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Thank you for supporting Civic Works

you are making a tangible difference for 15,000 of our neighbors in baltimore. We all need nutritious food, clean air and water, and a safe environment to survive and thrive. For too long, that has not been a reality for many in Baltimore. But because of you, more people have access to healthy food & green Communities.

Projects like Real Food Farm’s Mobile Farmer’s Market (p. 5) and the rain gardens being built by the Community Lot Team and Baltimore Orchard Project (p. 7) are helping people access and enjoy a cleaner, greener, and healthier Baltimore. These projects breathe excitement into communities that now see what is possible and feel empowered to make their own positive stamp on our city.

One of the ways this is most evident is through the words of the young people who give their time to serve Baltimore as AmeriCorps members at Civic Works. For young people like Anitra (p. 12), who served as an AmeriCorps member at REACH! Partnership School mentoring high school students, they seek to build brighter futures for themselves while uplifting and inspiring others. Others feel a passion to ensure that everyone has access to safe & affordable homes, like Tashawn, who chose an AmeriCorps term with Cities for All Ages to make sure that older adults like his grandfather have access to the resources they need to live safely and comfortably at home.

Together, we’re creating a city where everyone feels empowered to Dream More, Do More, B’More.

Engaged 3,010 volunteers in service projects

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Jonathan melnick

Chair, Board of Directors

dana stein

Executive Director

Provided 229 AmeriCorps members with opportunities to serve the community

Placed 70 participants in green careersRepaired or weatherized

330 homes

Made 3,205 households more energy efficient

Tutored and mentored 4,511local students

Converted 9 vacant lots into community green spaces

Engaged 3,010 volunteers in service projects

Grew 35,572 pounds of fresh produce

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We plant and cultivate orchards, teaching neighbors to be long-term stewards and sharing the harvest

among us all.

We partner with Baltimore communities to transform vacant and abandoned lots into neighborhood

gardens and green spaces.

COMMuniTy LOT TEAM

BALTiMORE ORCHARD PROjECT

We help high school students from Baltimore City develop job skills and learn about the environment

through a variety of conservation projects.

BALTiMORE COnSERvATiOn LEADERSHiP CORPS

We help Baltimore City residents, businesses, and nonprofits save energy by making energy efficiency

installations in homes and engaging schools and communities in energy education.

BALTiMORE EnERGy CHALLEnGE

We have established a network of school based partner-ships centered around the mission of providing mentors and tutors to engage Baltimore students from a trauma

informed lens, ensuring that all of our youth have equita-ble access to academic and enrichment programming.

EDuCATiOn PROGRAMS

We are making Baltimore’s economy more equitable and sustainable by training residents for jobs in the emerging green sector. Our EnergyReady, Project Lightbulb and Ret-

rofit Baltimore programs provide services that make homes safer, more comfortable, and more energy efficient.

BALTiMORE CEnTER FOR GREEn CAREERS

programs

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We work toward a sustainable food system by improv-ing neighborhood access to healthy food, providing

experience-based education, and helping develop an economically viable, environmentally responsible local

agriculture sector.

REAL FOOD FARM

We grow food in Baltimore County using sustainable methods, producing high-quality vegetables at an af-

fordable price, while prioritizing skills training for young farmers and environmental stewardship of the land.

LiTTLE GunPOWDER FARM

We help older adults age in place through fall preven-tion, safety repairs, referrals to supportive services, and

occupational therapy, and by providing support to community-based organizations.

ELDER SERviCES

We prepare students for college and careers in health-care and construction. Graduates leave the school with

the certifications they need to start jobs or appren-ticeships as nursing assistants, pharmacy technicians,

carpenters, or electricians.

REACH! PARTnERSHiP SCHOOL

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We build brighter futures for low-income Baltimore City youth, many of whom have dropped out of high school.

We provide construction training and certifications, assistance in earning a high school diploma or GED, college preparedness and job placement services.

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growing healthy food in green Communities

Making HomesSafe & Affordable

building brighter futures

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West baltimore mobile farmers’ market

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Almost a third of children in Baltimore City live in

areas with limited access to healthy food. Your support

of Real Food Farm brings local produce and nutrition

education to schools, WIC facilities, and community

centers that serve families.

