SJP Engage
Introducing SJP Engage.
St. John Properties’ new volunteer initiative for employees.
SJP Engage gives each employee the opportunity to engage with the community, nonprofit organizations, and colleagues across departments by providing a yearlong schedule of coordinated half day volunteer opportunities that positively impact the communities in which St. John Properties has a presence.
In an effort to foster and grow a culture of philanthropy and engagement at St. John Properties, each employee will have the opportunity to participate in a volunteer event benefiting one of the Baltimore area non-profit organizations below.
Participation is first come, first served, and must be approved by your department supervisor. All necessary materials will be provided, including an SJP Engage t-shirt. Individuals are responsible for their own meals and transportation to and from events.
2025 SJP Engage In-Person Volunteer Events
Student Support Network
Date: Monday, January 20
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Student Support Network
1925 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, MD 21093
Join us at the Student Support Network for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service. Volunteers will pack menstrual products for SSN’s network of Baltimore County schools. Sign up now.
Maryland Zoo
Date: Tuesday, March 11
Time: 8:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Location: Maryland Zoo Mansion House
1876 Mansion House Dr, Baltimore, 21217
Work alongside the Zoo’s Horticulture Department to prune, weed, remove invasive plant species, rake, pick up trash, dig, plant, and much more. Sign up now.
Irvine Nature Center
Date: Friday, April 4
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Location: 11201 Garrison Forest Road
Owings Mills, MD 21117
Join us at the largest independent non-profit nature center in the region to compete a service project to support their mission to educate and inspire people to explore, respect and protect nature. Sign up now.
Future In-Person Volunteer Events
Maryland Food Bank
Date: TBD
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Maryland Food Bank
Halethorpe or Lansdowne facility
Measure, bag, pack and label food items and build healthy food boxes to be distributed to neighbors in need.
Camp Open Arms
Date: August 2025 – TBD
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Location: Camp Running Bear
17433 Big Falls Rd, Monkton, MD 21111
Staining picnic tables, stacking firewood and completing landscaping tasks to help prepare the grounds to welcome campers for Camp Open Arms — a weeklong day camp where children with limb differences such as brachial plexus birth palsy and congenital/traumatic deformities can have a carefree camp experience.
Toys For Tots
Date: December 2025 – TBD
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Cromwell Business Park
798 Cromwell Park Dr Suite M, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Join SJP Engage and Toys For Tots to count, sort, and bag toy donations to support local families this holiday season.
2025 Collection & Donation Drives
SJP Engage will collect monetary and physical donations at St. John Properties’ annual Crab Feast and Holiday Party events to benefit selected non profit organizations.
Earth Day Electronic Device Collection
Benefiting the Maryland Zoo
SJP Engage is partnering with the Maryland Zoo to host an electric device collection to celebrate Earth Day this April. The collected items will be recycled, helping further the Zoo’s ongoing conservation efforts.
Donated devices should be placed in labeled receptacles at HQ starting on April 1st.
We encourage you, your family and friends to help us celebrate Earth Day by bringing in old electronics to be recycled. Learn more about the Maryland Zoo’s partnership with the Eco-Cell recycling program.
The items below will be accepted:
- Cell Phones
- Smartphones
- iPads/Tablets
- Smartwatches
- GPS Devices
- iPods & other MP3 Players
- E-readers
- Digital Cameras
- Handheld gaming Devices
- Cell phone chargers
Crab Feast Collection & Donation Drive
Benefiting the Student Support Network
SJP Engage will collect monetary donations as well as personal care items to help stock the Student Support Network’s warehouse at The Hub in Timonium.
The Student Support Network provides food, basic necessities, and advocacy to support the wellbeing of Baltimore County Public School students in need.
Holiday Party Collection & Donation Drive
Benefiting the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital
SJP Engage will collect monetary donations as well as unwrapped gifts for children receiving care at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital in Baltimore.
The University of Maryland Children’s Hospital specializes in family-centered care designed for children from birth to adolescence. Facilities include a 52-bed neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) as well as a 19-bed pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and dedicated pediatric emergency room where experts care just for kids.
