we teamed up with the ywca to help people in need.an shows us how it all started with the retch ski gun. >> reporter: last time i had this gun in my hand, he was with this guy, my fiance rob. this time i had vicky by my side at target going hog wild. she is the ceo of the ywca and i need her for the registry because while it's in my name, none of this is for me. >> we are creating homes for homeless women. many of the women, this will be the first too many they are housed in permanent housing or have a roof over their head in a place they can call home. >> reporter: we're talking pots, pans, bedding, even cleaning products. you name it, they need it. >> i want to get all sorts of different prices so if somebody has five bucks that they can give, they can buy something for $5. >> reporter: all of the stuff goes towards the my place project. >> these women are coming if they can even come with a sack of clothes. usually it's a hefty garbage bag of personal items. if that, so they have absolutely nothing. no possessions. so they need eve

on behalf of abc 2, the united way and ywca and a happy and humble couple, thank you. >> if you wouldlike to donate, just head to any target store and look up the pringle and carlin registry. you can buy items to help those women and then drop them off here at abc 2 or any of these united way locations. you can do this through monday. for more information, head to our web site, abc2news.com, and click on the gmm tab. >>> a live look outside over downtown baltimore, and it is a sticky, muggy night. susan will join us next with the forecast. i'm looking for some fiber. this bar is an excellent source of fiber. there's no fiber in this. tastes too good. there is fiber. [ chuckle ] no. i can't taste the fiber in this chocolate. they have 35% of your daily value. hmm. oh, samples. hmm. autobahn. wackenschdol. fiber one chewy bars. cardboard no. delicious yes. >>> finally tonight, if you are looking for a good time, you don't have to look too far. the international festival is taking over charm city. good food, good music and all around good time. the festival runs all weekend at the high s

the kids benefits are from several local organizations like the middle river boys and girls club, ywca and the salvation army. this was all made possible by the preston mitchum junior foundation. preston was one of the photographers here at abc 2 news. >> good for him, and good for them. >>> i'm marybeth marsden. new at 6, an eastern shore couple's new car is stolen out of the dealership's garage. police found the car. find out why the ordeal is not over yet. >>> and a judge admits to letting the air out of a woman's tires over a parking space. what the woman says she now wants from the judge. >>> now a preview of what is ahead on world news at 6:30. >> coming up on "world news," president obama takes his health care reform push on a western swing. quarterback michael vick signs with the philadelphia eagles. will fans give him a second chance? >>> intriguing findings about how much sleep you need, and then we have our person of the week. (announcer) nancy decided she can't afford so many bathroom detours when sixty percent off is at stake, so today, she's talking to her doctor about ov

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concerned but happens to the young men who get to chicago and find they cannot stay at the local white ywca or any organization and she also becomes a parole officer at one point*, she lobbies for the republican party and women gets the votes in illinois. she organizes women to vote for black candidates. >> host: she remains very active but in a way that gets attention at the time you draw on her own autobiography. as the source and one gets a sense the way you describe it, of a woman who was may be disappointed at the end of her life? would you describe it that way? >> guest: she was disappointed the african-american community had decline for african-americans, and she really wanted people to move quickly to sort of make that stop and she was disappointed that hadn't happened. >> host: but there is an antilynching movement that does continue in many ways is she connected? because in many ways heard legacy. >> guest: she is connected to it, but she withdraws from the naacp which in chicago gets taken over by relatively conservative colewort, and she's kind of inpatient with the slow process

on that registry will go towards the my place project a partnership with united way as well as the ywca. all the information is on your screen. august 4 is when it's up. go get something for these women, disabled homeless women making a fresh start. this is their new opportunity. they need everything from cleaning products to coffee machines to sheets. and if you want more information, you can go to our website for more information or right there on your screen are the drop off locations. come buy our studio and say hi. you can drop stuff off here or united way in baltimore city and united way community partnership in carroll and harford counties. >> it's great. i'll give you the new dvd-cd from sugarland. >>> let's take a look at some of the events going around town. dorothy writes -- you'll love this. it will be when you're away. feast or fashion. it's going to be saturday from noon to 3:00 at the woodbury kitchen. it helps out the maryland food bank. check out all the new fashions right here in baltimore there. >>> also if you're rrn this weekend -- around this weekend -- i would lov

ywca and the salvation army and this was made all possible by the preston mitchum jr. foundation.ston is one of our finest photographers here at abc2. it was a great delight to bring in deborah ward with the baltimore county department of social services. how are you? >> nice to see you again. and one of my great volunteers. >> way to go, gideon whitaker. first off, explain this adopt a child program for us. >> it's real simple. if someone calls from an organization and say they want to adopt a child we give them a child our search workers referred and give them the school supply list and they can call the mommy and say do they want a winnie the pooh backpack? scooby doo? they buy all the school supplies, can deliver it to the family directly or say we don't feel comfortable doing that, we'll have the social worker do that. >> show us the backpack. it goes from the backpack to everything inside. you're the one that stuffs the backpacks? >> yes. >> for all the kids that don't get adopted. >> what is in the backpack? this is what we need? >> yes. we don't get enough tissues. >> not