The huge turnout for the annual fundraiser for Weekend Backpacks for Homeless Kids could be seen as a reflection of what’s happened to the nonprofit itself, which started in 2015 with founder Sandie Nagel packing 18 backpacks with food on her dining room table to almost 200 people now packing and delivering more than 500 backpacks filled with food to kids in 21 Baltimore city schools each week.
Accordingly, there were at least 500 supporters jammed into Woodholme Country Club to celebrate the organization and raise $250,000 for the cause.
Pictured (LtoR) Sandie Nagel, Weekend Backpacks for Homeless Kids founder; and Fred Nagel, retired photographer
Pictured (LtoR) Henry Rosenberg, Rosemore, Inc. chairman; and Dot Rosenberg, event honoree
Pictured (LtoR) Weekend Backpacks for Homeless Kids board members: Stu Dettelbach, president; and Leslie Monfred, vice president
Pictured (LtoR) Event committee members: Stacy and Mark Sapperstein, 218 Walker Development partners
Pictured (LtoR) Susan Shearer, Gemini Media president; Howard Shearer, The Berg Corporation chief financial officer; Gayle Becker, Next Realty realtor; and Dr. Steven Becker Ellicott Mills Dental dentist
Pictured (LtoR) Jacob Greene, Mutual of Omaha financial advisor; and Dina Moyer, jewelry designer/Weekend Backpacks for Homeless Kids board member
Pictured (LtoR) Jeffery Kendrick, Maryland Center for Veterans Education & Training executive director; Cereta Spencer, Maryland Center for Veterans Education & Training director of development; and André Scott, State of Maryland cyber analyst
Pictured (LtoR) Elaine Lowen, Weekend Backpacks volunteer; and Dr. Marc Lowen, Maryland Department of Disability Services physician
Founder Sandie Nagel addresses the gathering.
(November 4, 2019 – Woodholme Country Club) Photos by Sloane Brown & Sean McDaniel
Sloane Brown
Baltimore's longtime fashion and social scene reporter, Sloane is the founder/managing editor of Baltimore Snap.
