2014 iConnect Generations Expo Kit

2014 iConnect Generations Expo Media Kit

www.gedco.org/iconnect2014

For more information, please contact:

Roxanne Fiddler [email protected] 410-433-2442 ext. 15

Our office hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. You can generally expect a response within 4 hours.

GEDCO - 1010 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 - www.gedco.org - [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Roxanne Fiddler

410-433-2442 ext. 15 410-433-4834 fax

[email protected]

iConnect Generations Expo: Family Fun Event at Former Memorial Stadium GEDCO: A Growing Nonprofit in Baltimore City

Baltimore, MD – April 16, 2014 – With the official start of baseball season this month, the city

prepares to get rid of the winter blues with springtime activities. Fittingly, GEDCO, a local non-

profit, will hold its 2014 iConnect Generations Expo on Saturday, April 26 at the site of the former

Memorial Stadium (now called Stadium Place) from 10:00am to 3:00pm. The event invites youth,

parents, grandparents, and families of all ages to learn about health resources while also participat-

ing in fun activities and spending time with the community at large.

Highlights of this year’s iConnect Generations Expo feature intergenerational sports, health and

wellness screenings, support for care partners, Healthy Kids Day at the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg

Family Center Y, a resource fair, giveaways, food vendors, and much more. “We are so looking

forward to this year’s iConnect Generations Expo. We hope that the activities we have organized

and resources that we have gathered will benefit the needs of the community while also creating

many opportunities for fun,” said GEDCO CEO, Nichole Battle.

GEDCO is a nonprofit in North Baltimore that provides community, homeless and senior services,

and also contributes to real estate development in order to build caring and compassionate commu-

nities. GEDCO programs include Stadium Place, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Green House

Residences, and CARES Food Pantry.

For more information please visit www.gedco.org/iconnect2014 or contact: Roxanne Fiddler at

410-433-2442 ext. 15.

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2014 iConnect Generations Expo Saturday, April 26, 2014

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Exhibitors

PARKING AT HOPKINS – aka EASTERN HS

Heritage Run

Dance/Music

Healthy

Eating/ Lunch

Healthy Aging

Shuttle bus will operate all day between parking lot and Expo sites.

Family Sports

Obstacle Course

Kids Fit

Golf/Baseball

Clinic

Healthy Kids Fitness

Health Screenings

Food Trucks


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Map of Event

10:30 Aging Well, Healthy Cooking, Dancing, Tai Chi

11:00 Chair Zumba, Family Obstacle Course

11:30 Grandparents Connecting with Grandchildren

12:00 Lunch at Ednor Apts. I and Food Trucks

1:00 Community Welcome, Baseball Clinic

1:30 Baseball Game, Singers

Exhibitors in Parking Lot and the Y all day

Healthy Kids Day and Health Screenings all day in the Y

Great Blacks in Wax and Jewelry Sale in Weinberg Court


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Highlights of the Day

Take I-695 E and MD-41 S to E 33rd St in Baltimore

Turn left onto Greenspring Ave

Turn left onto MD-130 S

Turn right onto Falls Rd

Continue onto Jones Falls Expy (signs for I-83)

Take the I-83 N/I-695 E exit toward Towson/York Pa

Merge onto I-695 E

Take exit 30A to merge onto MD-41 S/Perring Pkwy

Continue to follow MD-41 S

Turn right onto E 33rd St

Destination will be on the right


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Directions to iConnect

Support for iConnect Generations Expo is provided by the following:

Action in Maturity

Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks

Baltimore City Health Department

City of Baltimore

Keswick Multicare

Loyola University Maryland

The Beacon


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Government & Nonprofit

2014 iConnect Generations Expo Kit