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GameChangers 2024
Six Secluded Small Towns to Visit This Fall
Skip the crowds and head to these places celebrated for their singularity, friendliness, and reliably good eats—all within a few hours’ drive of Charm City.
GameChangers 2024
Inside Annie Howe Papercuts’ Lauraville Studio
With just a knife and a pencil, artist Annie Howe turns pieces of paper into intricate works of art.
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Arts & Culture
Arts Every Day Prioritizes Equitable Access to the Arts in Baltimore City Schools
Executive director Julia Di Bussolo works to ensure students have all of the resources they need to be artists, leaders, advocates, makers, and supporters of the arts.
News & Community
Jennie Janssen is Expanding Access for Minorities in Aquarium and Zoo Science
The assistant curator at the National Aquarium co-founded a nonprofit that provides professional networks, career resources, and scholarship opportunities.
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Meet the Brains Behind Baltimore’s Popular Anti-Animal-Abuse Campaign
Now an expanded nonprofit, Show Your Soft Side began as an awareness campaign in the Baltimore Public School system featuring posters of sports stars with their pets.
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Angeles Evans’ “Very Purposeful Journey” to End Sexual Assault and Intimate Partner Violence
As TurnAround’s senior manager of community engagement and training, Evans helps the community identify signs of abuse and support those affected.
Education & Family
Grief Support Programs at Roberta’s House Let Children Heal at Their Own Pace
The family grief support center offers peer groups, workshops, community outreach, and Camp Erin—the largest national summer bereavement program for youth.
Health & Wellness
Paul Bollinger Helps Individuals With Disabilities Experience the Joy of Sailing
The president and CEO of Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating—a lifelong boater who founded the Wounded Warrior Sailing Regatta in Annapolis—discusses the organization's work.
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Amy Greensfelder Facilitates Free Mental Healthcare for Any Marylander in Need
The executive director for Pro Bono Counseling oversees a team that matches residents with limited or no health insurance to an appropriate counselor for free ongoing therapy sessions.
Sports
Volo Kids Foundation Emphasizes the Power of Play
The now-national organization has grown from a small free flag football league in Herring Run to over 45,000 kids playing multiple sports under the guidance of almost 10,000 volunteers.
Health & Wellness
The Holistic Life Foundation is Changing Lives, One Yoga Breath at a Time
For more than 20 years, the co-founders have introduced local youth and adults to mindfulness practices that help them cope with stress, anger, and emotional traumas.
Health & Wellness
Family Photographer Jillian Mills Provides Keepsakes for the Bereaved
While Mills acknowledges that her black-and-white bereavement photos—for families who lost a newborn or experienced a stillbirth—are not for every family, for some, it can be incredibly healing.
Sports
Get to Know the GameChanger: Brett Hollander
How the Orioles broadcaster is supporting kids who are struggling with dyslexia.
Arts & Culture
‘SNL’ Actress Ego Nwodim Brings Improv to Baltimore Schoolchildren
The Baltimore County native aims to help local youth explore and embrace the possibilities. The “yes and” of life.
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Heather Warnken Advocates for Marginalized Baltimoreans Harmed by the System
The executive director of UBalt's Center for Criminal Justice Reform addresses inequities to ultimately make communities safer.
News & Community
Get to Know the GameChanger: Hyesook Chung
The president of the Baltimore Civic Fund spearheads everyday services like pothole repair and snow cleanup, as well as larger projects like regional recycling efforts and bridging the digital divide.
