APTAMD Celebrates our Volunteers

April is National Volunteer Month - Learn How YOU Can...
Be the Change You Wish To See in the World
Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi

Panel Presentation with Undergrads from Coppin State

Panel Presentation with Undergrads from Howard University

2025 Spring/Summer Events

April 23, 2025 6pm Coppin State
APTAMD panel to chat about classes needed, process and provide a general idea about PT school with students in the undergrad level

April 26, 2025 Healthy Kids Day with YMCA
10 am – 1 pm. Silver Spring, Waverly (Baltimore), Towson

Special Olympics Maryland Saturday, June 21st at Towson University.
Volunteer at Summer Games Healthy Athletes Program

#PTMovesMe Special Event: PT/PTA for a day. A program for legislators see what we do and address the value of PT and barriers to care (after session May-Dec); high school and pre PT programs students to shadow to learn about the profession. This will involve clinic tours where participants will view Dx and Tx of different conditions, and education requirements.

2024 Events

Presentation to Schools and Partner Organizations

Dora Kennedy French Immersion K-8 (Greenbelt PG county)
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc Betty Shabazz Academy middle school girls STEM Career Fair (Largo PG County)
UMD College Park kinesiology and School of Public Health DEI forum for students
Academy of Black Therapists annual conference on DEI
Awarded 2nd Minority APTA MD scholarship
Presented at the American Academy of PT conference on Implicit Bias

Community Engagement

Participated in Maryland Walk Day
PT month community service talk on balance and fall prevention for Senior Center at Cecil County
Dec Volunteer Event- Wreaths Across America