Look out for new eats at the B&O Railroad Museum
Families who visit the B&O Railroad Museum for its Kids & Families programming will now have an option for dining in.
The Franciscan Center, a nonprofit ministry which recently celebrated its reopening after renovations, partnered with the museum to open a new café on the museum’s campus this spring.
The café offers a healthy lunch menu with grilled burgers, chicken sandwiches, chicken wings, deli sandwiches, salads, soups and other kid-friendly dishes. It will be open Sunday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for both indoor and outdoor seating.
While providing food to hungry families and museum visitors, the café will also benefit the Franciscan Center’s social enterprise: Dignity Plates Culinary Training Academy.
Food at the café will be prepared by chefs who are graduates or students of the academy, and proceeds will support the academy training program. The program gives the economically disadvantaged an opportunity to build a career in culinary arts through a 13-week course.
By giving these students and graduates the opportunity to implement learned techniques professionally, the café provides an outlet for them to “be change agents who can make an impact in their lives and others in the city of Baltimore,” says Jeff Griffin, executive director of the center.
Peruse the new café’s menu and plan a family visit at borail.org.
School may be out, but learning is in.
Let this be the summer of science. The Discovery Center at Water’s Edge (DCWE), in Belcamp, Harford County, is hosting a new camp called “Future Innovators Summer Camp.”
This camp promises hands-on demonstrations, take-home projects and special guest experts from science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
From late June to mid-August, kids can follow their hearts—and their minds— with a camp lineup that includes programs for future architects, astronauts, programmers, chemists, archaeologists, scientists and engineers.
Each camp will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with extended care options available, and attending a camp also gives the camper unlimited summer admission to DCWE.
New to the Baltimore learning landscape, DCWE only just opened its doors to the public this fall. Since opening, the children’s museum and education center has provided coding classes for kids, workshops on the science behind snow, seminars on cutting edge discoveries and more.
Kitten season in Harford County
The Humane Society of Harford County (HSHC) hosted a very unusual “baby shower” last month to prepare for the arrival of its newest animal babies—more
specifically, kittens.
“Kitten season sounds like a cute and magical fairy tale,” says Danielle Holbrook, HSHC’s alternative placement manager, in a news release. “But when newborn kittens start coming in one after another, it can quickly become overwhelming.”
Kitten season, which is usually defined as the months between April and October, is the time of year when shelters like the HSHC are overrun by kittens due to higher birth rates.
In May, the shelter will continue to need kitten food, non-clumping kitty litter, powdered kitten milk replacer and bottles. Gift cards to area pet stores and monetary donations also play an important role in enabling the shelter to care for the fluffy newborns.
“Anyone can become a hero this kitten season, no matter their age, ability or resources,” Holbrook says in the news release.
HSHC has a kitten registry at Amazon.com, Chewy.com and Walmart.com. Donations can be shipped to the shelter at 2208 Connolly Road, Fallston, MD 21047.
Learn what you can do to lend a paw at harfordshelter.org.
