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For June, we had four events and had a great time at all of them. We did a shoreline cleanup at Living Classrooms Foundation’s Masonville Cove, which is an educational nature center that serves students all over Baltimore City. At Boone Street Farm, we were able to help out at one of Baltimore’s urban farms.…

Our event in May was easily our biggest and best yet. We volunteered with Section 1 Project (section-1.org) at their site. It was a 3.5 acre site completely covered in trash when we got there and there was not a single piece of trash to be found when we left. It was important for us…

We had beautiful weather for our April event with Blue Water Baltimore. We were on the shorelines of the Patapso and it was beautiful scenery for an event. We had 68 volunteers and collected 170+ bags of trash and 75+ bags of recyclables. We left the area in way better shape than it was in…

The weather wreaked havoc for everyone in Baltimore on Saturday and made things difficult for our service events. But it was a second Saturday and we were determined to get out there and make Baltimore better in one way or another. We wound up needing to cancel one of the events and we will reschedule…

Our February 2015 events marked yet another milestone for Volunteering Untapped. We expanded to three events for the first time. Our first ever event was in February of 2014 and we begged our way to 9 people. This month’s events had 20 people at each and we sold out the 60 spots in one day.…

In our January event, we split up our volunteers into two groups of thirty and then served at two different outstanding nonprofit organizations. Half of the group was at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Sandtown. It is cool to see the inner workings of some of these organizations that serve so many people. It is…

Our December event was probably our best yet. We put together boxes of toys for families in need with the Salvation Army at their warehouse in Hampden. We had so much interest that we also had an additional event and those people were at the SPCA helping out at the animal shelter. Both events were…

You’ve been prepping all week for Thanksgiving. You’re ready to battle the shoppers on Black Friday. You’re amped about Cyber Monday. But have you heard of #GivingTuesday? What, you haven’t? Really? Well friend, let us explain. #GivingTuesday is a national movement to encourage Americans to make charitable contributions around the holidays, specifically on Tuesday, Dec. 2. #GivingTuesday follows…

  This month we had the opportunity to help out two great organizations at the same time. The 29th Street Community Center (link) and Village Learning Place (link) are both community centers that support their local neighborhoods with programs for people of all ages. Our activity for the day was setting up for a youth…

This month we had our first multiple event day, a real landmark day for Volunteering Untapped and a noticeable change for everyone familiar with us. It was great to expand to a second event and is a true indicator of the interest in volunteering among young professionals in Baltimore. Moving forward, we expect to run…