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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is information about a cleaning service with a
social purpose. I heard Erica speak at the Greater Homewood Interfaith
Alliance meeting, held at St. Mark's in December 2007, and her story is
impressive. I encourage any of you who need cleaning services to contact
her. I also encourage you to invite her to speak to your community
groups. Her message is inspirational.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please reply to all of my e-mail
addresses</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>W. Brad Schlegel<BR>Publicity Chair, BMOG<BR>1552
Oakridge Road<BR>Baltimore, MD 21218-2228</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>410-467-1933 - H<BR>410-962-9506 - W and Voice
Mail<BR><A
href="mailto:william.schlegel@us.army.mil">william.schlegel@us.army.mil</A>, <A
href="mailto:brad.schlegel@irs.gov">brad.schlegel@irs.gov</A>, <A
href="mailto:Schlegelw@mi.army.mil">Schlegelw@mi.army.mil</A><BR></FONT></DIV>
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Forwarded Message ----<BR>From: Erica McCoullough <<A
href="mailto:choctaws1976@verizon.net">choctaws1976@verizon.net</A>><BR>To:
<A
href="mailto:sabrina.sutton@baltimorecity.gov">sabrina.sutton@baltimorecity.gov</A>;
<A href="mailto:smoss1@jhmi.edu">smoss1@jhmi.edu</A>; <A
href="mailto:mjohnson@oedworks.com">mjohnson@oedworks.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:jgriffin@baltimorebsa.org">jgriffin@baltimorebsa.org</A>; <A
href="mailto:jchurchill@flbcinc.org">jchurchill@flbcinc.org</A>; <A
href="mailto:marketingyou@aol.com">marketingyou@aol.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:jpatterson@nllc.org">jpatterson@nllc.org</A>; <A
href="mailto:crodriguez@baltimorecitycouncil.com">crodriguez@baltimorecitycouncil.com</A>;
<A
href="mailto:tom.stosur@baltimorecity.gov">tom.stosur@baltimorecity.gov</A>;
<A href="mailto:mysisterscircle@aol.com">mysisterscircle@aol.com</A>; <A
href="mailto:aboutchi@gmail.com">aboutchi@gmail.com</A><BR>Sent: Sunday,
January 27, 2008 6:20:42 PM<BR>Subject: Living legacy Mission
Statement<BR><BR>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, new york, times, serif">Living
Legacy Development LLC<BR>Mission Statement<BR><BR>Living Legacy Development,
LLC is a professional, versatile eco-friendly cleaning and interior services
company with a difference. Fully bonded and insured, and run by former
Baltimore City Public School System teacher Erica McCullough, it is the only
organization of its kind in the greater Baltimore area to be staffed almost
entirely by Baltimore area high school and college students who learn skills
and responsibility on the job, while earning money to help support themselves
and their families. Living Legacy Development takes as its urgent
mandate the task of connecting a hand-picked and select group of hardworking
BCPSS students from a wide range of circumstances with positive, successful,
and inspiring residents and members of the Greater Baltimore business
community.<BR><BR>As a lifelong Baltimorean and former BCPSS teacher,
including in after-school programs, McCullough understood the dangers faced by
many of Baltimore’s children after school. Following the murder of a
former student, Antonio Hill, and the birth of her own son, Carter, she was
inspired to form Living Legacy as a way to support her own growing family at
the same time as she helped others to learn, grow, and thrive in a city where
for many opportunity is far from a given.<BR><BR>The suddenness of the events
that impelled Living Legacy Development’s creation—a death and a birth—did not
permit time for the creation of a non-profit organization, a process that can
be notoriously slow. Instead, Living Legacy funded its own inception the
same way it does its cleaning: the old-fashioned way, with personal investment
and hands-on management. Thus, startup expenses came not from small
business loans, but from a second mortgage and the sale of McCullough’s
wedding and engagement rings. Run from McCullough’s home, and heavily
involving its 28 staffers in scheduling and strategy processes, Living Legacy
Development is truly a community-based, grass-roots organization.
Although Living Legacy is researching a possible shift to nonprofit status,
for now, Living Legacy depends entirely upon its clientele.<BR><BR>Living
Legacy Development provides cleaning services to its clients, but also much
more. Living Legacy’s services include: daily, weekly, monthly,
emergency, and seasonal residential and commercial cleaning services, school
and day care cleaning, window cleaning, post-construction clean-up, turn-key
cleaning, painting, and organizational and relocation services.<BR><BR>Living
Legacy Development accepted its first job in May of 2007. Since then,
Living Legacy has employed over 50 BCPSS students with a current roster of
around 30, with more hires planned. Living Legacy Development’s list of
clients includes: The Green Mount School, The Green School, The Bolton Hill
Nursery, Greater Homewood, The Choice Program, Baltimore Green
Construction/Landmark Homes, Herring Run Association, Belair-Edison
Neighborhoods, The Brown Memorial Church, as well as local activists, authors,
members of law enforcement, directors, actresses, professors, counselors,
rental property owners, teachers, doctors, politicians, counselors, and
others.<BR><BR>Living Legacy Development also provides key services to its
staff. Living Legacy Development is much more than just an after-school
job or a way for college students to supplement their student loans.
From our inception, we have striven to provide our employees with as much
support as possible. We supply meals, shelter, child care, uniforms,
laundry, services, a living wage, school/college/university/GED training,
including help with applications, resume writing, computer skills,
confirmation calls, scheduling, ordering supplies, time management, contract
writing, etc. Because of the diversity of our services, our workers
learn many valuable job skills. As important, because of the diversity
of our clientele, our staff members also learn to work with and enjoy the
company of people from a variety of cultural, religious, professional, and
educational backgrounds.<BR><BR>A few of Living Legacy’s success stories
deserve their own snapshots. Corey Holmes is a 17-year-old college
student who supervises one of Living Legacy’s largest contracts. His
sister, Jessica, is an 18-year-old college student who supervises Living
Legacy’s non-profit contracts. Jeane Baker is a 16-year-old residential
supervisor, but also oversees the Bolton Hill Nursery/Brown Memorial contract
and recently landed a prestigious summer journalism internship thanks in part
to connections made through her work for Living Legacy. Our only middle
school student is Napier Edwards. She is 14 years old and has been working
with Living Legacy for 5 months. She an her family had been living in a
shelter for a year before Napier’s work with Living Legacy enabled her family
to move in to their first home in two years.<BR><BR><SPAN>If Living Legacy
Development is one of only a very few companies not just to offer good jobs to
Baltimore’s young people, but to offer positions of such high responsibility
to its young staffers, Living Legacy’s employees have proven that they are
worthy of it: Living Legacy Development maintains one of the highest ratings
on Angie’s List (<A href="http://www.angielist.com/" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>www.angielist.com</A>) and we recently received their Superior
Service Award. Our company has been featured in The Baltimore Messenger, two
issues of Baltimore’s Child Magazine, Urbanite, The Afro-American Newspaper,
and WBAL-TV news. We are trying to organize a fundraiser so that our
company can continue. In the last month our furnace and our washing
machine stopped working, our internet connection is unreliable, and I
am facing surgery on my right arm. Since I am the only adult (over 19)
and the primary driver etc. this is a huge blow. We are
more determined than ever to find solutions and continue our
work. If you have questions, time to mentor, time to volunteer,
encouraging words for the children, comments, advice, etc., please call us at
410-419-3554.</SPAN><BR><BR></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>