HOSPITALITY
ORGANIZER: Bobbie Cook
WHERE: Community Center
WHEN: As scheduled
DETAILS: Each cluster elects a Hospitality Chair. The chairs are responsible for welcoming new residents, and they help to assimilate new residents into the Broadmead community. The Cluster Hospitality Rep contacts prospective residents as they move, and is available to them afterwards. The chairs gather occasionally in the Community Center to share ideas. They sponsor a BRA Holiday Event and Social Welcoming New Residents receptions each year.
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOR (subcommittee of Archivist)
ORGANIZER: Alice Giles
WHERE: Library area on the ground floor of the Community Center
WHEN: As required
DETAILS: Maintains the paper copy of the current resident biographies in conjunction with the Archivist and the BRA Archive website.
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MEN’S SATURDAY SOCIALS
ORGANIZERS: Sidney Levy, Bruce Russell
WHERE: Auditorium
WHEN: Varioua
DETAILS: The main purpose of this gathering is to build camaraderie among the men residing here. The coordinating committee organizes the meetings by reserving space, arranging refreshments, advertising, and recruiting speakers.
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STUDENT SUPPORT VOLUNTEER PROJECT (SSVP)
ORGANIZER: Sandra Angell, Marion Baker, Cynthia Sugatt
WHERE: Cockeysville Middle School and Padonia International Elementary School and associated events at Broadmead; the Student Support Network Distribution Center (The HUB) in Timonium
WHEN: Year-round at Padonia; September through June at Cockeysville; ad hoc at the HUB
DETAILS: The Student Support Volunteer Project provides an opportunity for Broadmead residents to volunteer in local public schools where over 40% of students’ families fall below federal poverty guidelines. Activities include; collecting for and distributing food and toiletry items at the schools’ food pantries; assisting students and teachers with classroom learning activities; knitting hats and scarves for students and their families; assisting schools with health fairs and other special projects; reorganizing the Community Closet at Padonia for distribution of clothing, food, and school supplies; and preparing weekend and holiday food bags at the HUB.