Forklift operators
Contact: Kitty Juneau at (301) 774-3474 or cjuneau@hotmail.com
Website: www.chesapeakeacsdr.org
American Red Cross – Central Maryland Chapter
Provides relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for,
and respond to emergencies. For nearly a century, the Central Maryland Chapter
has worked diligently to fulfill that mission on behalf
of residents in Central Maryland. Monthly orientations and information sessions
available.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Mass Shelter Services
• Disaster Action Team Members
• Disaster Educators
• Youth Opportunities Available
Contact: (410) 624-2024 or volunteers@arc-cmc.org
Website: www.redcross-cmd.org
Animal Welfare Society of Howard
County
Volunteers are needed to provide shelter, emergency services, information, referrals,
and advocacy
for thousands of stray and unwanted pets.
Contact: B. J. Engel at 410-465-4350 or shellypaws@aol.com
Website: www.petfinder.com
Days End Horse Farm
Volunteers are needed for barn help to ensure quality treatment of horses through
rehabilitation and humane treatment.
Contact: DeEtte Gorrie at (301) 854-5037 or (410) 442-1564
or deette@defhr.org
Website: www.defhr.org
Howard County ARES/RACES
Provides emergency communication through the use of HAM radios. Information
on license classes available.
Contact: Edward Kuespert at w3bxs@comcast.net
Howard County Composite Squadron – Civil Air Patrol
CAP provides invaluable emergency support in a wide variety of fields, including
search and rescue, disaster relief, emergency air transport, counter-drug operations,
and aerial surveillance.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Support for search and rescue missions
Contact: Elza Redman at (410) 531-3310 or credman@tristartech.net
Website: www.mdcap.org
Howard County Fire & Rescue Auxiliary
Auxiliaries support local fire stations and staff in a variety of tasks from
fund raising to managing canteens when needed.
Contact: Charlotte Redman at (410) 531-3310 or credman@tristartech.net
Howard County General Hospital
Provides the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community
through innovation, collaboration and unsurpassed service.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Drivers with 4-wheel drive vehicles willing to assist in an emergency
or disaster including snow emergencies. Copy of driver’s license and proof
of insurance will be required.
Contact: Volunteer Services, HCGH at (410) 884-4580
Website: www.hcgh.org
Howard County Mental Health Authority
Insures the availability of quality mental health services and to provide leadership
in the county on mental health issues through education, prevention, community,
and interagency partnerships to better serve the broader community. Volunteer
Opportunities:
• Mental Health Care Professionals willing to serve on the County’s
Mental Health Disaster Action Team. Quarterly meetings.
Contact: Donna Wells at (410) 313-7350 or info@hcmha.org
Website: www.hcmha.org
Humane Society of the United States
Following a disaster, HSUS may support local humane and animal organizations
that may be able to use less skilled volunteers without formal disaster training
and experience.
Volunteer Opportunities: Seeking trained volunteers with disaster-related
experience to become members of HSUS animal response teams. Training available.
HSUS highly recommends that interested individuals serve at their local Animal
Welfare Society.
Contact: 301.258.8276
Website: www.HSUS.org
Maryland Food Bank
To supply grocery products to charitable food providers so that these organizations
can feed individuals and families in need.
Volunteer Opportunities:
· Office staff to support food collection and distribution.
· Sorters and packers
Contact: Vanessa Reed at (410) 737-8282 X 232 or vanessa@mdfoodbank.org
Website: www.mdfoodbank.org
Maryland Search and Rescue
A certified professional Search and Rescue program with the Appalachian Search
and Rescue Conference, Inc., (ASRC) based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The
Conference represents nine volunteer search and rescue units in Maryland, Virginia,
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, which provide all-weather, wilderness lost-person
and downed-aircraft search and rescue services in the mid-Atlantic region when
requests for assistance are made by local, state or federal authorities.
Volunteer Opportunities: Looking for 14-21 year olds with an
interest in high adventure and desire to learn wilderness survival skills. Training
available.
Contact: joinmsar@yahoo.com
Website: www.msar616.com
The Salvation Army
Mission: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an
evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on
the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach
the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Contact: Pam Carnock at 443.656.3376 or carnock90@aol.com
Website: www.tsabaltimore.org
Volunteer Center Serving Howard County
Serves as a general clearinghouse for volunteerism. Following a disaster, at
the request of Howard County Department of Citizen Services, the center will
coordinate the registration and referral of spontaneous volunteers.
Volunteer Opportunities: Community members willing to learn
the process of registering and referring spontaneous disaster volunteers. Training
provided.