1 in 4 baltimore City residents live in a food desert.

Too many of our neighbors live in areas with limited access to healthy fruits and vegetables. That’s especially true for West Baltimore residents, where entire neighborhoods– including Park Heights, Reservoir Hill, Coppin Heights, Sandtown Winchester, Penn north, Druid Heights, and Harlem Park– have no supermarkets and few sources of healthy food.

n May 2017, we launched a second Mobile Farmers’ Market, this time focused on ten neighborhoods in West Baltimore. Through our Mobile Market, communities without brick and mortar grocery stores gain access to affordable, nutritious and locally grown produce through stops at community centers, Women, infant & Children (WiC) facilities, schools, and senior centers.

Low-income families receiving Supplemental nutrition Assistance Program (SnAP) benefits are able to get more for their money, thanks to the Double Dollars program through the Farm Alliance of Baltimore. Because of this program, families receive double the amount of healthy food for their families, without doubling the cost.

Thanks to the expansion of our Mobile Farmers’ Market, almost 300 families living in East and West Baltimore have convenient access to a source of healthy food, free nutrition education workshops, and a chance to double their dollars with more healthy food.

In 2017, 44% of mobile market sales were made to families utilizing snap benefits and over $4,500 in produce was provided to snap

families through the double dollars program.

because of you, the abell foundation and T. Rowe price, our West baltimore mobile farmers’ market is taking fresh and affordable food

straight to the neighborhoods that need it the most.

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you might not wouldn’t recognize a rain garden if you saw one. Rain gardens look like any other garden, full of flowers, trees and shrubs— but there’s one thing that makes rain gardens special: they are designed to keep pollutants from entering our waterways.

in a city like Baltimore, there are a lot of impervious surfaces like rooftops, sidewalks and roads, which prevent rainwater from being absorbed into the ground. instead, rainwater flows along impervious surfaces (picking up pollutants like gasoline, pesticides and pet waste) until it finds a storm drain. From there, rainwater flows into the Chesapeake Bay, taking with it the pollutants it picked up along the way.

With help from the Chesapeake Bay Trust, the Environmental Protection Agency, the national Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the Baltimore Office of Sustainability and Department of Public Works, Civic Works’ Community Lot Team and Baltimore Orchard Project are turning some of Baltimore’s vacant lots into first line defenders of the Chesapeake Bay.

Rain gardens help prevent pollution from ever making it into the Bay by diverting rainwater into planted spaces that allow groundwater to collect for a short time before being absorbed by the ground. The plants in the garden help to break down pollutants, and other, longer lasting pollutants remain in the soil to break down over time.

AmeriCorps members with the Community Lot Team and Baltimore Orchard Project take pride in creating these community green spaces. For Wayne Bouldin, a Community Lot Team member, seeing the transformation at 400 n. Duncan Street from an abandoned lot into a rain garden made the project one of his favorites. So remember the next time you pass a vacant lot turned urban paradise– it just might be protecting the Bay!

With your support, in 2017 Civic Works’ Community Lot

Team transformed nine vacant lots throughout Baltimore

into urban oases, creating rain gardens, community gathering

spaces, and providing safe places to play. Together, we’re

creating a more beautiful Baltimore!

Rain gardens have a special power: they keep the Chesapeake bay healthy

stormwater runoff is the fastest growing source of pollution to the Chesapeake bay.

“When we finished the project there weren’t any needles or glass... This project was one of my favorites because I worked my hardest and saw a big

change.” – Wayne

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Rain gardens for ahealthier bay

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a year in pictures!

JANUARY volunteers at our annual MLK Day of Service decorated rock guardians, protecting trees from weedwhackers and lawnmowers and inspiring our neighbors!FEBRUARY Graduates of the Baltimore Center for Green Career’s Brownfields Remediation program proudly show off their certificates on the steps of Clifton Mansion.MARCH Harry from the Community Lot Team planted native species at a community event!APRIL A student with the Baltimore Energy Challenge made a poster to encourage others to reduce energy consumption.MAY Businesses from around Baltimore teamed up to serve at the Amazing Race!JUNE Members of the Baltimore Orchard Project team met up with our friends at TreeBaltimore to celebrate the start of Mulberry Madness.

