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Volunteer Opportunities
Making Good in Our Community
Baltimore
Making Good In Our Community has been building community and creating safe, welcoming spaces for neighbors in Belair-Edison for over 14 years. A large inner block lot behind the 3500 block of Cliftmont Avenue and Juneway was an unmaintained lot often used for dumping, and has been transformed into a community space with a playground, seating and picnic area. To enable year-round programming, Making Good In Our Community would like to add interior space by constructing a small building on the lot.
We are looking for architects with a creative knack, who are excited about designing low-budget, high-impact community spaces.
Please email Julia DiMauro at jdimauro@ndc-md.org with questions or to express your interest in the project
Floorplan Consulting for a New Harm Reduction Center
Baltimore
This is a flash opportunity looking for a quick turnaround!
A collective of harm reduction advocates, community organizations, and the University of Maryland School of Social Work work together serving a high-risk community in midtown, offering harm reduction services and providing a space to connect folks to resources and support.
They are moving to a location with an open floor plan and are in need of a quick consultation to discuss how to best utilize their new space. The project scope would consist of one in-person meeting and a sketched floorplan showing where they could build three small offices into the open space.
If you are interested in this project or would like to know more, please reach out to Julia DiMauro, jdimauro@ndc-md.org.
Check back soon! More to come...
Prince George's County
Thanks for your interest in volunteering with NDC. We are currently scoping projects and getting them ready for volunteers. If you are new to volunteering with NDC, please reach out to Angelica Arias, aarias@ndc-md.org, or Allie O'Neill, aoneill@ndc-md.org, to schedule a chat.
We look forward to working with you!
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There’s an amazing symbiotic relationship between our volunteers and community members. The local designers and experts who dedicate their talents to community projects learn from the community about the area’s needs and challenges, while residents get exposed to key design and implementation processes. Volunteers report their experience to be engaging and enriching!
“Working with NDC has taught me to listen to every unique voice in a design process and to always include those voices in design decisions.”
— Carol Currotto, Interior Designer