Contact: Pamela Simonson at (410) 715-3179 or pam@volunteerhoward.org
Website: www.volunteerhoward.org
AIPT / IAESTE United States
Mission: IAESTE United States, a division of AIPT, is dedicated to
developing global skills in tomorrow’s technical leaders.
Contact: 410.997.3069 x66 or jlambert@aipt.org
Website: www.iaesteunitedstates.org
City of
Laurel
Mission: To promote volunteerism across the City
by providing citizens with meaningful short and long-term opportunities to support
City government services, programs, and activities.
Contact: Carreen Koubek at 301.725.5300 or ckoubek@laurel.md.us
Website: www.laurel.md.us
Greater Baltimore SCORE Chapter 3
Mission: to provide professional guidance and information,
accessible to all, to maximize the success of America’s existing and emerging
small businesses.
Contact: Shelly Silver at (410) 764-1214 or score.balt@erols.com
Website: www.scorebaltimore.org
Green Building Institute
Mission: The Green Building Institute educates the public and
the building and design professionals on how to adopt and use sustainable building
practices and technologies in their home, offices and other structures.
Contact: Hannah C. Wood at (443) 733-1234 or info@greenbuildinginstitute.org
Website: www.greenbuildinginstitute.org
Maryland Office
of Tourism
Mission: To develop welcome center volunteer program that will
further enhance the professional services provided by welcome center staff to
visitors in Maryland.
Contact: Jennifer Jones or Margie Long at 410.767.6296 or jjones@visitmaryland.org
Website: www.visitmaryland.org
Restaurant
Association of Maryland
Mission: The Restaurant Association of Maryland is the State
Trade Association operated for the purpose of promoting, protecting and improving
the Foodservice industry. We believe it is also a great vehicle for exposure
to a competitive career mentoring and development.
Contact: 800.874.1313 or lspinelli@marylandrestaurants.com
Website: www.marylandrestaurants.com
SCORE - Counselors to America's Small Business
Mission: SCORE provides resources and expertise to maximize
the success of existing and emerging small businesses. SCORE volunteerss are
successful business professionals who volunteer their time to counsel small
business owners. They share a belief that small business owners are more likely
to succeed if they have a mentor to guide them.
Contact: Eileen Steets Quann at 410.962.2233 or eileenq@fastrak.com
Website: www.score.org
SERRV International
Mission: The mission of this agency is to promote the social
and economic progress of people in developing regions of the world by marketing
their products in a just and direct manner.
Contact: Mary Ann Grossnickle at 1.888.821.1114 or maryanng@serrv.org
Website: www.serrv.org
African Art Museum of Maryland
Mission: The museum encourages understanding of African art
and culture.
Contact: 410.730.7205 or africanartmuseum@aol.com
Website: www.africanartmuseum.org
AFS – Intercultural Programs
Mission: AFS – USA works toward a more just and peaceful
world by providing international and intercultural learning experiences to individuals,
families, schools and communities through a global volunteer partnership.
Volunteer Opportunities: Host Families
Contact: Richard Davis at 443.745.2475 or
rdavisA4L@gmail.com
Website: www.afs.org
AIPT / IAESTE United States
Mission: IAESTE United States, a division of AIPT, is dedicated to
developing global skills in tomorrow’s technical leaders.
Contact: Janet VanCleve at 410.997.3069 or JVanCleve@aipt.org
Website: www.iaesteunitedstates.org
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Mission: The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is a regional
nonprofit dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the Bay and its tributaries.
Contact: Lou Etten at 410.377.6270 x18 or letten@acb-online.org
Website: www.alliancechesbay.org
A-OK (Assisting Our Kids) Mentoring/Tutoring Program
Mission: to recruit and train mentors and tutors
to work with elementary and middle school students in Howard County public schools,
particularly children identified by the school as in need of additional adult
support. Volunteers meet with students during school, directly after school,
or in formal after school programs until 5:15 pm.
Contact: Chaya Kaplan and Joe Wilmott at 410.730.6030,
chayakaplan@verizon.net
or jwillmott@verizon.net
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LAST, Inc.
Mission: to provide assistive technology to individuals with
disabilities through the state of Maryland at a lower cost. In addition, they
train professionals and parents on how to use the technology to ensure its implementation
in the lives of those who need it.
Contact: Laura Neidlinger at 410.381.2667 or communications@matcoop.org
Website: www.matcoop.org
Big
Brothers/Big Sisters of Central Maryland
Mission: To make a positive difference in the lives of children
by assisting them in achieving their highest potential as they grow to be confident,
competent and caring individuals. To do this, we enroll volunteers to become
Big Brothers and Big Sisters to children who will benefit from having the influence
of an adult friend and role model.
