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APTAMD engages the community through service opportunities to create positive change in the communities we serve.
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
Additional Opportunities to Engage your Community
BHA/MedChi Behavioral Health Webinar Series: Helping the Helpers and Those They Serve.
About the Webinar Series The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) and MedChi jointly sponsor a webinar series, the BHA/MedChi Behavioral Health Webinar Series: Helping the Helpers and Those They Serve.
Be a Medical Volunteer for 2 Upcoming Big Events:
- Turkey Trot 10K – November 18, 2023 Quantico, VA
- MCM MCM10K & MCM50 – October 27-29 Arlington VA & Washington D.C.
Career Fairs
APTAMD is compiling a list of career fairs to attend to help diversify the workforce. Our goal is to introduce the profession and and supporting a more diverse range of students to pursue a career in physical therapy.
If you would like to add your career fair to our list or if you have suggestions, please e-mail us with the details.
- Check out volunteer opportunities
APTAMD has a partnership with Special Olympics Maryland. Every summer, APTAMD partners with Special Olympics Maryland at their annual Summer Games Healthy Athletes Program.
Healthy Athletes is a program designed to better the lives of Special Olympics Athletes by providing free health checkups. Volunteers are needed to help set up, run registration, run screenings, and help break down the event. The role of the Therapists, Assistants, and Students includes facilitating screenings (balance, strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular endurance), making referrals, and offering education.
- Annual International Overdose Awareness Week. PT promotional materials will be provided.
- Connect with your local opioid intervention team. They provide training and resources for clinicians who have patients at risk for or with an opioid addiction.
- Connect with your local overdose response program. Provide screenings and discuss new strategies for pain management.
Offer Online Office Hours and Consultation. Note – Liability Coverage Recommended
Connect with local businesses to volunteer, give back through donations.
Every October we celebrate National Physical Therapy Month to raise awareness about the many benefits of physical therapy. It’s also a great opportunity to appreciate what PTs, PTAs, and students do to transform lives. NPTM is the perfect time for service events such as PT Day of Service.
Maryland’s 211 system is a free, confidential, statewide resource that connects residents to health and human resources through phone, Internet, and text message. Search for help online by category or connect directly. 24/7/365
Help connect patients to substance abuse professionals through Maryland’s new 988 number. You can even chat online: 988Lifeline.org.
Thoughts of suicide | Depression or anxiety | Problems with drugs and alcohol
Community Engagement Resources
We provide updates on volunteer opportunities and discuss new partnerships during our monthly DEI committee meetings, the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30 pm.
Members can get the link to join the conversation at My APTAMD>>Workspace>>Diversity, Equity, ad Inclusion Committee.
Volunteers: You do not have to live or work in the area to volunteer and membership is not required. However, you you do need to be a member to attend committee meetings.
Have a volunteer opportunity to add?
Contact the chapter to share information and ideas. dei@aptamd.org | community@aptamd.org
