March 2024

Station News: We Have One of Maryland's Top 100 Women

In its 29th year, Maryland’s Top 100 Women was founded to recognize outstanding achievements by women demonstrated through professional accomplishments, community leadership and mentoring. “The 2024 Maryland’s Top 100 Women honorees inspire innovation, celebrate success and support the next generation of leaders in a multitude of industries and backgrounds across the state,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/The Daily Record.

On May 6, our Executive Director, Kim Callari, will be celebrated for her achievements and recognized as one of the amazing women in Maryland working hard to support positive changes in the community. Through her service at The Baltimore Station, she has helped to grow the organization and its ability to turn lives around. Kim has also worked hard to support those she leads at The Baltimore Station, encouraging new ideas and allowing her staff the space to achieve their own goals as well. We are absolutely ecstatic to see her receive this prestigious award.

A huge congratulations to all the women being recognized by The Daily Record as Maryland’s Top 100 Women. 

Community Connections: Using Our Resources to Meet Those in Need

This year, we have our eyes set on outreach, meeting those in need of our services right where they are. In collaboration with our outreach coordinator, board members, staff and clients here at The Baltimore Station, we are getting started with monthly meal giving. Through these efforts we will put together meals and blessing bags to pass out on the street in addition to our contact information. Although we will be engaging all those looking for a meal in the community, we are hoping our conversations and connections will bring more veterans looking for treatment into our program. The Baltimore Station has been serving the community for 35 years, so getting out and meeting folks in the area is so important to continuing our mission and expanding our reach. 

We started our first outreach meal with a Friday breakfast, encouraging clients here to package the breakfast bags the day before. This allowed all clients the ability to make an impact in their community. We sliced up bagels and added some snacks so every person we met would get some good food to start their day off right. The next day we set out as a team to meet with the community and pass out the bags. We spoke with community members about what they were doing, where they were at, and what they were most in need of. It was great to see clients in our program speaking with others about our mission and see if they too needed help. 

A huge thank you to all those involved for your hard work and dedication. We look forward to doing more of these days in the future. If you know a local restaurant or food distributer looking to get involved in the community, we encourage you to reach out to lfrazier@baltimorestation.org to help provide meals in the future.

Faces of The Station: Kitchen Edition

If you haven’t visited our kitchen in a while, you may notice some new faces on the team! Kitchen manager Russell Jackson recently returned to The Baltimore Station to continue his already 22 years of serving clients nutritious meals. Chef Jackson loves cooking and being in the kitchen, but his favorite part of working here, that eventually brought him back, was his belief in the mission and looking to help those struggling as he once did. 

Our second kitchen team member, Patricia Paul, has worked at The Station for two years now offering a bright smile and cheer with every meal she serves. Chef Pat loves showcasing delicious recipes she has mastered in her lifetime like ox tail and curry to our clients. She makes the most of her time connecting with the clients who call The Baltimore Station home as well as all the volunteers we welcome each week. 

Finally, we have clients of The Baltimore Station participating in kitchen duties through our work therapy program. These men show a particular interest in both service and culinary arts, combining those two passions to support the hard work that goes on in our kitchen every day. These men help our chefs directly with cooking, cleaning, and of course welcoming our dedicated network of volunteers. It is important to acknowledge the hard work our staff puts in every day, and these men have not only learned about what it takes to work in a kitchen but what it takes to support an organization like The Baltimore Station. 

A Happy but Hard Goodbye

Last month we said farewell to a long-time client who in his four years at The Station had an impact on each of us. From making his case manager laugh with his wit to encouraging younger clients to take pride in this space for bettering yourself, Mr. Ross has made sure each of us knew him by name. Mr. Ross graduated about a month ago, so his case manager reached out to see how life was after The Baltimore Station and talk about some memories he took with him. 

• On how he is adjusting to his new surroundings: “It's a lot quieter where I am now. I'm enjoying the quiet for the most part, and the other people at the house are nice and help me out. I'm eating well, but I miss Ms. Patricia's food. It's a big change from living with 50 guys to living with two other people in a house. It's nice to have rule over the TV.”
• On what The Baltimore Station means to him: “The Baltimore Station helped me with my recovery. It really saved my life. I was able to realize that I wasn't doing myself any favors and that I wouldn't make it if I kept at it. With the groups and with the support of the people there, I was able to be successful. I saw a lot of men at The Baltimore Station come and go, and I made a lot of friends there.”
• When asked about a favorite memory: “Going to the groups and sitting back and listening to conversations. I learned a lot from those groups, and I miss them. I especially loved Ms. Henry's (case manager at The Baltimore Station) groups. I also liked that trip we took to Sandy Point.”

Mr. Ross will surely be missed but we are all proud of the work he has done and the lessons he will carry on in his new community.

2nd Annual Take a Swing for Recovery

DATE: Thursday, April 11 | 1 - 4pm

LOCATION: Topgolf Baltimore

1411 Warner Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

Join us for a relaxing and fun filled afternoon as we raise funds for our programs! If you would like to attend or be an event sponsor, please contact Alexandra Protos-Saraceno at aprotos@baltimorestation.org.



Volunteer Potluck

DATE: Monday, April 22 | 5:30-7pm

LOCATION: 140 W. West Street | Baltimore, MD 21230

If you are interested in volunteering at this fun-filled meal service, please email Lilly Frazier at

lfrazier@baltimorestation.org for more information or to sign up!

Monthly Giving Program