The Baltimore chapter of Make a Mark, a 12-hour design and development marathon benefiting local humanitarian causes, will hold their inaugural event tomorrow, Saturday, April 14, 2018 at City Garage. During the event, nearly 45 of Baltimore’s best designers, developers, filmmakers, and illustrators will collaborate to provide complimentary services for 13 of our city’s impactful nonprofit organizations.
Saturday’s event will be the culmination of months of planning and preparation. Baltimore Make a Mark committee members selected nonprofit and maker participants from dozens of applications, formed maker teams, and facilitated planning meetings to introduce each nonprofit’s project. During the 12-hour make-a-thon, the maker teams will collaborate to create a design, marketing, or technology project for their designated nonprofit.
Nonprofits participating in the event include Baltimore Rock Opera Society, Baltimore Teacher Supply Swap, BeeMore, H?lau O ‘Aulani, Holistic Life Foundation, Icing Smiles, Mikey’s Miracle Foundation, PIVOT, Project Beautify You, Touching Young Lives, Trash Free Maryland, Volunteering Untapped, and WTMD.
In addition to the chapter in Baltimore, Make a Mark hosts events in Asheville, North Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chattanooga, Tennessee; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Roanoke-Blacksburg, VA; and Brussels, Belgium. For more information about Make a Mark, visit www.letsmakeamark.org.
About Mindgrub | Mindgrub, a member of the Inc. 5000 for five years running, a Baltimore Magazine Best Place to Work, and the Maryland Tech Council’s Tech Company of the Year, is an agency at the intersection of technology and business, designing and engineering solutions that define a company’s digital presence. Mindgrub is a pioneer in the development of mobile applications, websites, mobile games, video and multimedia content, enterprise information systems, location-based services, digital and traditional marketing programs, augmented and virtual reality initiatives, robotics projects, and more. Mindgrub has received two gold ADDY Awards for Best Mobile App, the American Marketing Association’s awards for Best Overall Marketing Campaign and Best Branding Campaign, the Baltimore Business Journal’s Big Buzz Award for Best Mobile App, MTC’s Emerging Technology Company of the Year, Technical.ly’s Design Development Firm of the Year, and was one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces of 2017. Mindgrub’s work has been featured at conferences such as SXSW, Adobe Max, and SALT, and has been profiled in The Huffington Post, CNN, and Newsweek. Headquartered in Baltimore, Mindgrub has offices in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Connect with Mindgrub online at www.mindgrub.com.
About Make a Mark | Make a Mark provides resources and fosters an environment where community organizations & visual communicators can engage with one another to better our world. The Make-a-Thon is a 12-hour design and development marathon benefiting local nonprofits. We bring together student and professional designers and developers to create pro-bono work for deserving nonprofits.
