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Across Our Communities – Social Impact Report 2018-19

Colleagues at Miles & Stockbridge regularly serve our community through
a wide array of organizations, both individually and in groups. Additionally,

we often coordinate specific drives and efforts through our Social Impact
Committee. The round-up below touches on many critical initiatives, but is
by no means exhaustive.

Miles & Stockbridge colleagues volunteered at United Way of the
National Capital Area's Project Homeless Connect (2018). Project
Homeless Connect puts essential services under one roof at the area’s
largest resource fair for those experiencing homelessness to help
eliminate the barriers that keep them from breaking free of the cycle.

United Way of National Capital Project Homeless Connect brings together local providers to deliver
The Miles & Stockbridge The Capital Area Food Bank’s For the third year in a row, Area Project Homeless Connect access to vital records, employment services, housing information,
Foundation sponsored the Food from the Bar Campaign is Miles & Stockbridge participated volunteer event photos legal consultations, dental/medical services, HIV screenings, voter
Maryland SPCA’s 2018 Festival the legal community’s response in United Way of Central shown above. registration, veteran assistance, haircuts and much more!
for the Animals, an annual 1.5- to hunger in the Washington Maryland’s Back to School
mile walk-a-thon created to help metro area. Since 2008, the campaign. To date, Miles &
the organization care for more legal community has provided Stockbridge colleagues have
than 16,000 homeless pets. Over the equivalent of more than 3.5 donated approximately 200
the past five years, the foundation million meals to kids, seniors and backpacks filled with school Miles &
and firm colleagues contributed families in need in the Washington supplies. The Miles & Stockbridge Stockbridge
more than $15,500 to the metro area. In 2018, Miles & Foundation and Miles &
Maryland SPCA, an independent Stockbridge’s Washington, D.C. Stockbridge colleagues also Hosts Third-
nonprofit organization dedicated office raised $1,575. donated $50,000 as part of United Annual Holiday
to improving the lives of pets and Way’s Annual Firm Campaign.
people in the community. The Capital Area Food Bank Service
is the largest organization in For more than 90 years, Campaign to
the Washington metro area United Way of Central Maryland Benefit Local
working to solve hunger and its has been improving lives in the Organizations
companion problems: chronic communities it serves: Anne
Arundel County, Baltimore City,
under-nutrition, heart disease Baltimore County, Carroll County,
and obesity. By partnering with Harford County and Howard
444 community organizations in County, Maryland. Miles & Stockbridge’s Social Impact Committee created and launched an annual firm-wide Holiday Service
D.C., Maryland and Virginia, as Campaign in 2016. Since the initial launch, every office, practice group and department has come together
well as delivering food directly to donate to between 16-20 different organizations annually. In 2018, donations were made to The Salvation
into hard to reach areas, the food Army Angel Tree Program, Brighter Christmas Fund, Wreaths Across America, Support Our Troops, Defenders
bank is helping 540,000 people of Animal Rights, Heartly House, Family & Children’s Services, Baltimore Hunger Project, New Endeavors
each year get access to good, by Women, Foundation Fighting Blindness, NPOWER, Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), Johns
healthy food. Hopkins Children Center, The National Center for Children and Families, and St. Vincent De Paul of Baltimore.

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