MATTHEW HENSON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Selected by Mayor for kick-off community for 2016 Mayor’s Fall Cleanup
- Assisted with the acquisition of Handicap Parking Sign for Senior resident
- Recommended Award for Ernestine Shepherd by the Baltimore City Health Commissioner
- Hosted Breakfast Celebration of the 150th Birthday of Matthew Alexander Henson with the hanging of a 50th Great Facts about Matthew A. Henson along with a new poster.
- Received an award for AFRO Clean-Green Block Campaign
- Purchased, through an ARCO Grant, a sit-down Lawn Mower to cut the Adopt-A-Lot
- Acquired our 2nd Adopt A Lot – 1527-1557 N. McKean Avenue
- Supported Traffic Lights @ W. North Avenue @ Pulaski Street
- 2nd Annual Easterwood Cook-Out & Health Festival
- $30,000 for 5 neighboring schools from U.S. Department of Education
- Acquisition of 2nd Adopt A Lot – 1527-1557 N. McKean Avenue
- 1900 block of Baker Street included in Weekly mechanical street cleaning
- Supported traffic light at Pulaski Street & West North Avenue
- Acquisition of $3,000.00 Grant for After School & Community Uplifting Projects
- 2016 Cherry Blossom Bake Sale tremendous success
- MAHNA successful in postponing costly alley repairs to 1500 Bentalou Street Residents;
- Contributed close to $1,000.00 for MAH Elementary School Cheerleader Uniforms
- MAHNA convinces AFRO American Newspaper to bring AFRO CLEAN/GREEN BLOCK back;
- Mayor’s Commission to remove Lee/Jackson Statue through the leadership MAHNA;
- 2 Kwanzaa Celebratory Free Luncheon;
- Breakfast Salute to Senior Residents;
- 4 Free Visits to Orioles Baseball Games;
- 2 Free Billie Holiday Salutes;
- 2 Free ‘1963’ Historic Presentations;
- Acquisition of 501©(3) designation;
- 3 Days of Free Food during April 2015 Riot;
- 1st Annual Free Easterwood 2015 Cookout;
- Graduations Gifts to School Scholars;
- ALL WAY STOP SIGNS AROUND SCHOOL;
- MAHNA Information Pamphlet;
- Adopt-A-Lot @ Payson and Presstman;
- MAHNA Post Office Box;
- MAHNA Website www.mahna.co;
- 1 ½ hour National C-SPAN Program;
- Largest Number of Financial Businesses;
- Increase Fines for Liquor Sales to Children;
- Spoke-out and Testified on Heroin Epidemic;
- Opposed tax on plastic market bags;
- Opposed discriminatory curfew;
- Worked on double parking problem;
- Support for city issued trash cans;
- 22 How to Be A Good Neighbor Commandments;
- 2 Large Welcome to Community signs;
- Quarterly Roll-offs for trash and debris;
- Celebration of Cherry Blossom and Pre-Holiday Bake Sales;
- Supported historic designation of 1232 Druid Hill Avenue.
- Built Easterwood/Sandtown Park & Playground 1515-1557 N. Fulton
- Awarded 2 Grants from Care-A-Lot / BMORE BEAUTIFUL for both lots
- Obtained 3 Yellow School Lights on for Monroe Street & 2 on Baker Street
- 3rd Annual Kwanzaa Program
- 1st Anniversary of Park & Playground
- Hosted ‘Saving OUR Sons Symposium
- Received 3 financial grants from Governor Hogan for C.O.R.E.
- Co-sponsored naming of Harriett Tubman parked we led the move for the confederate statue removal
Dr. Marvin L. ‘Doc’ Cheatham, Sr. – President
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