2015

OUR IMPACT

Johns Hopkins in the Community Our Impact

East Baltimore Community AffairsANNUAL REVIEW FISCAL YEAR 2015

Johns Hopkins Family Serving the CommunityOur students, faculty and staff volunteer to meet a broad array of challenges.

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VOLUNTEERS BY YEAR

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450

2012 2013 2014 2015

Johns Hopkins in the Community

2015 VOLUNTEER BREAKDOWN

6%Grad

3%Faculty

34%Undergrad

4%Post-Grad

53%Staff

548

577

2010 2011

118

308

Standing with our Community

The East Baltimore Community Affairs (EBCA) Office represents the multi-institutional East Baltimore campus in planning, implementing and coordinating comprehensive approaches to community issues.

By interfacing with a broad range of nonprofits and local community organizations, EBCA works to

improve health, education, housing, public safety, employment, and economic development within the East Baltimore community, and plays a critical role in a wide variety of community and economic development projects, all with the ultimate goal of improving quality of life in East Baltimore.

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$188 millionOver

Community Contributions FY 2015

Johns Hopkins in the Community

hours of student, faculty and staff volunteer time through EBCA programs and events

East Baltimore Community Affairs (EBCA) direct contact with

community partners and programs captured in the Community Engagement Inventory

Baltimore City High School students impacted by the 2015 Henrietta Lacks Youth Symposium

in Total Community Benefits & Charity Care was reported by The Johns Hopkins Hospital to the Health Services Cost Review Commis-sion in FY 2014.

community members

East Baltimore Community Affairs is proud to work with more than 100 community partners, including:Baltimore City Public SchoolsBaltimore Curriculum ProjectBanner NeighborhoodsCaroline CenterCivic WorksCreative AllianceEast Baltimore Development Inc.Elijah Cummings Youth Program in IsraelEsperanza Center

Friends of Patterson ParkGreater Baltimore Urban LeagueHealthcare for the HomelessHearing and Speech AgencyHelping Up MissionHistoric East Baltimore Community Action CoalitionHousing Authority of Baltimore CityJulie Community Center

Living Classrooms FoundationMartha’s PlaceMeals on Wheels of Central MarylandOperation PulsePlayworks BaltimoreSisters Together and Reaching (STAR)Southeastern Neighborhood DevelopmentThe Men and Families CenterVillage Learning Place

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TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS REACHED

2013 2014 2015

3,870

3,562

4,219

Johns Hopkins in the Community

Baltimore Rising Star Academy @ Laurence G. Paquin

Brehms Lane Elementary School

City Springs Elem/Middle School

Collington Square Elem/Middle School

Commodore John Rodgers Elem/Middle School

Dr. Bernard Harris, Sr. Elementary School

Dr. Rayner Browne Elem/Middle School

Eager Street Academy

Elmer A. Henderson A Johns Hopkins Partnership School

Fort Worthington Elementary School

Hampstead Hill Academy Elem/Middle School

Harford Heights Elementary School

Heritage High School

Highlandtown Elem/Middle School #215

Highlandtown Elem/Middle School #237

Inner Harbor East Academy Elem/Middle School

Lakewood Elementary School

Middle Alternative Program @ Lombard

Patterson High School

Patterson Park Public Charter Elem/Middle School

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Sinclair Lane Elementary School

Tench Tilghman Elem/Middle School

The Crossroads School

The REACH! Partnership School

William Paca Elementary School

Wolfe Street Academy Elementary School

Success Academy

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Johns Hopkins Broadway Medical Campus

Johns Hopkins Reach in East Baltimore Schools

20122011

1,112

1,779

SeptemberBack to School

OctoberMove It! Youth Nutrition and

Exercise

JulySummer

Jobs

AugustSchool

Rejuvenations

NovemberTurkeys and Trimmings

DecemberHoliday Gift

Giving

Fact: Baltimore City High School students spend two, five-week sessions in Government and Community Affairs (GCA) participating in an immersion style internship.

Fact: Over 250 projects com-pleted since 2010 to prepare East Baltimore schools for the forth-coming school year including painting, garden-ing, cleaning and organizing.

Fact: Johns Hopkins EBCA donates over 1,400 backpacks filled with age-appropriate school supplies to East Baltimore students each year.

Fact: 115 stu-dents visited the JHU Homewood campus to learn the benefits of healthy lifestyles.

Fact: Annually 170 Thanksgiving meals are do-nated to families in East Baltimore through EBCA.

Fact: 200 children in East Baltimore received gifts donated by JHM/JHU employ-ees through the EBCA Holiday Gift Giving Program each year.

