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Thank you for joining us in celebrating “officially” breaking ground on Phase 2 of our capital project - our new community-programming space, volunteer support center and courtyard - on Wednesday, November 8th. We were pleased to welcome members, friends and neighbors, architects, builders and representatives to highlight Friends of Patterson Park’s journey to this historic moment. This new building marks the Friends’ next step in Patterson Park as we expand our role and footprint in the community. Learn more about this project and how you can still help at https://pattersonpark.com/capitalcampaign
Photos by Michael Ivan Schwartz
Our 25th Anniversary party - Soiree in the Park - was held September 9th! The weather that weekend was tricky, and despite a rainy start, the evening cleared at 7:30 just in time for cake and dancing. We heard from our Executive Director Jennifer Robinson about the 2nd Phase of our capital campaign - Deepening Roots, Cultivating Community - to raise the final $300,000 towards the construction of a new community programming space, and heard remarks from BCRP Director Reginald Moore, park volunteer and member Jenn Aiosa, and our Board president Katherine Klosek. Senator Bill Ferguson and Delegate Robbyn Lewis represented our Legislative Team 46, and Senator Ferguson presented a congratulatory Resolution from the Senate commemorating 25 years of the Friends of Patterson Park!
We’re so grateful to our friends and neighbors who braved the rain and came out to celebrate, and we hope to hold a version of this event in future years! Thanks to our amazing dinner band Ultra Faux, our DJ from Baltimore Sound who got us up and dancing!
Thanks to our fabulous team of volunteers who did everything from set up to registration! And special thanks to our sponsors: Keilty Bonadio Attorneys at Law, Cap Ex Advisory Group, PI.KL, Northpoint Builders, The Exchange Club of Highlandtown-Canton, Spa Adagio, and Shara Boonshaft - we’re so grateful for your support! Our partners are the BEST, too…thanks to our partners at Baltimore City Recreation & Parks, Off the Rox and Old Line Spirits, and to our friends and media partners WYPR and WTMD!
Friends of Patterson Park is excited to partner with Baltimore Medical Systems, Johns Hopkins Centro Sol, and Baltimore City Recreation and Parks for Mueveton + BabyFest and we are already working to plan next year’s event! We want to thank our lead sponsor CareFirst, along with media sponsor Somos Baltimore Latino, and all of the wonderful community partners and organizations who came out to make this year’s Mueveton + BabyFest 5K and health and fitness expo a success! A special thanks to our yoga and Zumba instructors, Spa Adagio for providing free post-race massages, USTA Mid-Atlantic’s kids tennis zone, and Towson Hot Bagels and SaveMart for providing delicious post-race food. Lastly, we want to thank all of the kids, adults, babies in strollers, and dogs who came out to participate in the free 5K around the park and the expo. We can’t wait to see everyone for next year’s Mueveton + BabyFest!
Friends of Patterson Park Board & Committees guide the work of the Friends.
If you’ve been a Friends of Patterson Park member for a bit, you might know about our mission - to support the diverse community surrounding the park with free park programming, to protect the historic elements like the Observatory, to steward the park’s natural resources with a busy volunteer corps, and to advocate for park resources, both to Baltimore City and funders. The 137 acres of green space that is Patterson Park is truly the Best Backyard in Baltimore, and Friends of Patterson Park works to keep it that way, for our whole community.
You may not know…all of this work is guided by the input and expertise of our Friends of Patterson Park Board, who offer their time and professional talent to our organization to help us plan strategically for the future.
What does the Friends of Patterson Park Board do?
Among other activities, the Friends of Patterson Park Board is responsible for developing the Friends’ mission, helping the organization achieve that mission and adopting an annual budget. Committee members (who may or may not be Board members) serve on the Membership & Development, Capital Projects, Finance, and Advocacy Committees to help do the important work of planning and implementation of board priorities. Board and Committee members hail from all neighborhoods around the park, and all share an enthusiasm for Baltimore City, our diverse community and our work in this thriving park. You can meet some of them HERE.
This year, we are kicking off the second phase of our capital campaign to construct a new community programming venue, volunteer support center and courtyard to further transform FPP’s headquarters into a multi-use space that further deepens its root to the park and its surrounding community. And, we’ll celebrate our 25th anniversary at the Soiree in the Park!
If you share our passion for Patterson Park and want to be a part of guiding its future, please consider joining us.
Fill out the form below to let us know you’d like to learn more about Committee service or if you’d like to be considered for a future position on the Board.
