A homeless community cook-out

BBQ in Baltimore City

Jennifer McLaughlin

More than 1,000 people, including several nonprofit groups, attended the seventh annual “People’s Barbecue” in Baltimore on Aug. 26. 

Attendees enjoyed dancing to live music from WLOY Loyola Radio and getting whatever items they might need.  

Hope on Wheels, one of the nonprofits that attended the event provides toilet, shower and laundry services in Baltimore City, and they plan to bring these services to Washington, D.C. They are currently setting up an office on Good Hope Road.  

The organization Project PLASE, People Lacking Ample Shelter and Employment, was at the barbecue as well. They have worked for over 40 years to provide housing and help those with long-term mental and physical illnesses. 

The Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition also educated attendees on opioid overdose prevention and how to use Naloxone to reverse an overdose. 

Aside from the nonprofit resources, there were so many clothes donated that people had shopping carts to carry them in. Attendees got a snack bag and grilled food, along with hair styling, haircuts and more.  

Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh awarded Bonnie “Raven” Lane for her volunteer work. Lane, a local advocate for the impoverished, founded the barbecue and used to sleep in the park where it is held.  


Issues |Addiction|Lifestyle


Region |Maryland

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