High School Club of the Year Winners of Towson High School with the honorable Katie O'Malley
On May 5th, Students Sharing celebrated another successful year with our annual Civic Engagement Awards Ceremony. Our staff, Board of Directors, students, parents and community partners gathered at the Enoch Pratt Southeast Anchor Library in Baltimore City. Special guests WJZ-TV’s Marty Bass and First Lady of Maryland Katie O’Malley also joined our celebration.
This year two high school students Rickey Brunson and Meredith Chasney were awarded the Jake Fowley Scholarship for Service awards, for their demonstrated dedication to their involvement in Students Sharing and their commitment to becoming civically engaged young adults. Community partners Highlandtown Middle 215, Lanvale Transitional Housing, Stevenson University and Towson High School were also honored for their work with us this year. Lanvale Transitional Housing is our newest partnership, every weekend our high school club members work on art projects and play with young children staying at Lanvale as a part of “Art Escape” a new Community Action Project (CAP). Stevenson University students put together a wonderful promotional video for Students Sharing highlighting our students and our programs; we were able to unveil this video at the event. Towson High School’s SSC club under new student leadership was revived, 60 new members were recruited, students began to regularly attend CAPs and student leaders are members of our Just Wear Committee. Highlandtown Middle 215 has partnered with Students Sharing for the past three years, where we have successfully implemented our OperationAWARE and Justice Circles programs. The evening also featured student presenters from Chinquapin Middle, Highlandtown Middle 215, and Patterson Park Justice Circles. Students Sharing 2007 alumni, Liz Flamm, shared how her experience at Students Sharing continues to influence her decisions after college. The event marked our 4th Civic Engagement Ceremony, we take this time to honor those who partner with us and help us further our mission in developing Baltimore’s youth.
