About: Noah Smock

On MLK Day 2012, I volunteered on a cleanup project with The 6th Branch (T6B) in the Oliver neighborhood in Baltimore. After the project, then- Executive Director Rich Blake gave me this OpOliver coin. It meant a lot to me.  It showed the character of the organization, the value they placed on a...

I read about The 6th Branch before I volunteered with them.  A friend of mine had a positive volunteer experience with the organization and, knowing that I was skeptical of most volunteer opportunities yet civic-minded, she encouraged me to read up on the organization’s work in the Oliver community.  In my casual research, I came...