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JULY youth in the Mission Thrive Summer program gave back by putting on a health fair.AUGUST The Baltimore Energy Challenge celebrated 15,000 homes improved through energy efficiency upgrades!SEPTEMBER volunteers with the Baltimore Orchard Project harvested over 700 pounds of apples from a local orchard and donated the fruit to a local shelter.OCTOBER Civic Works’ tiny home was the star of the show at the first ever Mid-Atlantic Tiny House Expo, and raised over $5,000 in support of our job training programs!NOVEMBER Freshman students from REACH! Partnership School took part in a fun-filled day of college tours and teambuilding exercises, including indoor rock climbing.DECEMBER At our annual Tower Lighting event, Anitra Patrick was honored as the 2017 Ed Miller Corpsmember of the year. Ed came by to congratulate Anitra on her service!

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There isn’t just one way to be a volunteer! In 2017, 3,010 students, grandparents, corporate groups, neighbors and members of faith organizations gave their time and talent as volunteers with Civic Works.

our volunteers are changemakers for baltimore by transforming vacant lots into community spaces, helping older adults feel safe at home as handy people, and educating their neighbors about energy efficiency.

Thank you to the many Civic Works volunteers who have committed to making a lasting impact! you are creating a stronger, more beautiful, and healthier baltimore.

2017 volunteers of the year

Regina minniss & anthony nathe, Orchard Stewards with the Baltimore Orchard Project

park school’s neighborhood Revitalization Club, dedicated volunteers with the Community Lot Team, pictured

barry Richmond, long-term Clifton Mansion Legacy volunteer

We our volunteers

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“my terms at ameriCorps have been a great life experience! not only are you helping yourself but you are also helping a variety of different people at the same time. I would encourage everyone that wants to help make a difference in the community and their city take part in an ameriCorps program.” — anitra patrick, 2017 Corpsmember of the year

In 2017, Civic Works hosted 229 ameriCorps members dedicated to serving their communities. our Corpsmember of the year, anitra patrick has made a tre-mendous impact on students at the ReaCh! partnership school by encouraging a culture in which students feel empowered to lift each other up. she can of-ten be heard telling her students, “If one of us falls, we all fall.”

ameriCorps members #getThingsdone for b’more!

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Thank you to our 2017 supporters

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We are very grateful to our donors for their support.The following donors are being recognized for their giving during the period of 10/1/2016-12/31/2017.

$100,000+The Abell FoundationBaltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore Community FoundationBaltimore County Public SchoolsBaltimore Department of Housing and Com-munity DevelopmentEnvironmental Protection AgencyCorporation for national and Community ServiceThe Corps networkMaryland Department of Housing and Com-munity DevelopmentMaryland Department of Labor, Licensing and RegulationMaryland Department of natural ResourcesMaryland Energy AdministrationMaryland Governor’s Office on Service and volunteerismThe Leonard and Helen R. Stulman FoundationThe Harry and jeanette Weinberg Foundation, inc.u.S. Department of Labor

$10,000 - $99,000AM Conservation GroupAnnie E Casey FoundationAssociated Black CharitiesAssociation of Baltimore Area GrantmakersBaltimore City Health DepartmentBaltimore Gas and Electric CompanyBaltimore Office of SustainabilityBank of AmericaThe Bunting Family FoundationsMary Catherine BuntingClayton Baker TrustChesapeake Bay TrustConstellation Energy Group inc.Betty Lee and Dudley P. Digges Memorial FundEqual MeasureFamily League of Baltimore

France Merrick FoundationThe David & Barbara B. Hirschhorn FoundationHoffberger FoundationThe institute for integrative HealthMaryland Department of Human ResourcesMayor’s Office of Employment Developmentjoseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charita-ble Fundsnational Fish and Wildlife FoundationOpen Society institute - BaltimorePnC Financial Services Group inc.Rauch FoundationThe Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Foundationvenable Foundation, inc

