An Extreme Thank You

We would like to thank everyone for their generous donations. we have more than 6055 items donated and included:

31 backpacks
266 binders
22 calculators
106 spiral notebooks
1460 wooden pencils
754 mechanical pencils.
747 pens

We have add pictures of our collection efforts and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition experience to our Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/pages/Baltimore-City-Living/128209043003?ref=ts#!/album.php?aid=191435&id=128209043003&ref=mf.

Extreme School Supplies Drive

School bells will soon be ringing again. Help Live Baltimore provide supplies for the young men and women of Boys Hope Girls Hope. Boys Hope Girls Hope, the recipient of Extreme Makeover Home Edition’s (EMHE) home transformation, has served Baltimore since 2002. The organization provides at-risk children with a stable home, positive parenting, high quality education, and the support needed to reach their potential. The organization is a privately funded, nonprofit organization. The homes are located in the Overlea/Rosemont East neighborhoods.

You can help in one of three ways:

Donate a school supply this week to the locations below.
Donate funds to purchase school uniforms (Click Here)
Donate directly to Boys Hope Girls Hope

The school supplies drive will be held July 12-16, as EMHE is constructing the home during this time period. Supplies donated by the public will go to deserving students, including the residents of the Boys Hope Girls Hope facility and students of the Baltimore City Public Schools. (A list of requested supplies is below.) Donations can be dropped off at the following locations:

Live Baltimore, 343 N. Charles Street, 1st floor, Baltimore, MD 21201
ABC2/WMAR-TV, 6400 York Road, Baltimore, MD 21212
EMHE Volunteer Tent, Belvedere Shopping Center, 5830 Hillen Road, Baltimore, MD 21206
Mount Pleasant Church and Ministries, 6000 Radecke Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21206

The sites are open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Donations will be accepted through Friday, July 16 at 12 noon for the television taping.

Monetary contributions can be made online. Contributions will go to the Baltimore City Public Schools’ uniform fund, which provides school clothing to deserving students. Donations can be made through this secure link on the Baltimore Community Foundation website: www.bcf.org/?TabId=485. You can also give directly to Boys Hope Girls Hope online: Boys Hope Girls Hope new.boyshopegirlshope.org/baltimore/DONATE.aspx.