Tag: Community Service

  • Helping Hand

    Helping Hand

    A local student gives back in a big way. Just in time for college-application season, Friends School of Baltimore senior Noah Gainsburg added an impressive title to his resume: St. Francis Neighborhood Center’s Volunteer of the Year. At 18, this Reisterstown native has dedicated more than 300 volunteer hours to Reservoir Hill’s SFNC, a nonprofit…

  • From Weeds to Waffles

    From Weeds to Waffles

    A Baltimore transplant turns an outdoor chore into a community-building club. One Sunday last June, Phil LaBarge spent the morning pulling weeds from the sidewalk outside of his Canton home to help out the elderly people on his block. Feeling inspired by the therapeutic cleanup, he treated himself to brunch at Of Love and Regret…