$5,000 - $9,999Marc G. Buntingjohns Hopkins universityThe Zanvyl and isabelle Krieger Fundjonathan A. Melnicknew Hope networkPerry Hall insurance Brokers - vince Piscopo & AssociatesThe RCM&D Foundation, inc.The Elizabeth B. & Arthur E. Roswell Founda-tionCarol SchwartzSide Alpha Holdings, LLCWells FargoWhole Foods Market

$2,500 - $4,999George BuntingRichard RiggsT. Rowe PriceWhite Star Sales and Promotions

$1,000 - $2,499Associated italian American Charities, inc.BCT Architectsjohn BoitnottBrown AdvisoryBurns & WilcoxCannonDesignEllin & TuckerHoward FeldmanFred and Alison Lohr Family FundGolden West Cafe inc.

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Michele HagansKathleen A. Heroldjohns HopkinsDeborah S. HowardKollman & Saucier PAMECu - Municipal Employees Credit union of Baltimore, inc.Stephanie MillerOld St. Paul’s Episcopal Churchvincent Piscopojared A. RosenPeter RosenthalSeawall Development CompanySECu - State Employees Credit unionDana SteinSarah Szanton and Elizabeth DowningThe Philadelphia insurance CompaniesWhiteford, Taylor & PrestonWhiting-Turner Contracting Company

$1 - $999joseph AbeAdvance Business SystemsKamila AlexanderAll American Environmental ServicesBonnie C. AllanEli and Erica AllenShane AlleyneAndrew AlpersteinShara B. AlpertAmerican institute of urban Psychological Studies, inc.Rhonda Andersonjames AngeloneMelanie AnsonSuzanne Applefeldjack ArnoldDeborah AustinAuthors Dudley & DeSimonePaul BabikowFrank BabusciMichael BakerBaltimore HeritageKyron BanksCourtney E. BarnettMartha BarssHowell Baumjohn Beckley

Monica Haines BenkheddaBernard L. BerkowitzPat BernsteinCharles BillsBrenda BlomLonnie Bluejenna BockStephen G. Boltonvictor L. BonaparteAmanda BourgeoisToby BozzutoSallie BrewerCathy BrillPhil Briscoej. BroadbentSusan BrooksBradley BrownTyler BrownAndrea BuchwaldMaggie CaoHenry CaplanCardin Family Philanthropic Fundnina B. CardinChrissa CarlsonTheresa CarpenterElizabeth Carr WellsDavid W. ChapinAshley Chouinardjohn j. CiekotAbigail CockeRobb CohenFronda Cohen-OttenheimerCommodore joshua Barney - john Eager How-ard Chapter DARPamela ConnollyBarbara D. CornmanLaura CortnerMark CounselmanThomas CoyleDarin A. CrewMargaret CronynGrady and Helen DaleMichael P. DaltoShonique DavisDelaware Maryland Synod of the ELCARana DellaRoccoRobert E. DenglerRoberta Dering

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Shelley DeutchErik DihleSonya DillonElizabeth DyeTchernavis Edwardsjennifer EhrhardtEmployee Charitable Organization (ECHO) of northrop GrummanCarlton EppsAndrew ErmanMatthew Esworthyjonathan EvansExelon FoundationChristopher L. Feareyjanet FelstenRobin S. FernaldLisa FerrettoKalynn n. FieldsSteven FinkSara FischerBrenton R. and Rosemary FlickingerWendie Formannewton FowlerPatricia FrankMatthew FreedmanFuture Harvest CASAWalter Gallasjessica GappaChristina GardnerCarole GibisonKelley GilmoreEugene Gogeljulia Grahamjeffrey GrayPaul T. GrazianoSarajane GreenfieldKaren L. GreensteinAlissa Gulinjennifer HalpinLin HardyEdward R. HargadonHarmony Therapeutic MassageMaya HarrisonRonald HarveyMolly Hayesvictor S. Hazanirene P. HechlerRobert Hedden

