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C OMMUNIC AIDCARING FOR THE COMMUNITY

COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVORS

C ommunicAID has thrived due to its network of af liated orga -nizations. Such as :

Baltimore Council of Churches Baltimore Regional Literacy Coalition Back-to-Work Education Programs Homes for All: Baltimore City Housing Initiative Ray Lewis Family Foundation Way Station Homeless Outreach Programs

RECENT SUCCESS

$1 million grant launches $5 million CommunicAID capitalcampaign to expand services

CommunicAID hosted regional seminar on low incomehousing in Baltimore City

Highlandtown Downtown food pantry joined Communic -AID af liated agencies

CommunicAID staff supported United Way in recent fund -raiser by volunteering at local events

CommunicAID increased total revenue by almost 24 per -cent from 2011

Since 2010, CommunicAID nearly tripled annual funds Special gifts for CommunicAID designed for speci c proj -

ects, including property and equipment increased nearly23 times the amount gifted in 2010

HOW WE BEGAN

Comm unicAID was founded in 1994 by a group of citizens con -cerned by the rising number of homeless people in BaltimoreCounty and a lack of services available to assist them. The found -

ing group combined with the Baltimore Council of Churches toform CommunicAID. In 1995 Baltimore Medical Center donatedfree of ce space to CommunicAID. This allowed CommunicAIDto hire a full-time director.

Within the next year CommunicAID conducted its rst fundrais -ing campaign from which one of the food pantries was doubledin size and another was converted into a soup kitchen three daysa week staffed by volunteers.

In 1998 CommunicAID secured a grant from the Maryland Hous -ing Authority for the renovation of a building on HolabirdAvenue for the CommunicAID of ces and the citys rsthomeless shelter.

The mission expanded quickly to attack the problem on a larger scale by assisting thehomeless to nd work. By empoweringthe homeless, CommunicAID givesthem the tools to uplift themselves andthe community.

LOCATIONS

The original CommunicAID islocated in Baltimore County at 2033Holabird Ave, Dundalk, MD, 21222.This serves as the CommunicAIDheadquarters.

CommunicAID has expanded itsservices outside the BaltimoreCounty area, into BaltimoreCity. A second facility is locatedat 1200 Mercer St, CharlesVillage, 21218. This locationhosts both long-term single andfamily shelters.

Te greatest opportunity in theworld is found here today

We already know what yesterday has got forus. Its already gone.

omorrow, too faraway. What about

right now!

-Ray LewisFormer Baltimore Ravenand sponsor ofCommunicAID

CommunicAID is about peopleboth themembers of our team and the people we

WHO WE ARE

serve. For the past 13 years CommunicAID has assisted theBaltimore community by providing food and shelter for those inneed. CommunicAID consists of both employees and volun -teers. The overall mission of CommunicAID is to empower indi -viduals to do better for themselves and their communities.

FACT SHEET

CONTACT INFOCommunicAID

3102 Holabird AveDundalk, MD 21222Phone: (443) 932-0101Fax: (443) 932-0202communicAID.org