Back to School: Enterprise Day of Service Helps Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School, Abbottston Elementary and the Loading Dock
WHO: Two-hundred (200) Enterprise employees, including Enterprise Community Investment, Inc. President and CEO, Jeffrey Donahue, Vice Chairman and COO Charles Werhane and Enterprise Community Partners Executive Vice President William Frey
WHAT: An Enterprise Day of Service to give back to the community through a variety of activities at three Baltimore City locations: Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School, Abbottston Elementary School and the Loading Dock, a nonprofit organization in southeast Baltimore dedicated to the reuse of building materials for affordable housing and community development.
WHEN: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE: Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School, 1401 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21217
Abbottston Elementary, 1300 Gorsuch Ave., Baltimore, Md. 21218
The Loading Dock, 2 North Kresson Street, Baltimore, Md. 21224
BACKGROUND: More than 200 Enterprise employees will assist in transforming West Baltimore’s Harlem Park Elementary/Middle School campus and the YMCA Urban Services office space located in the school by painting engaging and inspiring murals and blacktop games, organizing classrooms and learning areas, polishing auditorium seats, and beautifying the school's entryway. In addition, Enterprise staff will add green space to Abbottston Elementary School in north Baltimore to transform a vacant lot into a welcoming park area for children and families. The lot site preparation will also be the focus of Enterprise’s eighth annual James Rouse Community Service Day on October 11, 2008. At the Loading Dock, Enterprise volunteers will help sort reusable and surplus building materials and appliances for redistribution to renovate affordable housing.
Enterprise is a leading provider of the development capital and technical expertise it takes to create decent, affordable homes and rebuild communities. For over 25 years, Enterprise has pioneered neighborhood solutions through public-private partnerships with financial institutions, governments, community organizations and others that share our vision. Enterprise has raised and invested over $9 billion in equity, grants and loans to help build or preserve more than 240,000 affordable rental and for-sale homes to create vital communities. Enterprise is currently investing in communities at a rate of $1 billion a year. Visit www.enterprisecommunity.org and www.enterprisecommunity.com to learn more about Enterprise's efforts to build communities and opportunity.
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