Carolynn HellerGlenn and Kathleen HelmeRichard HerbigAnthony HerreraPatricia HigginsTracy Holcombjoseph HopkinsCarol Horstjeannie L. HoweAngela Howelljackie HughesColleen HumphriesHarry HuntleyElliott HurwitzPaula Hyetteintersection of Change inc.Regina jacksonEric jacobsonKaren jagodaEve jochnowitzMartha johnstonLeroy jonesDarryl jurkiewiczjeannette Karpayjonathan KatzPhilip KiracofeMark KlotzbachLarry and vicki KlozeLisa Kokesira KolmanKathleen and Michael KotarbaSharon Krevor WeisbaumLeslie M. LabrecquePhilip LaCombePatricia LaibstainLambda Chi Alpha Fraternityjacqueline LampellThomas LangloisStephanie LeachRebecca Leegenancy Lev Alexanderjody LibitBrooke LiermanDominique LongLoyola university MarylandRichard MayhewAgnes Mazyckjulie Mazzola

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Lisa McCallAndrea McCantsDaniel McEachranLaura MeiningerMichele’s Granola LLCWalter D. MillerWilliam MillerDavid MiltonLouis MiserendinoMOBE LLCRyan MooreDan and Shelley MorhaimElena MorrisseyKatie MurtaughDawn MusgraveMutual of AmericaCassandra naylorHoward and Sue needleian neumanLinda nevaldinenorfield Congregational ChurchStephen norrisChiara Olivijo-Ann M. OrlinskyCindy ParadiesConstance Parkernoah ParkerCheryl L. ParksRebecca PearlmanSherretta PetersonSamira PhillipsDeborah PickettElizabeth PlatzEdward PortnerLori PottsMoses A. Poundsjayna PowellHerbert Premjaunyce PriesterElizabeth PritchardPrologisnicole Pylesjohn Quinnjoseph RabinowiczOdette RamosAndrew RehfeldStuart RehrBarry Richmond

Aaron RiversRobert R. and Dorothy D. Bair FundKenneth Rosejann Rosen QueraltLore RosenthalRosenthal PD/Ataxia Team in johns Hopkins neurologyjames and Audrey RothschildCharles RowinsPeter Sachsjerome SandersKent SaundersLauren SchiszikCharles Schlauchjosephine SchlickDarlene M. SchumacherEric Schwartzjane ScottMeryl SeidelSevern Schooljoshua SharfsteinRachel ShepherdAmy SheridanKathryn v. ShulmanHarris SilverstoneSK Printing, inc.Randy SkilesSamantha Skroknancy SlaterbeckEmily SlaughterCorbin SmithCynthia SmithEvan SmithMichael SmithRicky SmithShannon SnowCraig SolomonKathryn SowinskiStephen SpeicherSt Paul’s School for GirlsLaura Starbirdjames K. StimpertPamela SuarezDenise SullivanSusan Scherer Charitable Foundation inc.Peter SzantonChele TaylorTemple Oheb Shalom

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jenna ThayerThe Ashmon GroupThe Bryn Mawr School Environmental CoalitionThe Center: Where Compassion Meets justiceThe Gunston School inc.james Thiererjoanne Thompsonjoseph A. ThompsonCatherine Tipperjudith TodesLynne TolmanBrian Truaxjames ulmervestry of the Church of the RedeemerSara viaAnthony j. WaltersThaddeus WatulakBeth WechtWegmans - Baltimore County

Wegmans - CroftonWegmans - Harford CountyWegmans - Howard CountyWell Crafted Pizzajoseph WesolowskiMarie D. WestMegan WiessnerAmy WilkinsonTerrell WilliamsWilliam and nancy WommackHiram WoodwardSusan WoolhiserDion WrightMary ZajacBernard ZanchettinRobert ZdenekBarbara and Barry ZirkinCarol Zuckerman

TEAM SPONSORS:ABEL COMMUNICATIONS BCT ARCHITECTS BURNS & WILCOX CIVIC WORKS BOARD ERNST & YOUNG JHU HOMEWOOD KOLLMAN & SAUCIERMECU SECU STEWART TITLE T. ROWE PRICE UNDER ARMOUR WHITE STAR PROMOTIONS

