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News Release
Office of News and Information
Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2692
Phone: (410) 516-7160
Fax (410) 516-5251
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October 15, 1999
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Ben Phillips
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity,
Maryland Alpha Chapter, 410-662-8275
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Hopkins Students Host Field Day to Benefit Youth
Center
Get in touch with your silly side.
A group of Johns Hopkins University students will host a
field day at 3 p.m. on
Saturday, Oct. 30, on the Gilman Quad on the university's
Homewood campus, 3400 N.
Charles St. in Baltimore. The event, which will feature
three-legged races, egg tosses, and
other races and games, will benefit the Destiny of Hope Community
Center on
Friendship Street in North East Baltimore. The event, called the
Phi Psi 500, is
sponsored by Phi Kappa Psi, a Hopkins fraternity, and is open to
the campus and
community. Families are welcome, and prizes include gift
certificates to area restaurants,
Sony PlayStations and other gifts. Entry fees for teams of four
are $20, or $5 dollars a
person. There will be plenty of people there without teams so
individuals should not be
discouraged from coming alone.
The Destiny of Hope Community Center is run by Bishop Robert
Woodland and
his wife, Beverly. In 1997, the Woodlands took all of their
savings and purchased an
abandoned warehouse in hopes that it would serve as a safe,
after-school environment
for children in the community. Today, the center provides games,
and personal and
social counseling for some 50 to 60 kids ages 7 to 17 every day.
The center also offers a
GED program for older children as well as a mentorship program on
weekends. The
Woodlands hope to buy the children new books and perhaps some
computers with the
money raised by the Phi Psi 500. This year, the Johns Hopkins
Office of Volunteer Services has begun
working with the center
to provide student support for the repairs and volunteers needed
to turn the old
warehouse into a thriving youth center.
For more information or sign up, call 410-662-8275.
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