Youth Behavioral Health Programs and Safe Streets


Behavioral Health - Working with Youth - Garden and Ecology Activities

St. Vincent's Villa Residential Treatment Center has a children's garden with vegetables, herbs, and cutting flowers all planted and harvested by the children... with your help and guidance! Once a month, the Gathering Point Giving Circle leads a garden activity for the children, exposing them to aspects of gardening and engaging in some fun, productive time outside. Volunteers 16 and older are welcome to assist with hands-on experiences outdoors (weather permitting) with an indoor option, plus a fresh snack. Screening and training is required for volunteers.

Members of the Glen Arm Garden Club lead an activity for one of the Residential Treatment Units at St. Vincent's Villa on first Saturdays of the months in Spring, Summer, and Fall.

Schedule Summary

This activity generally occurs on

  • Monday - Morning, Afternoon
  • Wednesday - Morning, Afternoon
  • Thursday - Morning, Afternoon

About Us

Explore volunteer opportunities within Catholic Charities of Baltimore's child welfare and behavioral health programs and opportunities within Safe Streets, Baltimore's violence prevention programs.

  • St. Vincent's Villa, Villa Maria Schools, and Villa Maria Behavioral Health provide state-of-the-art behavioral health, child welfare, special education, early childhood and family-development services. Our trauma-informed, family-focused approach is creative, innovative, and multidisciplinary.
  • Safe Streets Baltimore provides evidence-based violence prevention and interruption services in Sandtown-Winchester, Brooklyn-Curtis Bay, Penn-North, and Cherry Hill.