Philanthropic Outreach
Baltimore Post sponsors activities to assist veterans and other disadvantaged members of the local community. Our co-chairs for our philanthropy committee are Stacy Kahatapitiya, Arc Environmental: SKahatapitiya@arcenvironmental.com and Andy Parker, AE Group: AParker@aegroup-llc.com.
Education Outreach
College Mentoring
Baltimore Post has established a student chapter at the US Naval Academy and stays actively involved by mentoring students and their leaders from the post. Our lead for the USNA Post is Jeff Johnson, ARGO: JJohnson@Argo-sys.com. Jeff also chairs and coordinates the annual Engineer's Appreciation Dinner at the Naval Academy.
High School Outreach
Our "Day with an Engineer" shadowing program offers hands-on engineering experience to local Baltimore high school students at local engineering firms. Blaine Linkous of WBCM, chairs our committee: BLinkous@wbcm.com.
Summer Camp
SAME offers Summer Camp experience to high school students in four venues. Allison Hines, ARGO, leads our summer camp program: AHines@Argo-sys.com.
Middle School STEM Outreach
Baltimore Post sponsors local Baltimore Middle School students for a one-day event in the spring of each year: Easy as Pi. This STEM event includes students from most counties in Maryland who converge on the Engineer's Club for hands-on instruction in STEM topics by multiple presenters. We had an astronaut one year! This event is coordinated/chaired by Laura O'Donnell from AECOM; laura.odonnell@aecom.com.