Category Archives: Hearts & Homes events

Hearts & Homes Information Session at the Capital

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Please join us

Wednesday, March 4th
11:00am – 1:00pm
Lowe House Building, Room 170

Snacks and refreshments provided

Hearts & Homes for Youth is an organization dedicated to helping victimized youth. Since our founding over 50 years ago, we have served over 40,000 youth at our shelters, foster homes, and programs located across the state of Maryland. We invite you to come learn more about our organization and how you can make a difference in the life of a child.

Hearts & Homes staff look forward to speaking with your about our youth, our programs, and opportunities to get engaged.

If you have any questions, please contact Caitlin Buckley at cbuckley@heartsandhomes.org

Princess Party

PP-230x300Join us on July 17, 2015 for our annual Princess Party! The event is an opportunity for the girls and young women of Hearts & Homes for Youth to pick an outfit, get dressed up, and feel like princesses!

Hasn’t every female, at one time or another, dreamed of being “Princess for a Day”? The young ladies of HHY have that experience thanks to Susan Davis, wife of devoted HHY Board Member Larry Davis!

“I was just purging, going through my closet, and I found I had dresses,” Davis recalls. “A lot of them had tags on them, and I thought, I can do something with these dresses.”

All of that turned into Princess Party – and an entire office floor transformed into a shopping mall, with not only gowns and shoes and jewelry, but also volunteers to do hair, makeup, and even teach the girls “the walk.” Click here to read more!

At the Princess Party, our young women pick a dress or two, matching shoes and jewelry. Their makeup, hair, and nails are done by local business professionals who volunteer their time. The young women enjoy a delicious assortment of food and attention from all the guests, staff, and volunteers at the Princess Party!

At this event, Hearts and Homes is filled with giggles, happiness, and young women who felt beautiful, confident, and immeasurable self-worth.

The care and attention the volunteers afforded to our young women is priceless! If you would like to get involved, contact Vicki Valle at vicki@heartsandhomes.org 

Kings of Style Party

10303815_10153030538727112_496461201850301520_n-300x219Join us this August for our annual Kings of Style Party! The event is an opportunity for the boys and young men of Hearts & Homes for Youth to pick an outfit, get dressed up, and become kings of their own style!

We hope that the youth leave the party with a fresh sense of confidence and self worth, in addition to formal attire that they can wear to future events and job interviews!

There are many ways you can get involved, from donating gently used suits, shoes, and accessories, to being the dinner sponsor, to volunteering at the event and meeting our boys! If you would like to get involved, contact Vicki Valle at vicki@heartsandhomes.org

LGBT Foster Parent Information Session!

408692b836aac4643247b13719bfa3fe_XL On Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 7:00pm-9:00pm at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center in Columbia, MD, Hearts & Homes for Youth, Equality Maryland, and PFLAG Howard County jointly hosted an Information Session for potential foster parents, specifically in consideration of the needs of LGBTQ foster youth.

The event featured a panel discussion with former foster youth Michelle McLeod who discussed her experiences in foster care, current foster parent Bernadette Joyner who spoke about her experiences fostering youth, and HHY’s Maureen Rodgers who talked about how to become an HHY foster parent!

Are you interested in being a foster parent? EQMD, PFLAG, and HHY will host another foster parent information session soon in Montgomery County, keep checking back for more details!

Check out coverage of the event at Baltimore Out Loud and Washington Blade.

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Back to School Picnic

10609422_10152655323632112_1320932002858463671_n-300x225Today Hearts & Homes hosted the annual Back to School Picnic, a great way for youth and the Hearts & Homes family to kick off the school year.

Held shortly before school starts, it is a chance for the youth to meet each other and all the staff at Hearts & Homes, get school supplies for the new school year, and enjoy the outdoors.

Hearts & Homes Group Home Program Managers, Counselors, and Social Workers led the fun and welcoming celebration, full of games, sports, activities, and smiles.

Once again, Social & Scientific Systems provided Hearts & Homes with new backpacks filled with school supplies. For years, Social & Scientific Systems have provided the youth of Hearts & Homes with the tools they need to start the school year well prepared.

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