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Rebuilding Oliver Neighborhood One Green Home At A Time- baltimoresun.com

Posted 18 February 2011 | By Baltimore BORN | Categories: In the News | No Comments

The One Green Home At A Time Foundation is making big changes in the Oliver neighborhood in East Baltimore, directly in the community that Baltimore BORN serves. In fact, David Borinsky and One Green Home At A Time generously donated one of these beautiful homes to Baltimore BORN in November 2010. By renovating a large number of [...]

City Schools’ Revved-Up Summer Program Gets Results – baltimoresun.com

Posted 09 February 2011 | By Baltimore BORN | Categories: In the News | No Comments

The Baltimore City School System is creating a new model for summer programs using activities like robotics, forensics, sports, and the Michael Phelps swim school, to combat summer learning loss. Results have shown an increase in enrollment as well as marked improvement in assessments.

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Michelle Obama:

"I had many friends who could have gone to college but they didn't have parents who thought that they should go into debt to pay for them to go to college...So when you grow up in communities where you see, where you're surrounded by, and you grow up with really bright, talented kids and you slowly see people slipping through the cracks, you know that there but for the grace of God...So I just keep thinking about those kids who are missing opportunities by a hair, by a breath, by a parent, by a teacher, by a dollar amount, and I'm kind of working to make up some of that difference to the extent that I think I can."

- In an interview from Time Magazine, First Lady Michelle Obama

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Rebuilding Oliver Neighborhood One Green Home At A Time- baltimoresun.com

City Schools’ Revved-Up Summer Program Gets Results – baltimoresun.com