WELCOME TO THE
BALTIMORE CHAPTER OF THE GIRL FRIENDS, INC.
ABOUT OUR CHAPTER
In 1930, The Baltimore Bugs became the Baltimore Chapter of The Girl Friends, Incorporated, the third group invited to join the Girl Friends. The friendship between Baltimore’s Anita Wheatley and Philadelphia’s Liz Young triggered the invitation. Charter members were Dottie Bostic, Elsie Dotson, Laura Jones, Agnes Patterson, Eliza Robinson, Irma Roy, Frances Vessels, Anita Wheatley and Mae Williams.
One year later, in 1931, Mae Parrott and Vivian “Buster” Marshall joined the group. Six years later in 1936, the Baltimore Chapter proudly sponsored the Washington, D.C. Chapter and fifty years later in 1986, they sponsored the Potomac Chapter.
Due to the efforts of Boy Friend Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court Justice and the husband of GF Vivian “Buster” Marshall, the national body was incorporated in Baltimore on September 23, 1938.
Thank you to our Corporate Supporters and Patrons! We are grateful for your generosity and partnership.
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OUR IMPACT
The Girl Friends, Inc. is one of the oldest and most highly respected social organizations of African-American women in the United States. The Baltimore Chapter is proud of its civic endeavors that include support of the former Provident Hospital- the first African American hospital in Baltimore City, the Urban League, the United Negro College Fund, the NAACP, Mrs. Santa, Our Daily Bread, Project P.L.A.C.E. WEBECO, Roberta's House, House of Ruth, and many other local charities.
At The Annual National Conclave of the Girl Friends, Inc. contributions have been made to major organizations such as the NAACP, the United Negro College Fund, the Children's Defense Fund, The Martin Luther King Memorial Foundation, and the Smithsonian National Museum of the African American History and Culture.
In 1989, the Girl Friends Fund, Inc. was founded as a separate 501(c)3 nonprofit organization to provide financial assistance to college students across the country.
The Girl Friends Fund has awarded over 700 scholarships, estimated value at $1MM dollars. The Baltimore Chapter has supported the Girl Friends Fund by identifying and nominating worthy high school students in Baltimore to receive scholarships. We are proud that eleven of our student nominees from Baltimore City Schools have received four-year scholarships to continue their education.
1930
The Baltimore Chapter of Girl Friends was chartered
44
The number of Baltimore Chapter Girl Friend Members
12
The Girl Friends Fund, Inc. has awarded full scholarships to Baltimore High School graduates nominated by the Baltimore Chapter
"What does it mean to be a Girl Friend? It means being surrounded by warmth, loyalty, happy thoughts, pleasant memories, and the rarest of life’s offerings, True Friendship.”
- Eunice Shreeves, First National President of Girl Friends, Inc.
THE BALTIMORE GIRL FRIENDS
Executive Chapter Members
Chapter Members
Jennifer Ashley
Karen Bond
Sheila Drummond Camm
Anissa Dennis
Alicea Gay
Morgan Thomas Harried
Kimberly Howard
Angela Jeffries
LuWanda Jenkins
Dawn Kimble-Vance
Julie Manley
Annette March-Grier
Yvette Mozie-Ross
Cheryl Muller
Allyson Owens
Jollenta Street
Debra Thomas
Kay Tillman
Lucinda Ware
Anna Williams
Heather Williams
Robin Williams
Members At Large
Kim Allen
Donna Wilson Pearson
Emeritus Members
Eloise Bridges
Trena Taylor Brown
Wilhelma Garner-Brown
Carol Spencer Carter
Carolyn King Chissell
Brenda Coakley
Cheryl Hitchcock
Jacqueline C. Hrabowski
Roslyn Smith
Carol Wright
Wilhelmina H. Young