Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Community Crisis Center volunteers did not encounter any homeless people in an effort to count them last week, but they did find evidence of a camp.
Volunteers throughout Baltimore County walked their communities to count homeless people on Thursday, Jan. 24. The Point in Time count, mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), helps determine eligibility for Federal funding in homeless programs. The count only includes unsheltered homeless people. In Reisterstown, volunteers from Community Crisis Center (CCC) walked from where Main Street hits Route 30 to Rosewood Lane and Reisterstown Road. “We did not encounter any homeless people,” said Eileen Compton-Little, a CCC board member. “However, we did definitely find evidence of camps.” Compton-Little said they found an area with food trash, clothing, bags and other personal belongings in an area where 6 to 10 …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The former county department head is remembered for her smile, tenacity and staunch advocacy for the homeless and underprivileged.
Mary Harvey, a former Baltimore County Council aide who became a department head and was known for her support of programs for the homeless and underprivileged, died of colon cancer Aug. 26. Harvey, a Perry Hall resident, died at Gilchrest Hospice in Towson. She was 54. She'll be remembered during a service at 11 a.m. Sept. 5 at Christ Our King Church, 10 Lexington Road in Bel Air. "She was one of the heroes of Baltimore County," said Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, who hired Harvey in 1994 as an eastern sector coordinator in the newly created Office of Community Conservation. Ruppersberger said it was Harvey's concern for people and her energy that won him over despite her lack of an advanced college degree. "I took a risk but it was one that …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Assistance Center of Towson Churches needs your assistance. To raise funds for the group, join Patch.com's Baltimore County editors for its 5K run and 1.5 mile walk on Goucher College's campus on June 3.
The Assistance Center of Towson Churches is hosting its first Call to ACTCion 5K run/1.5 Mile Walk around the beautiful Goucher College campus on June 3 at 5 p.m. At Patch, part of our efforts include raising awareness of nonprofit organizations doing good work in our community—especially when they need assistance. You may not know it, but ACTC provides emergency help to poor and needy families across Towson. Check out a video about the organization and the race attached to this story. Its service area incorporates 21 zip codes in the county and in 2011 the organization assisted nearly 26,000 people with food, clothing and other goods. Its Thanksgiving Basket Program in 2011 helped 2,500 families have a holiday meal. ACTC's main goal is …
Stacy Deems
7:55 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
They also camp in the little patches of woods around Reisterstown. January is a bad time to count. They should go out in April or May when it's just getting warmer. more ›