As Black History Month comes to an end, we are encouraged by the Pentagon’s directive to the U.S. Military to proceed with plans to rename nine Army bases in six states and hundreds of other items whose names honor the Confederacy by the end of 2023. It has been too...
As we continue to rebound from the impact of the covid pandemic and are reminded daily about the dysfunction and evil that exists in our world, this day is one that serves annually to remind us of the good in the world and people like Mary Powell, born exactly 104...
Volunteers and participants at Brooklyn’s Canarsie Pier during the 30th New York City Century Tour. Each year since 2014, The Mary Powell Foundation has supported this event and the underlying idea of Vision Zero*, a global project aimed at reducing fatalities...
Joel Reckley not only won this year’s Mary Powell Community Service Award and Scholarship at his HS, but he also qualified for the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award, Silver Level, by volunteering over 175 hours between the Brooklyn Library, where he...
The MPF and MMHCA teamed up again to award the Mary Powell Community Service Award and accompanying grants to two very deserving JHS students at Cunningham and Marine Park in Brooklyn. At the MMHCA Civic Meeting, Sydni, a local Girl Scout and 3-year member of her...
The Mary Powell Foundation awarded eight President’s Volunteer Service Awards & Medallions (1 Gold and 1 Lifetime Award and 6 Group Member Awards) to a wonderful group of volunteers helping patients at the Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C....
Each Fall since 2012, CUSSW has awarded the Mary Powell Scholarship for the Promotion of Social Responsibilty to a deserving graduate student dedicated to making the world a better place. Pictured below is Emily, a graduate of Northeastern University and winner of the...
MPF Board Member Alan Taylor (r. in photo) presented this year’s Mary Powell Community Service Award and Scholarship to college bound Omari Lawes at the HS for Youth & Community Development.
The MPF and the MMHCA teamed up again to award the Mary Powell Community Service Award and accompanying grant to two very deserving JHS students at Cunningham JHS and Marine Park JHS in Marine Park, Brooklyn in June.
