
City, state and foundation leaders gather Oct. 31 at Sarah’s Hope, Mount Street to break ground on an $8.5 million renovation and expansion project for the St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore homeless shelter. From left, Mary Catherine Bunting; Amy Kleine, program director, Basic Human Needs, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation; John Schiavone, president and CEO, St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore; Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake; Nancy Hackerman, Hackerman Foundation; Baltimore City Councilman William “Pete” Welch; William Ariano, deputy director, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. (Courtesy St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore)