Unique ways to support the Friends!

As a small non-profit with a big mission, we are so very grateful when our local business community steps in to support our work in Patterson Park! Our corporate friends include those who sponsor our events and athletic programming, those who commit their financial support, and those who might help our work through gifts of goods and services.

A great example of this is our neighbor Baltimore Home Cleaning, who has a non-profit arm providing free home cleaning to individuals - home-bound, injured, elderly, special situations - who are in need. They take care of the Friends’ Headquarters even with all its many challenges (working from a home built in 1868 and not maintained since the 1970’s is absolutely challenging!), and we are so grateful for the amazing cleaning they provide and for their work in the community!

If your business is interested in keeping Patterson Park “Baltimore’s Best Backyard” by supporting the Friends of Patterson Park, please get in touch! Visit our Corporate Friends or Sponsorship pages for more info, or contact us directly.

Voluntober! in the Park

We had an amazing time the morning of Saturday, October 6th at Voluntober!, our fall multi-team volunteer event.

We had 72 volunteers clean the Boat Lake, pick up trash, plant 53 trees in partnership with TreeBaltimore, mulch many more trees (100!) with two truckloads of mulch and clean the playground.

We were happy to work alongside Patterson Audubon, and it was great to have Friends School of Baltimore bring volunteers, and provide free face painting and live music.

Thank you to all who participated, and look out for our spring Volunteer Extravaganza in April!

Want more information on future volunteer opportunities? Check out our Volunteer page!

2nd Annual Patterson Park Brew Fest

Another Brew Fest is in the books, raising thousands for Patterson Park! We couldn’t have asked for better weather and a more awesome crowd!

A big thank you to our VIP Tent sponsor Atlas Restaurant Group!!!
Thanks to our participating breweries…Union Craft Brewing, Monument City Brewing, Peabody Heights Brewery, The Brewer’s Art, Heavy Seas, Oliver Brewing Co, and Key Brewing, and to all of our amazing food vendors…Taco Bar, The Urban Oyster, Bistro Lunch Box, Charmed Kitchen, Balti’marons and Charm City Pops.

And thanks to DJ Grey, Sons of Pirates, Charm City Junction and Cara Kelly and the Tell Tale for a great day of music.

Additional thanks goes to our supporting sponsor 101 Ellwood!

We look forward to doing it all again next year!

Check out the photo slideshow below!
Photo credit: Alison Reeder of Framing Faces

Wine at Sunset 2018

Another Patterson Park Wine at Sunset is in the books  - this was our 14th!  - and it was a great one! The weather was perfect this year, the auction was hopping, music was rockin', wine was flowing and the food was flawless. 

More than 550 people enjoyed wine and bites from local restaurants, including Water for Chocolate, Charm*d Kitchen, DiPasquale's, Cafe Gia, Twist, Points South Latin Kitchen, Taco Bar and Dessert Fantasies.  Thanks to all of these wonderful restaurants, and Monument City Brewing Company, who brought their new Pagoda Pale Ale!

Thank you to all of our attendees and auction winners and generous auction donors who helped us raise $25,000+ for Patterson Park! And extra special thanks to our wonderful hosts Danny & Michelle Barnycz and Ron & Jen Howard!

We can't wait for next year! (Put it on your calendars...May 23, 2019!)

Photos by David McIntosh Photographics

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