AMAZING RACE SUPPORTERS:CHESAPEAKE EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY MUTUAL OF AMERICA SEAWALL DEVELOPMENT IN-KIND SPONSORS:HEAVY SEAS BREWERYTHE KIND COMPANYTHE BALTIMORE RAVENSTAP-26 WINE ON TAP MEDIA PARTNERS:THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE FISHBOWL COMCASTWYPR RADIOWBAL TV

TITLE SPONSOR: BGE CHALLENGE SPONSORS:AM CONSERVATION CONSTELLATION PERRY HALL INSURANCE

HAPPY HOUR SPONSOR:RCM&D GIVEAWAY BAG SPONSOR:MELNICK NEWELL VOLUNTEER CHAMPION SPONSOR:WELLS FARGO

THANK YOU SPONSORS

Congrats to the winners of the amazing Race—Burns & Wilcox!

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assetsCashAccounts ReceivablePrepaid Expenses & Other AssetsPledges ReceivableGrants ReceivableProperty and EquipmentLong Term Assets 

Total assets

liabilitiesAccounts Payable & Accrued Expensesnotes Payable

Total liabilities

net assetsunrestrictedTemporarily Restricted

Total net assets

Total liabilities and equity

2017

$637,7122,578,443

430,88995,500

573,500387,090

5,797,082

$10,500,216

$4,600,6380

$4,600,638

$3,196,0422,703,536

$5,899,578

$10,500,216

2016

$276,9752,735,169

419,17696,659

0302,262

5,795,608

$9,625,849

$3,526,6020

$3,526,602

$3,227,7162,871,531

$6,099,247

$9,625,849

RevenueBusinesses and individuals FoundationsGovernment Revenue Service Fees & Other Revenue

Total Revenue

expensesProgram ServicesManagement and GeneralFundraising

Total expenses

Changes in net assets

2017

$284,3613,594,6827,079,565 1,228,299

$12,186,907

$11,070,2411,150,674

165,661

$12,386,576

-$199,669

2016

$212,2852,696,6938,161,8392,133,061

$13,203,878

$10,215,9781,019,103

116,388

$11,351,469

$1,852,409

statement of financial positionSeptember 30, 2017 and 2016

statement of activitiesyears Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

program services$11,070,241

89.5%

financial statement

management and general$1,150,674

9.2%

fundraising $165,661

1.3%

In 2017, almost 90 cents of every $1.00 we spent went

towards the people and communities we serve.

Civic Works strengthens baltimore’s communities through education, skills development, and community service.

Civic Works board of directorsofficers

Kamila A. AlexanderPhilip O. Allen

Marc G. BuntingMark Counselman

Thomas CoyleMatthew A.S. Esworthy

Topher FeareyHoward R. Feldman

Matthew j. FreedmanSteve Hazan

johns HopkinsRich Mayhewjulie Mazzola

Andrea McCantsLouis Miserendino

ian neumanjayna E. Powell

john QuinnOdette T. Ramos

jerome L. SandersCarol R. SchwartzMichael D. SmithCraig S. SolomonDenise D. Taylor

Terrell R. WilliamsGretchen L. Wintringer

Robert O. ZdenekBarbara G. Zirkin

Barry R. Zirkin

jonathan A. MelnickChair

Antony M. Grossvice Chair

jared A. Rosen , CPA, MBATreasurer

vanessa L. MorrisSecretary

Samuel HopkinsCharter Board Member Emeritus

(1995-2008)

Eli Allen - Director, Baltimore Center for Green CareersLauren Averella - Director of Elder Services

Candice Blackwell - Director of Education Programsjohn Ciekot - Special Projects Director

Charlotte Haase - Director of Food & Farm ProgramsAdam Martin - Director, Baltimore Energy Challenge

Stephanie Miller, CPA - Director of FinanceKristen Wommack - Director of Development & Marketing

Civic Works management staff

members-at-large

Dana Stein - Executive DirectorDion Wright - Deputy Executive Director

Civic Works2701 Saint Lo Drive

Baltimore, MD 21213(410) 366-8533

www.civicworks.com

images thanks to Liz & Ryan Photography, Chelsea Clough, jim Sandoz & Elena volkova