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Last summer, when the pandemic seemed to be ebbing, the residents of CHAI’s Weinberg Senior Living communities were overjoyed that in-person social gatherings and group transportation were able to resume. As we face the need to respond to increasing COVID cases linked to the Omicron variant, CHAI is focused on keeping our 1,600+ residents both safe... Read More

CHAI is excited to announce the FY 2022 Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative (BRNI) grant awards to the Northwest Baltimore Partnership (NWBP) totaling $1,095,000. This funding will support exciting investments in northwest Baltimore City and County including the Pikesville Armory NCO Club, Cylburn Arboretum Carriage House expansion, HUBS senior home repair program (Housing Upgrades to Benefit... Read More

CHAI’s Northwest Neighbors Connecting (NNC) is a synergetic group of older adults who lead and participate in social, educational and cultural activities, inspiring one another to experience life to the fullest. Over the holiday season, NNC members engaged in programming and discussions that explored topics related to diversity, social justice and multiculturalism. At their November meeting, the... Read More

The mission of CHAI’s Fallstaff Multicultural Organization Project (FMOP) is to bridge cultural gaps in one of Baltimore’s most diverse neighborhoods. FMOP has held in-person community events like International Day Festival and End of Year Holiday Gathering, creating fun and safe space for members of the Latinx, African American and Jewish communities to gather, mingle... Read More

Each year on CHAI’s Good Neighbor Day, community members participate in events designed to help beautify northwest Baltimore and assist older adults in the winterization of their homes. This year, CHAI added a new event specifically for the residents of Fallstaff (Baltimore City) and Colonial Village (Baltimore County). Upon learning that both neighborhood associations expressed... Read More

Mary Mayhew’s popular art classes at the Edward A. Myerberg Center always seem to fill up quickly. The accomplished artist teaches oil painting on Tuesday afternoons to a group of enthusiastic students, one of whom is Carol Hawtof. Carol and her sister Rita have been taking Mary’s classes for the past several years. Just before... Read More

Travis Curtis joined the CHAI professional team on November 15 as our Senior Accountant. Travis comes to us most recently from Medstar Health, having previously worked at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University. He brings a decade of experience in financial accounting and grant management and is very excited to bring his passion... Read More

This summer, CHAI received a call from a concerned daughter who shared that her mother, an older adult from New York, had been living in Baltimore since the start of the pandemic. The caller explained that her mother, Mrs. G, was in need of social engagement, so CHAI connected her to its Warm House program.... Read More

Each fall, CHAI volunteers join together to beautify and strengthen our neighborhood, collecting hundreds of pounds of trash from the Western Run stream and assisting senior homeowners with the winterization of their homes. We invite you to join the effort this year by volunteering on Sunday, November 14, for CHAI’s annual Good Neighbor Day. This... Read More

CHAI is a proud member of the Northwest Baltimore Partnership (NWBP), a coalition of community associations, nonprofit organizations, businesses, government agencies and faith-based institutions working collaboratively to build value from Park Circle to Pikesville. The partnership’s Oral History Project will video-record and publish approximately 50 interviews with long-time residents of northwest Baltimore. The project aims... Read More