WABC is looking to change that. Associated Builders and Contractors is a national organization. The Baltimore Chapter has a women’s committee, which has been putting on a career day for high school females for the past five years. Southway has been lucky enough to host the event at a job site and participate almost every year. This year we hosted the girls at our John Ruhrah Elementary School job site where we are renovating the school and building an addition as a Joint Venture project with MCN Build.

Various women from the committee and on the job site spoke about being a female in the field. From HR professionals to women who created their own construction business from the ground up, the high school ladies were able to see every facet of the industry and learn about the opportunities they have. They also got a lesson on budget analysis, got to work a 360 camera and see a drone fly around the building.

For the girls, seeing so many women who are successful in the industry was absolutely empowering, especially Stacey Lioreisis who is a project engineer at the John Ruhrah site.

One of the main points of the day is to make the girls aware of ABC’s apprenticeship program. There, men and women are able to shadow professionals in the industry to learn the practical and theoretical sides of various trades with on-the-job training and related classroom instruction. For more information on ABC Baltimore and their apprenticeship program, visit https://www.abcbaltimore.org/apprenticeship/.

We truly hope that through this experience many of these high school girls will consider entering an industry they might not have without exposure through events like this. Thank you to ABC, WABC, the job site team and all of the speakers/presenters for making the day so special for so many women.

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Last Friday, a group of Southway employees volunteered at the Baltimore Hunger Project. They ziplock bundled 450 meals to go home with Baltimore City or Baltimore County students in need as their food for the weekend.

Nearly 84% of Baltimore City Students are considered food insecure, and 48% participate in free or reduced-price meal programs. This means about 123,000 students in our area may struggle with hunger during breaks from school.

Volunteers from BHP will sneak into classes on Fridays and secretly place meals in students’ bags for the weekend. Not only do they provide food, but volunteers draw pictures for each bag to brighten the students day and make them feel special.

BHP is dedicated to strengthening bodies, empowering minds and building communities. Founder Lynne B. Kahn made the point that feeding children is not complex. Starting out, the organization provided meals to 30 kids in two elementary schools, but now it reaches over 450 children in 15 Baltimore schools.

To provide comfort, security and hope for these children is a reward unmatched. Thank you to everyone at the Baltimore Hunger Project for their hard work and allowing us to join them in giving back to the Baltimore community. For more information on the Baltimore Hunger Project and how to volunteer, visit https://www.baltimorehungerproject.org.

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Founded in 1984, The Loading Dock is the nation’s first successful, self-sufficient, nonprofit building materials reuse center, packed with new and used items and architectural salvage. Most of the materials found here are usually sent to a landfill, but The Loading Dock has created a re-production of supplies into the homes of Baltimore.

The Loading Dock serves homeowners, distributers, contractors and many more in the community. Their mission saves money for donors and members alike through saving on dumping/storage fees and providing materials for repairs at lower than retail cost.

Each Year The Loading Dock:

• Saves 421 kitchen cabinet sets , 42 miles of lumber and 1,634 windows.
• Diverts 4,489 doors from the landfill, which if stood end to end, would be taller than 25 Empire State Buildings.
• Could paint the exterior of the White House 85 times with the 26,000 gallons of paint donated.
• Serves over 11,000 homeowners and community groups, who saved over $2 M.
• Assists in the rehabilitation of nearly 15,000 homes.

Thank you to everyone at Southway who came out to volunteer (and sweat) at The Loading Dock last Tuesday! Our team was able to re-palletize several thousand individual bricks, unbox and organize cabinetry and untangle and sort electrical wire for recycling.

A special thank you for those at The Loading Dock who offer services to the community every day and are dedicated to affordable rebuilding in Baltimore. For more information on The Loading Dock and how you can volunteer, visit http://www.loadingdock.org.

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Paul’s Place started serving food twice a week and now has an outreach center, providing over 20 services to low-income individuals.

Southway was lucky enough to volunteer at Paul’s Place twice and participate in two of their annual holiday food drives. Plenty of contractors made monetary and food donations, as well, such as:

• Premier Concrete
• Personal Electric
• CL McCoy Framing
• Floors Etc.
• Tri-county Roofing
• Anderson Fire
• Pat Dorn

Not only were we able to serve over 500 collective meals to those who came to Paul’s Place, but we helped organize donated food and toys. We also assisted as “personal shoppers” to the men shopping in Paul’s Place Boutique, where people can go once a week to get any items they may need.
Paul’s Place has not only established themselves as a resource to low-income individuals but created a safe haven for those people as well.

We met some really special people that are doing a phenomenal job at providing a needed service to the community. Thanks again for everyone’s contributions and time. We will continue to look for ways to support Paul’s Place. If you are interested in learning more about Paul’s Place or how to contribute to the cause, visit http://paulsplaceoutreach.org/.

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Link to the Baltimore Sun article

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Online digital edition of “Who’s Who” Baltimore & Vicinity magazine.

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Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation (BARCO) purchased the building in August 2013 and has been working with an advisory committee of artists, curators, performers, arts educators, and art organization executives on the redevelopment effort. The first floor is the principal public venue, with a cafe, a black-box performance space, and a public gallery area in the main entrance. The second floor has been redeveloped as artist studios, and the third floor is home to office and collaborative space for arts-related non-profit organizations.

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