Black History Month
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...
MPF Mission Continues as Mary Powell’s 104th Birthday is celebrated (2022)
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...
2019 Century Tour
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 and...
2019 HS YCD
HS YCD 2019
2015 High School for Youth & Community Development @ Erasmus Hall
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...
2015 JHS Student Awards – Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association
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...
2015 – President’s Volunteer Service Awards
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....
2014-15 Columbia University School of Social Work
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...
2014 – HS for Youth & Community Development @ Erasmus Hall
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.
2014 – JHS Student Awards – Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association
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.
2014 – President’s Volunteer Service Award – Sung Ji
The MPF Awarded the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Award to Sung Ji (Jenny) of Fairfax, VA for selflessly volunteering over 250 hours of service to the Georgetown University Hospital over the past year. Sung Ji received a letter from the White House, a...
2013 – HS for Youth & Community Development @ Erasmus Hall
The MPF is honored to have recognized another graduating senior from the HS for Y&CD with the Mary Powell Community Service Award – 2013. Elizabeth Felix was an active member of the YCD Leadership Class since 10th grade, encouraging students and adults alike to...
2013 – Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association – JHS Student Awards
2013 marked the fourth consecutive year that The Madison-Marine-Homecrest Civic Association in Brooklyn, NY and the Mary Powell Foundation joined forces to sponsor the Mary Powell Community Service Award to Junior High School students who have demonstrated a...
Fugees Family – an inspirational story of community service!
The Fugee Family may have started with soccer, but it is a remarkable example of how concerned citizens can have a great impact on a community. One never knows how you will be called to serve your community or who will rally to help you. Read the story of Luma Mufleh...
Supreme Court Renders Landmark Decision on Healthcare Reform
Communities throughout the U.S. are effected by Thursday’s Supreme Court Decision on the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The limitation on expansion of Medicaid will make it difficult to achieve the administration’s goal of covering 30 million uninsured Americans and the...
NY Post Story
Mary Powell Celebrated as Inspiring Leader By Joe Maniscalco NEW YORK POST February 16, 2010 Tenacious and tender-hearted Mary Powell is being remembered fondly this week as an inspiring civic activist who cultivated both an independent spirit and a giving soul. The...