The Free Store

June 15 Free Market

Joe — Mon, 13 May 2013 02:45:32 +0000

Your next opportunity to give what you can and take what you need is Saturday, June 15:

Accepting donations 10:00am – 11:30am
Giving away donations 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Looking for volunteers 9:30am – 3:00pm

Northside Baptist Church
1100 E. Northern Parkway

All donations are tax-deductible and given away completely for free! Email volunteer@baltimorefreestore.org if you want to help out.

Storefront search continues

Youssef — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:21:23 +0000

Hey folks,

We want to remind all our friends out there that we are still looking for a place to call home. Many of you remember the storefront we had on West Baltimore St, and how having a permanent storefront allowed us to be open for shopping once a week, and for donations twice a week. We’d love to be able to do that again, but we need your help. And the BIG news is, we have received a $10,000 grant specifically to use at a storefront, but we have to have a spot chosen and lease drafted THIS MAY!

Here are ways you can get in on the action:

If you have property in the city and want to rent it out to an awesome nonprofit, we want to hear from you!
If you know of a property that looks like it might be suitable for us, and (more importantly) you know who owns it, we also want to hear from you.
If you want to help fund us so we can afford awesome things like storefronts, click on that donate button on the right. Get in touch with us first if it is a large donation amount or you want it to go specifically to the storefront fund.

All storefront related correspondence should be directed to Bonnie at bnordvedt@baltimorefreestore.org.

Thanks!

Give what you can, Take what you need.

Joe — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:34:19 +0000

This month has been great for BFS! Between our huge 3-day Artscape Free Market, and our participation in Forest Park’s Community Fun Day, we’ve given away well over $10,000 in donated goods this July. With all volunteers. As we plan our next Free Markets and special events (we have a good one coming this fall…stay tuned!) we are looking for new folks to partner with us as volunteers. If you are interested in hearing more, email us at volunteer@baltimorefreestore.org, or come to this Saturday’s all-volunteer meeting at Clay Pots – 1635 W. Pratt Street from 10:30am – 12:30pm.

BFS @ Artscape!

Joe — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:45:03 +0000

Join us this July for 3 days of giving at the Artscape Festival. We will be accepting donations the week of the event (see below for details) and redistributing them from 12pm-8pm on July 20, 21, and 22nd! Once again we will be in the parking garage across from the Charles Theater (1714 N. Charles Street).

Donate for Artscape

Joe — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:03:48 +0000

Join us this July for 3 days of giving at the Artscape Festival. We will be accepting donations the week of the event (see below for details) and redistributing them from 11am-8pm on July 20, 21, and 22nd! Once again we will be in the parking garage across from the Charles Theater (1714 N. Charles Street). Want to volunteer with us during this event? Email volunteer@baltimorefreestore.org.

We will be accepting donations on Wednesday July 18, 6pm – 8pm at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church parking lot – 1900 St. Paul Street.

Here is a map of the donation location:

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Welcome to our new website!

Taiven — Sat, 12 May 2012 03:25:47 +0000

Back in April, we were among several non-profit organizations in Baltimore selected to be part of Web Slam, a contest pitting teams of talented high school students against each other to create the coolest website around. Our team of Digital Harbor students took our ideas and crafted them into a modern, funky, and informative web home.

Meet the team
Team Name: The Pro-Rammers

Name: Heman
Age: 16
Role: Graphics
Mad Skillz: Photoshop, Networks
Favorite Soccer Team: Barcelona

Name: Shannon
Age: 17
Role: Content
Mad Skillz: Design, Web Content
Favorite Superhero: Superman

Name: Taiven
Age: 14
Role: Layout
Mad Skillz: Servers, Databases
Favorite Candy: Dots

Name: Jonathan
Age: Unknown
Role: Advisor
Mad Skillz: CSS, Ruby on Rails, Submarining
Favorite Video Game: Asteroids

We worked hard for (almost) 24 hours straight.
We started with a nutritious breakfast:

Then we stared intently at our computer screens:

We debated the finer points of web design:

We wondered when lunch would be served:

And then it was:

After filling our bellies, we marched on:

By the end of the day, we had made quite a mess:

And, of course, this beautiful website.

We were floored by how dedicated, enthusiastic, and talented our team was. Thank you for all your hard work!

For more info on Webslam and the people behind it, click between the smiley faces click it!!!