By Savannah Wood Afro Charities Executive Director Afro Charities was founded in 1963 to administer Mrs. Santa & AFRO Clean Block, two long-standing programs that have positively impacted generations of Baltimore and DC residents. In 2019, we expanded our mission to include preservation of the 130-year-old AFRO American Newspapers’ extensive archives. Through new programming like […]
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Merry Christmas From the AFRO
The AFRO’s Mrs. Santa and her Elves celebrated another successful holiday season! The AFRO collected various donations of toys, bikes, and monetary gifts to be distributed to good little boys and girls across the state. We couldn’t have done it without patrons like you. Thank you. (Photo by Marquis Perry)
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It’s Always Christmas at the AFRO
It’s barely past Christmas 2013 and the AFRO’s Mrs. Santa is already making a list and recruiting elves because making holiday fun for children is her specialty. And she has lots of help. “People are always looking for ways to give,” said Diane Hocker, also known as Mrs. Santa. “They contact us before we even […]
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It’s That Time of Year!
WHAT IS “CLEAN BLOCK?” Afro Clean Block was one of the earliest community initiatives in the history of the Afro-American Newspapers started by Ms. Frances L. Murphy I, daughter of the AFRO’s founder, John H. Murphy Sr in 1934. Clean Block was a program created to get the children of Baltimore involved in the community […]