MLK Day of Service
Embrace the Spirit of MLK Day of Service 2025!
From January 20-31, Johns Hopkins employees can seize the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the community. If you are eager to contribute your time and talent, you are invited to sign up and volunteer with one of our community partners listed below. Join us in creating positive change and fostering a sense of unity. Sign up using the links below to be part of this inspiring initiative!
Bea Gaddy Family Centers
- Contact: Ms. Cynthia Brooks beagaddy@bea-gaddy.org, Phone: 410.563.2749, Address: 425 N. Chester Street Baltimore, MD 21231
- Number of Volunteers Needed: 7
- Tasks: Cleaning, organizing canned goods, sorting and arranging cookware and serving items.
- Number of people needed: 7 people needed
- Dates: January 21 – 30
- Time: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Click Here to Register
The Franciscan Center
- Contact: Rev. Angela Hall AHall@fcbmore.org, Phone: 410.467.5340 X113, Address: 101 W. 23rd St. Baltimore, MD 21218
- Number of Volunteers Needed: 20
- Tasks: Help serve guests healthy hot meals. We serve as many as 300 meals per day. Volunteers will be interacting with guests, staff, and other volunteers indoors.
- Dates: January 21-25 and 27-31
- Time: 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
- Click to Register
- Anyone interested must register using the link above. Membership has to be approved before opportunities are unlocked.
Junior Achievement
- Contact: Liz Stoll lstoll@jamaryland.org, Phone: 443-884-5066, Address: 1725 Twin Springs Road Baltimore, MD 21227
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Number of Volunteers Needed: Varies depending on the date you volunteer
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Tasks: As a Junior Achievement volunteer, you will inspire kids to achieve a more fulfilling career and life by contributing your professional insights and personal experiences to the programs you teach.
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Dates/Times: Jan. 27 from 8:15-1:30 and Jan. 28 8:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.
- Volunteers will need to create a new user account if they do not already have one.
Moveable Feast
- Contact: Mel Mputu mmputu@mfeast.org, Phone: 443-961-6452, Address: 901 N Milton Ave, Baltimore, MD 21205
- Number of Volunteers Needed: Minimum for groups of volunteers is 5 and a maximum of 15 per group
- Tasks: Washing, chopping, and seasoning produce; prepping and seasoning proteins, bagging produce, packing, wrapping and labeling meal trays, sorting meals by diet, lunch/dinner delivery, wiping tables, cleaning dishes, sweeping and mopping.
- Dates: January 30
- Time: 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (12 volunteers)
- Registration Info: Create an account using this link at VolunteerHub: mfeast.org/become-a-volunteer/
Helping Up Mission
- Contact: Brian Murphy bmurphy@helpingup.org, Phone: 410-675-7500 ext. 1170, Address:1029 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21202
- Number of Volunteers Needed: 7
- Tasks: TBD
- Dates: January 21 - 30
- Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
- Attire: Casual and Warm
- Click Here to Register - Select apply; Opportunities will populate
Maryland Food Bank
- Contact: Gwen - volunteer@mdfoodbank.org, Address: 2200 Halethorpe Farms Road Baltimore, MD 21227
- Number of Volunteers Needed: varies depending on the date
- Tasks: Help partners pic-up orders.
- Dates: January 21-30
- Time: Varies between 7:45 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
- Attire: Casual
- Click Here to Register
2024 MLK Day of Service
In 2024, Johns Hopkins employees signed up and volunteered with one of these community partners. Please continue to support these organization throughout the year by volunteering or donating them them.
- Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2424 McElderry St, Baltimore, MD 21205
- Bea Gaddy Family Centers, 425 N. Chester Street Baltimore, MD 21231
- GEDCO Community, Stadium Place 1020, 1030, 1040 & 1050 33rd Street Baltimore, MD 21218
- GEDCO Community Hub – CARES, Woodbourne Ave., Baltimore, MD 21212
- Greenmount Senior Center, 425 Federal St, Baltimore, MD 21202
- Men and Family Center, Inc., 2222 Jefferson St, Baltimore, MD 21205
- Moveable Feast, 901 N Milton Ave, Baltimore, MD 21205
- Oliver Senior Center, 1700 N. Gay Street Baltimore, MD 21213
2023 MLK Day of Service
On January 20, 2023, JHM resumed our annual MLK Day of Service with roughly 235 Hopkins members volunteer at 17 local charities. Our appreciation to those who took the time to support these organizations. Learn more about the organizations we partnered with this year below and please continue to support their efforts in the community. #HopkinsBetterTogether
2023 Day of Service Photo Gallery
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Baltimore Hunger Project www.baltimorehungerproject.org - is dedicated to eliminating the growing problem of weekend childhood hunger by feeding bodies and minds.
Bea Gaddy Family Centers, https://beagaddy.org/ - is a community based nonprofit organization that assists and provides food and other items to our neighbors throughout the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area and throughout Maryland.
Elev8 Baltimore (Edgewood Elementary School) www.elev8baltimore.org - partners with schools, families and the community to ensure that every student is prepared for high school, college career and life.
Franciscan Center www.fcbmore.org The Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore began their ministry in 1891. They fed the hungry and cared for orphans. Recognizing the dignity of each human being and serving all people with respect were cornerstones of their ministry.
Friends of Wyman Park Dell (Wyman Park Dell Playground) www.wymanparkdell.org - is a 16-acre public park that is a landmark in Central Baltimore.
Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO) (Harford House) www.gedco.org - started as a means of answering a strong community need for affordable, supportive living facilities for elderly congregants with low incomes.
Friends of Hampden https://www.hampden55.org - Hampden Elementary/Middle School (#55) has served as the community’s neighborhood school since 1914.
Helping Up Mission www.helpingupmission.org - is leading the fight against addiction, poverty, and homelessness in Greater Baltimore.
Maryland Food Bank www.mdfoodbank.org - is a non-profit organization leading the movement to end hunger in Maryland.
Meals on Wheels of Central MD https://www.mealsonwheelsmd.org/ Founded in 1960, our mission is to enable people to live independently at home through the provision of nutritious meals, personal contact and support services, so that they may age in place with dignity.
Moveable Feast www.mealsonwheelsmd.org - was founded in 1989 by a group of volunteers delivering home-cooked meals to those living with HIV and AIDS in Baltimore City.
The 6th Branch https://t6b.mailchimpsites.com/ - has grown into a neighborhood development nonprofit that stewards 20+ acres of green space and provides volunteer and technical support to multiple community groups and schools. Volunteers are needed to help with basic landscaping projects.
The Maryland Book Bank www.mdbookbank.org - “united in our belief that all children deserve the resources needed to enrich the mind, encourage success, and instill a lifetime love of reading”.
Village Learning Place www.villagelearningplace.org - provides free access to 20,000 books and online resources for over 7,000 Baltimore City residents.
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Next Stepps Center https://nextstepp.org/ - The Next STEPP Center educates, supports and empowers women facing unplanned pregnancies with compassionate and professional medical care.
St. Pete Youth Farm https://stpeteyouthfarm.org/ - A place where people can access locally grown produce, learn to grow their own food, and also provide programming to teens that would promote leadership skills, entrepreneurship, urban agriculture, and wellness. Thanks to the City of St. Petersburg, the Pinellas Education Foundation, and the Foundation for a Healthy St. Pete, this idea was pushed towards reality. In 2019, the pilot program for the Youth Farm was established along with the hiring of a Collaboration Manager to implement it.