Baltimore,Maryland

Also home to the NDMVA National Office, Baltimore is Notre Dame-AmeriCorps’ largest site. Baltimore members serve in two different groups and under the direction of two different Site Directors. The group led by Site Director Melissa Lees, works in schools, outreach, and Headstart centers throughout the City, teaching and tutoring Pre-K, elementary, and middle school students, in addition to leading after-school programs. The group led by Site Director Sr. Mary Margaret, works in partnership with Tench Tilghman Elementary school to fulfill the school’s mission of becoming an Extended Community School that is designed to help children succeed scholastically by creating and strengthening healthy families and communities.

Site Directors:

Melissa Lees - Phone: 410-532-6864 Ext. 20 - E-mail: baltimore@ndmva.org
Sr. Mary Margaret Pignone - Phone: 410-367-5730 - E-mail: mmpignone@aol.com


AIDS Interfaith Residential Services, Inc. (AIRS)
(1800 N. Charles Street Suite 910 * Baltimore, MD 21201)
http://www.airshome.org

The vision of AIRS is to provide residential services, quality care, and support for people living with HIV/AIDS. Their greatest mission is to enhance the lives of low-income individuals and families living with the disease. They aim to create comfortable, caring, and safe environments where their residents can receive essential supportive services, thus enabling them to be contributing members of their community with an enhanced quality of life.

The AIRS Family Program provides housing and support services to families affected by HIV/AIDS in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The Program offers a high level of support to the families in order to make life with HIV-disease as stress free as possible, so that the families can focus on staying well and staying together. The Family Program Team consists of a Program Manager, Case Manager, a Family Focus Worker, and an Educational Mentor. The NDA member functions as the Educational Mentor.

For more information about the position available at AIRS, click here.


The Baltimore Urban Debate League
(1800 N. Charles Street Suite 906*Baltimore, MD 21218)
www.budl.org

The mission of the Baltimore Urban Debate League (BUDL) is to improve educational opportunities for Baltimore City students by empowering them to become engaged learners, critical thinkers and active citizens who are effective advocates for themselves and their communities. Through student participation in team policy debate, BUDL strives to increase student academic achievement, increase graduation rates and encourage more students to continue on to college. BUDL is determined to make debate and its related academic and social benefits available to all students in Baltimore’ s public middle schools and high schools.

In partnering with the Notre Dame Mission Volunteers – AmeriCorps, the BUDL’ s College Access Program will be developed to help make educational opportunities more available. A core value for BUDL is encouragement for every participant to gain confidence in her or his ability to learn and succeed as a student, as a debater, and as an active leader in their schools and the community. BUDL’s College Access Program enables BUDL participants to continue their educations and enhance their success by gaining access to a college or university after graduating from their high school.

The College Access Program provides college counseling, tutoring in college essay writing, SAT test preparation, and assistance with the financial aid application and process. Rising seniors participate in an intensive, five-day Countdown to College summer camp where they complete a college admissions portfolio.

For more information about the positions available at BUDL, click here.


Boys Hope Girls Hope
(250 S. President Street * Suite 150 * Baltimore, MD 21202)
www.bhghbaltimore.org

The National Volunteer supports the Mission and Values of Boys Hope Girls Hope by assisting staff in the daily functioning of the home, with particular emphasis on supporting academic success and community involvement of the scholars. National Volunteers are part of a team of professionals and will assume varying degrees of direct responsibility for the care of scholars. National Volunteers are expected to execute these responsibilities in a professional manner, acting at all times as a positive adult mentor and role model to the scholars.

For more information about the position available at BHGH, click here.


Caroline Center
(900 Somerset Street * Baltimore, MD 21202)
www.caroline-center.org

The goal of the Caroline Center is to help women of East Baltimore acquire the knowledge, discipline, and skills necessary to obtain a position that is fulfilling, pays a living wage, and offers opportunity for advancement. Caroline Center programs include components such as career options, needs and skills assessment, realistic goal setting, job training, computer training, job search assistance, job readiness assessment, and a mentoring partner after job placement. Instruction methods include small classes, one-on-one sessions, discussions, workshops, internships, and field trips. The center also has an after-school program (Caroline Academy) for the children of the women who are members of the Caroline Center.

As a member of the staff, the Instructional Staff Member teaches small groups of women and does individual tutoring. He/she is the point person for a small group of advisees and participates in their orientation, oversees their service, serves as support during their training and generally monitors their performance during their 15 weeks in the program. If the member is interested in working with children, they may also participate in the Caroline Academy after-school program.

For more information on the position available at the Caroline Center, click here.

Mother Seton Academy
(724 South Ann Street * Baltimore, MD 21231)
www.mothersetonacademy.org

The Academy is an alternative Catholic middle school (grades 6, 7, and 8) for young men and women. It serves students from low-income families of all faiths and cultures who will benefit from a values-based, innovative, multi-cultural learning environment. Extended school days include supervised homework and recreation time to enhance academic, social, and life skills development. Students are challenged to reach their potential so that they may become responsible, caring, and active leaders in their families, communities, and in society.

For more information on the position available at Mother Seton Academy, click here.

St. Jerome’s Head Start Program
(915 Sterret Street * Baltimore, MD 21230)
http://www.catholiccharities-md.org/children/st-jeromes-head-start.html

The purpose of St. Jerome’s Head Start Program is to help low-income children and their families achieve self-reliance. The programs in Head Start provide comprehensive family development services, including early childhood education, health care, day care, and parenting workshops. The program provides these services through collaborative partnerships with individual families, local schools, hospitals, and social service agencies. Parents are provided opportunities to enhance their parenting skills through participation in a range of educational programs.

For more information on the positions available at St. Jerome's, click here.

St. Katharine of Sienna School
(1201 North Rose Street * Baltimore, MD 21213)
St. Katherine School is a Catholic school in east Baltimore that serves children from grades pre-K through 8th. The majority of the students come from low-income families. The school provides a strong academic program with an emphasis on reading and mathematics. The academic program is supplemented by an after care program which consists of an art class, computer club, cultural enrichment activities, educational field trips, kickboxing class, and library science. NDA members serve as teacher aides and technology coordinators helping students learn how to use the computer.

For more information on the position available at St. Katherine School, click here.

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