Nonprofits in Maryland

Volunteering with SWB has been a wonderful experience. As a recent resident to Baltimore, I was lucky to find a group focused on building community and working with children through a language I've always understood - soccer. It has been a pleasure working alongside genuine and caring coaches and school personnel dedicated to serving diverse communities in Baltimore, and mostly, working with the all the kids involved with SWB. I look forward to continuing to volunteer here and contributing to a positive and constructive environment for all SWB's players.

We are a group of women that is spreading awareness on what is really going on at crossway community. We believe enough is enough and this organization needs to be exposed.. <br>Crossway Community Is a successful business that continues to thrive, by exploding our children and more importantly, us. Please support by being informed from this group.. Thank you Please look at our page on facebook "the truth about crossway community"

I started with Therapeutic and Recreational Riding Center, Inc. (also known as TRRC, Inc.) since 1998, and have loved the programs that Dr. Helen Tuel has developed over the years, and what she has built up over the years. Over time, I have also been a Therapeutic Rider, a Recreational Rider (when I start back up in the Spring 2022, it will be as a Therapeutic rider again!) Our instructors are all PATH Intl. Registered and/or Certified. We had to drop out of the Hippotherapy program for a while, but that has started back up as a a contract group that leases the TRRC areas. We've also been able to add an Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Program, again as Contractors to TRRC, Inc. AS a volunteer, I started out as a leader, a side-walker, working with physical and occupational physical therapists. Now I predominantly assist Dr. Tuel (our Founding and Executive Director, who has had the vision to create a state-of-the-art facility as well as the programs. I've been a as a volunteer coordinator, fundraiser (writing grant applications, researching new grant possibilities, coming up with some standardized wording that could be used across all grant applications, and managing our Professional Association for Therapeutic Horsemanship International group re-accreditation (starting in 2003 under the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, and continuing through 2021/2023.) I've also served as our safety coordinator and safety compliance coordinator, and now have a supervisor who will run interference for me with Helen Tuel regarding anything related to our Safety and other regulatory programs, and maintaining our GuideStar Profile (this rates nonprofits for their transparency and accountability practices in conducting their programs, writing annual reports, and any other documents that maybe needed as time goes by (Business Plans, Strategic Plans, etc.) <br> <br>TRRC, Inc. sits on a 55 acre farm, with 2 large 17-horse barns, and one older smaller horse barn. Additionally, we have 2 "Pony" barns (smaller stall sizes) for approximately 7-9 ponies each, and one includes a wash stall, and both include either a Tack Room and/or a Feed Room. The two larger "horse" barns each have wash stalls, the original barn (small horse barn) also has an office area, and 2 (soon to be 3) completed indoor riding arenas, with heaters to allow us to run year round, and sprinkler systems (for both our riders and our equines who have any form of respiratory difficulties - usually asthma. which allows TRRC to expand our riding capacity up to approximately 150 riders each week All have access to our large and small paddocks, complete with run-in sheds.

This organization does not treat the children in their care right. In certain homes Direct Care staff have to come out of pocket and pay so the children can eat, or experience different activities(Direct care staff never recieve money back from company). Underage children that are in some of their group homes are allowed to participate in illegal activities (smoking,stealing, etc) with no corrective actions. Most of the time these activities goes knowingly (by the program managers) unreported. The children bearly get the proper therapy that this organization claim to provide. The psychologist only method to care for these youth is to medicate them, instead of getting to the deeper root of their problems and showing them how cope. The people in the main office are incompetent. They are to concerned with focusing on fundraisers instead of the children needs. The children bearly benefit from the fundraisers that this organizations hold. The majority of the Direct Care employees are miserable and scared to report all of these downfalls for fear of loosing there jobs. Direct care staff stay around not because of the job but because of the youth. DJS and DSS should do a thorough investigation on this organization

Great Organization. Helped a lot to the families that they need it. I wish there were more organization like this. I know that they made huge different in our lifes when they accepted my son. I have been with them more than 4 years. I like the administration and how they run the organization. The staff are knowledgable and trained. My highs regard to Ms. Susan Ingram. Thank you for making difference in our children lifes by organizing CSS.