HOSPITALITY
ORGANIZER: Betty Legenhausen
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 SOCIALS
ORGANIZERS: Pete Sugatt, Steven Scheinin
WHERE: Auditorium
WHEN: Saturday at 10:15 am
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.
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 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; organizing the Community Closet at Padonia for distribution of clothing, food, and school supplies; hosting a Giving Tree at Broadmead for collection and distribution of holiday gifts for children at the local schools: and conducting a yearly school supplies drive in the Summer.
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