Día del Niño 2024 Wrap Up

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Thank you for an amazing Día del Niño celebration!

We want to thank everyone who came out to celebrate Día del Niño with us on Saturday, as well as thank all of the collaborators, sponsors, volunteers, and families that make the day so special!

Thank you to presenting sponsor PNC , along with David Rosario - State Farm Insurance Agent , Nuestras Raíces Inc. , and media sponsor Somos Baltimore Latino , as well as Día del Niño partners Comité Latino de Baltimore , Breath Of God Lutheran Church , Patterson Park Public Charter School , Creative Alliance , and Mis Raíces!
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¡Gracias por una increíble celebración del Día del Niño!
¡Queremos dar las gracias a todos los que vinieron a celebrar el Día del Niño con nosotros el sábado, así como a todos los colaboradores, patrocinadores, voluntarios y familias que hacen que este día sea tan especial!

Gracias al patrocinador principal PNC , junto con David Rosario - State Farm Insurance Agent , Nuestras Raíces Inc. , y el patrocinador de medios de comunicación Somos Baltimore Latino , junto con los colaboradores del Día del Niño, incluso Mis Raíces , Breath Of God Lutheran Church , Patterson Park Public Charter School , Creative Alliance , y Comité Latino de Baltimore!

Earth Day in Patterson Park!

A big thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate Earth Day with us here in Patterson Park! At our Saturday event, we planted 28 beautiful trees in the annex, cleaned the Castle Playground, picked up trash from the boat lake, and did a park-wide trash cleanup with the help of our partner, Chispa Maryland!

We also had 4 corporate groups come out during the week before and after Earth Day to do additional trash pick up, weed trees, and clean the Observatory. Thank you to the volunteers from CPower Energy, GWWO Architects, Arch Insurance, and MECU Credit Union, for using your time to care for Patterson Park!

Additionally, we dedicated our first ever “Earth Day Community Tree” inside the park at the Lombard St/S Patterson Park Ave entrance. This tulip poplar was planted and dedicated in celebration of some special individuals in the community. More info on this program is here.

Would you like to get news about all of our upcoming stewardship opportunities in the park? Visit our volunteer page HERE and sign up to get our weekly newsletter with all upcoming events and news HERE.

Youthworks teen applications open for Summer 2024

Interested in a Youthworks Supervisor position for this summer? Check out the details here

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Phase 2!

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

Thanks for a great Soiree in the Park!

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!

Mueveton + BabyFest Wrapup 2023

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!