Contact: Natalie Meade at 410.243.4000 or info@biglittle.org
Website: www.biglittle.org
Bryant
Woods Elementary School
Mission: to provide a safe, nurturing environment in which
every child will succeed. As a total school community we will work together
to develop each student’s individual capability in a safe, respectful environment.
Contact: Winnie Dreier at 410.313.6859 or winnie_dreier@hcpss.edu
Website: www.bwes.hcpss.org
Bryant
Woods Montessori Children’s House
Mission: Bryant Woods Montessori Children’s House is
an independent, non-profit school which is committed to educating the 3-6 year
old child from diverse backgrounds. The school promotes joy in learning and
positive character development as well as stimulating the intellectual, emotional,
physical and social growth of the child through the implementation of the Montessori
philosophy and methodology.
Contact: Jenny Hobbs at 410.730.7525 or directorbwmch@comcast.net
Website: www.bryantwoodsmontessori.com
Columbia Archives
Mission: The mission of the Columbia Archives is to collect,
preserve and make available to the public, the documentation of the history
of the planned community of Columbia and the life of its visionary founder,
James Rouse.
Contact: Barbara Kellner at 410.715.3103 or columbia.archives@columbiaassociation.com
Website: www.columbiaassociation.com
Community Action Council of Howard County
Mission: to provide programs and services for low-income residents
of Howard County to alleviate the effects of poverty. Head Start is a program
this organization is working with in the community.
Contact: Lawrence Hunt at 410.313.6440 or lhunt@cac-hc.org
Website: www.cac-hc.org
Computer Seniors of America
Mission: to provide basic computer instruction for the senior
population in Howard County.
Volunteer Opportunities:
· Instructors to teach basic computer skills to seniors
Contact: Victor McGonegal at 301.490.4576 or trimserve@aol.com
Website: www.computerseniors.org
Conexiones, Inc.
Mission: to ensure that all Hispanic students in Howard County
will graduate from high school and move on to further education.
Contact: Feli Sola-Carter at 410.313.8744 or feli@conexioneshc.org
Website: www.conexioneshc.org
Dyslexia
Tutoring Program
Mission: to teach low-income dyslexic youth and adults to
read. This is accomplished through professional assessment and tutoring by volunteers
whom we have trained in the Orton-Gillingham Method of reading, writing, and
spelling.
Contact: Lakisha Overton at (410) 889-5487 or loverton@maday.org
Website: www.dyslexiatutoringprogram.org
Federation of Galaxy Explorers
Mission: This organization seeks to inspire and educate kids
in space related science and engineering.
Volunteer
Opportunities:
Fundraising, Administrative, Marketing
Contact: Kari Tytler at (877) 761-1266 or karib@foge.org
Website: www.foge.org
FIRN
- Resources for the Foreign Born
Mission: FIRN's mission is to support immigrants and refugees
as they become productive self-sufficient citizens of our community.
Contact: Mary at 410.992.1923 x14
or volunteer@firnonline.org
Website: www.firnonline.org
FIRST BOOK
Mission: to give children from low-income families the
opportunity to read and won their first new books.
Volunteer Opportunities:
• Volunteers are needed to help distribute new books to community based
literacy programs nationwide.
Contact: Kevin Markham at (202) 393-1222 or kmarkham@firstbook.org
Website: www.firstbook.org
The
Friends of the Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway, Inc.
Mission: To connect people with the natural, environmental,
historic, cultural, and recreational assets of the Patapsco in ways that interpret,
preserve, and enhance those assets and peoples' awareness, understanding and
appreciation of them.
Contact: Betsy McMillion at 410.480.0824 or patapscofriend@gmail.com
Website: www.patapscoheritagegreenway.org
GTV - Howard County Government Information Channel
Mission: To provide news and information about Howard County
Government and the community in a non-partisan manner to the public. The channel
increases citizens awareness of the activities of local government and its’
relationships to the general population. Channel programs are also designed
to raise citizens awareness of the community at large.
Contact: 410.313.5726 or 9tv@co.ho.md.us
Guilford Elementary School
Mission: to foster excellence in teaching and learning so that
students are able to participate in a diverse changing world.
Contact: Kris Woodson at 410.880.5930 or guilfordelempta@aol.com
HC DrugFree
The mission of HC DrugFree is to empower the Howard County community to raise
drug-free teens.
Contact: L