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[12] The Port of Baltimore ■ ISSUE 4 / 2022
Community Corner
Pitching In at the Port of Baltimore — If you’re involved in community events, we’d love to highlight you! Email tina.irgang@todaymediacustom.com
Knorr Brake Company Helps Local School Fund New Playground
Volunteer for a Shoreline Cleanup at MASONVILLE COVE!
Captain Trash Wheel has been removing trash and debris from the Patapsco River at Masonville Cove for more than four years, but even after collecting more than 29 tons of garbage, there’s more to be done. And you can help!
The Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership, which includes the Maryland Port Administration, organizes periodic cleanups along the shoreline. At a cleanup in June, volunteers collected more than 40 pounds of trash alone. In all, more than 600 pounds of trash have been collected during cleanups, which began about 13 years ago.
FIND DATES FOR UPCOMING CLEANUPS AT www.masonvillecove.org.
Hampstead Elementary School in Hampstead, MD, opened a new play- ground this school year that will be welcoming for children of all ability levels.
It took support from local businesses and individuals to help the school realize its dream. Among those who supported the effort was the team of Westminster-based Knorr Brake Company (KBC) and its parent company’s North American foundation, Knorr-Bremse Global Care North America (KBGCNA). Together, the two organiza- tions awarded $70,000 in funds, almost half the cost of the $158,000 project. The organizations also contributed cooperative assistance for the project.
“We were thrilled to partner with Hampstead Elementary in acquiring and constructing an accessible playground for its students and for the greater community,” said Lindsey Franey, Marketing and Governmental Affairs Manager at KBC and KBGCNA’s project champion for the playground. “Extending this support for a project that is educational and fun, and that also eliminates barriers, is at the core of what our organizations strive to promote,
and we’re happy to be a part of it.” KBGCNA is the North American
philanthropic organization for Knorr-Bremse of Munich, Germany, the global market leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of other safety-critical rail and commercial vehicle systems. And Knorr- Bremse subsidiary KBC is a leader in the supply and maintenance of braking systems for U.S. passenger rail cars.
Hampstead Elementary, located in northern Carroll County, serves about 425 students, from preschool up to fifth grade. While the majority of its students live in Hampstead, the school also serves about 60 students from surrounding areas who receive special education services there.
“We have several classrooms dedicated to students with autism, and we have students with some medical conditions that warrant the use of a power wheelchair or a walker,” said Arlene Moore, Principal of Hampstead Elementary. “It was important to us to make sure that all students, no matter their disability, were able to play on the playground with their peers.” 􏰀