St. Ann's children and teen mothers were blessed once again this year with plenty of toys, games, books, clothing and other gifts donated by hundreds of individuals, families and organi- zations.
In what has become an annual tradition, students from Lado International College, which provides English instruction to students from around the world, toured St.
St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home is honored to be selected to receive funding from the Safeway Foundation. We were awarded a generous grant of $7,500 to support our Teen Mother-Baby Program.
Thanks to the tremendous generosity of the following funders (and others who wish to remain anonymous), more than $500,000 in grants was raised to support St. Ann's programs in FY 2011:
With the volunteer help of local construction companies, the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association’s Home Builders Care Foundation, and the Washington, DC NFL Players’ Association
Sr. Mary Bader was the guest speaker at the College Park Rotary's weekly meeting on May 25, where President Gaspar F. Colon presented her with a check for $1,200. Calling the gift "providential", Sr. Mary told the Rotary members that the funds will be used to continue the renovation of St. Ann's that was sparked by the Rotary's own efforts to help St. Ann's update our building.
A field of 150 runners and walkers participated in the Visi Cub Chase, a 5K Walk/Run created by two Georgetown Visitation students to raise funds for their school and for St.