Kappa Guild Holds 52nd Annual Donor Event

July 8, 2025 Staff Report

At the Kappa Guild Donor event are (standing left to right) Morgan Lowe, Walter and Herman Samuelson Children's Hospital at Sinai; Paula Bragg, Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital; Fran Sonnenschein, Horizon Day Camp for children with cancer; Sheila Mentz, Kappa president; Miriam Stern, Vice President; Zion Sawyer-Johnson, Center for Hope; and Kate Luttrell, Kennedy Krieger Institute. (Seated left to right) Dawn Hagenston, University of Maryland St. Joseph's Medical Center; Linda Hutchinson-Troyer, Rose of Sharon Equestrian School; Dr. Susan Dulkerian, Mercy Hospital; and Nija McQueen, Center for Hope. Not pictured is Marjorie Wasson, University of Maryland's Children's Hospital. (Photo by Larry Scheinin)

The Baltimore-based Kappa Guild Inc. recently celebrated its 52nd annual donor event by distributing checks totaling $22,700 to various pediatric and neonatal intensive care units of hospitals and camps and agencies for children with illnesses and disabilities.

Among the recipients were Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, the Kennedy Krieger Institute, the Rose of Sharon Equestrian School and the Center for Hope.

For more than seven decades, Kappa Guild has brought together women to improve the quality of care for critically ill children and children with special needs. From its inception, the guild’s purpose was “helping children in need,” a phrase that became its mission statement.

The guild was founded in 1953 by 10 altruistically minded Jewish women in Northwest Baltimore. Among the 25 organizations that benefit from the guild’s efforts are the University of Maryland Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sinai Hospital’s Herman and Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital, and Mercy Medical Center.