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7.15.2013

Frederick News-Post Features Partnership between Helping Up Mission and 1 Voice Trekking

1 Voice Trekking members will lead a short hike through Patapsco Valley State Park this weekend in conjunction with Helping Up Mission. At the midpoint the group will pause for an opportunity for conversation, group therapy, and meditation. Helping Up Mission, one of Baltimore’s oldest and largest non-profit organizations, seeks to help homeless and destitute members of our community who are also suffering from alcohol and/or drug addiction, abuse, neglect and poverty. Helping Up Mission focuses on a holistic approach to recovery and healing that is Christ-centered...

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7.03.2013

Eye surgeon gives Helping Up Mission program graduate the gift of sight

In his 14 years of providing free eye exams for the homeless and volunteering at the Helping Up Mission, Dr. Anthony Kameen had never seen a situation like that of 47-year-old Anthony Curtis.

Curtis was like many men at the Baltimore shelter — homeless, drug addicted and looking for support in completing the organization's 12-step recovery program.

When Kameen called in Curtis, the homeless man navigated to the exam room by placing his hands on the walls as he walked.

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