Clean Up Of Patapsco Valley State Park Kicks Off Volunteer Maryland Initiative

HOWARD COUNTY, MD — This past weekend, Volunteer Maryland kicked off its 2022-2023 service year at Patapsco Valley State Park, celebrating 30 years of service to the state of Maryland.

“For 30 years, Volunteer Maryland has brought out the best in our citizens and has served communities across the state during their time of need,” said Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives Executive Director Steven J. McAdams. “We thank all of our new AmeriCorps members and all of this year’s partner sites and we wish them the best as they begin their service journey together to continue to empower communities.”

Volunteer Maryland partners with nonprofits, government agencies and schools to help address critical community needs in education, economic opportunity and environmental stewardship. The coordinators are each assigned to one of Volunteer Maryland’s partner sites, where they will work closely with staff to help improve volunteer program capacity through a needs assessment and by creating training sessions, initiating recruitment drives, developing community partnerships, conducting volunteer recognition events and training staff and volunteers in volunteer management skills.

This year's Volunteer Maryland partner sites include:

• Anne Arundel Forestry Board
• Anne Arundel County Public Schools – Arlington Echo
• Baltimore City Recreation and Parks
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore
• Clay Hill Public Charter School
• Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County
• Fair Hill Nature Center
• Interfaith Partners of the Chesapeake
• Justice Jobs of Maryland
• Literacy Council of Montgomery County
• Little Portion Farm
• Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office
• Network for Developing Conscious Communities
• So What Else?
• Stella Girls
• The Community Ecology Institute
• Touchstones Discussion Project
• University of Maryland Baltimore CURE Scholars Program