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United Way, JHU create Neighborhood Fund
Issue date: 2/14/08
Part of the 2007 United Way Central Maryland Campaign is the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund.
The fund is an effort to give back to the neighborhoods surrounding Hopkins entirely through the donations by Hopkins staff and faculty.
"It's important to realize our impact here and to give back," Director of Community Affairs Salem Reiner said.
The fund will provide grants to needy organizations in an effort to address the needs of residents throughout the area.
These needs include issues regarding health, educational, public safety, employment and community revitalization.
So far in under a year, the Fund has received pledges of $164,000 from various faculty and staff members of the University.
Reiner said that an institution as large as Hopkins will create issues for a surrounding neighborhood without even trying.
These issues range from the slew of people the school inevitably attracts to the different internal clocks of students, he said.
Grants are expected to be made sometime in July or August of 2008.
In the meantime, the fund is in the process of appointing a committee dedicated to controlling where grants are to be made throughout the area.
The committee members will comprise contributors to the fund from a varied selection of Hopkins institutions with experience in community outreach.
Helped by the United Way staff, the committee will review, evaluate and prioritize grant requests from different organizations located throughout the Baltimore area.
The committee will have an enormous impact on which institutions do or do not receive grants.
The beauty of the Fund, explained Reiner, is that it encourages a positive partnership between the individuals at Hopkins and the members of the local community.
The fund is an effort to give back to the neighborhoods surrounding Hopkins entirely through the donations by Hopkins staff and faculty.
"It's important to realize our impact here and to give back," Director of Community Affairs Salem Reiner said.
The fund will provide grants to needy organizations in an effort to address the needs of residents throughout the area.
These needs include issues regarding health, educational, public safety, employment and community revitalization.
So far in under a year, the Fund has received pledges of $164,000 from various faculty and staff members of the University.
Reiner said that an institution as large as Hopkins will create issues for a surrounding neighborhood without even trying.
These issues range from the slew of people the school inevitably attracts to the different internal clocks of students, he said.
Grants are expected to be made sometime in July or August of 2008.
In the meantime, the fund is in the process of appointing a committee dedicated to controlling where grants are to be made throughout the area.
The committee members will comprise contributors to the fund from a varied selection of Hopkins institutions with experience in community outreach.
Helped by the United Way staff, the committee will review, evaluate and prioritize grant requests from different organizations located throughout the Baltimore area.
The committee will have an enormous impact on which institutions do or do not receive grants.
The beauty of the Fund, explained Reiner, is that it encourages a positive partnership between the individuals at Hopkins and the members of the local community.
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