“This internship was my first job. It taught me professionalism, writing skills and time manage-ment, and the mock resume and interviews we did were incredibly helpful.”- Marquelle Miller,

former Summer Jobs student, current College Leader for the Summer Jobs program at GCA

“ I’ve been with Hopkins for almost 20 years and Friday was the first I’ve ever taken advantage of the volunteer work. After leaving the school, I was very exhausted but touched all at the same time, and plan on volunteering more regularly.”

- Wanda Adams, Johns Hopkins volunteer

“I just want to thank you for your continued support and gen-erous donation. I just can’t thank you enough for all that you did in recognition of the children living in East Baltimore. Your ears should have been ringing yesterday be-cause I gave you many praises.”- Janice Gentry, Community Activist

Move It! shows students that eat-ing healthy can be delicious and that working out isn’t a chore.

“ Thank you for thinking of our residents at this special time. For some, this will be the only op-portunity to be able to tradition-ally celebrate this season of thanks.”

- Karen Johnson, East Baltimore Development, Inc.

“We are over-whelmed at the generosity of the folks at Johns Hopkins and so very grateful. There will be lots of happy children (and Moms) in Baltimore this Christmas thanks to all of you!”- Sister Pat McLaughlin, executive director of the Caroline Center

Spending Time with the Community

MayScience

Fair

JuneScience Camp

MarchScience

Day

AprilCreative

Connections

JanuaryHenrietta Lacks

School Visit

FebruaryBlack History

Month Competition

Fact: Since 2011, 854 students have visited the Johns Hopkins Broadway Medi-cal Campus to learn about the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks.

Fact: Since 2013, Johns Hopkins EBCA has partnered with the Creative Alliance each year to display artwork produced by East Baltimore students depicting black history in Baltimore City.

Fact: Approximately 3,400 East Baltimore students have cycled through Community Sci-ence Education Program’s Sci-ence Days since its inception.

Fact: Over 1,200 Baltimore City students attended the Creative Connections Concert at JHU’s Shriver Hall annually featuring student musicians from Baltimore City Public Schools and BSO.

Fact: : Annually East Baltimore’s youngest scien-tists present at the Johns Hopkins Community Sci-ence Fair hosted at the Johns Hop-kins Hospital.

Fact: The Fun with Science Camp has been expanded to a 2-week-long camp where rising 6th grade students work with real scientists from JHU.

“ The students re-ally appreciated the perspective from the team at Johns Hopkins and it absolutely shifted some of the opinions the students had about the book.”

- Louise Pistell, Teacher

City Springs Middle School students won first prize for their work represent-ing the Harlem Renaissance. The students’ artwork is an arrangement of twelve wire and plaster sculptures, made to look like Billie Holiday, her musicians, and the dancers at a nightclub.

As students ro-tate through vari-ous Johns Hop-kins labs, they are introduced to different sci-ence genres via observational or hands-on instruc-tion.

“ In terms of creative pro-graming, this was one of the most unique and special concerts performed in the City!”

- Nicholas Cohen, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

City Springs Elementary & Middle School, winners of the 2015 Commu-nity Science Fair, presented their winning projects to the Johns Hop-kins Executive Committee.

“ Now chemistry is my favorite!”

- an excited student

Johns Hopkins in the Community

Johns Hopkins Impact in East Baltimore Schools

Art-BasedProgramming

44%

Science-BasedProgramming

30%

Other Types of Programming

26%

ElementarySchool

60%

Middle School

12%

High School

28%

JH East Baltimore

50%

JHU Homewood

25%

Other

12.5%

In Schools

12.5%

TYPE OF PROGRAMMING2014 – 2015

AGE OF STUDENTS

LOCATION OF PROGRAMMING

Patterson Park Walking Group

The Patterson Park Walking Group is a collaborative program offered by Friends of Patterson Park, East Baltimore Community Affairs and Johns Hopkins Bayview Community Relations. The group meets twice a week for a one-hour fitness-walk through Patterson Park led by an East Baltimore community member. Participants are offered health screenings at the start and conclusion of each six-week session.

Ongoing ProgramsIn addition to annual programming, Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Community Affairs supports ongoing programs. Two examples of ongoing programs are Days of Taste and The Patterson Park Walking Group.

Days of Taste

Days of Taste is a discovery-based program that brings together chefs, farmers and area students to understand the science of how their food gets from farm to table. Students learn about agriculture, and the chemistry of balancing tastes and textures, and basic nutrition principles for healthy eating.

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For more info:

Government and Community AffairsEast Baltimore Community Affairs

901 S. Bond Street, Suite 540Baltimore, MD 21231

(410) 614-0744

www.johnshopkinscommunityworks.org