May 2013 Newsletter

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Dear So What Else Family:
 
The following is a list of topics covered in this monthly update:
 
Volunteer Service Events
Past Events
News and Notes
 
 Breaking News: Adult Volunteers needed at AT&T Golf tournament, June 25th to June 30th!
 
Volunteer Service Events
Ongoing Every Thursday – Every Thursday from 2PM to 8PM Bikes for the World has open volunteering at their King Farm Barn location.  Volunteers are needed to help process bikes for shipping to third world countries in need. This is a fun, rewarding experience for bikers and people interested in bikes. The barns are located at the corner of Piccard and Grand Champion within the King Farm community.
 
 May 26th – Join us in volunteering at Common Good City Farm to make a difference in the way people eat. Volunteers will help pick crops or whatever the CGCF staff need from 4:00-6:00pm. The farm is located on V Street NW, between 2nd and 4th Streets, NW. Common Good City Farm is an urban farm and education center that grows food for low-income residents in Washington, DC and provides educational opportunities for all people that help increase food security, improve health, and contribute to environmental sustainability.
 
June 2nd – Join us for our student board meeting at 10AM at One Preserve Parkway, Suite 150, Rockville MD. This will be a round table discussion about service opportunities and youth leadership roles within our organization. This is a chance for student social entrepreneurs to share their ventures and gain support they may need.
 
 June 7th, 8th and 9th – Come and help out at the Special Olympics 2013 Summer Games. Volunteers are needed to assist with the sporting events and a variety of other special events, including opening ceremony. Over 500 volunteers are needed this weekend so there are opportunities available for everyone! The games are located at Towson University, volunteer time depends on the day you are working. Sports experience is not required, all volunteers will be trained prior to event. Volunteers must be 16 years of age. To sign up please visit  www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013SGvolunteer.
 
June 8th -  Volunteers are needed at the “Taste of Potomac” fundraiser for Adoptions Together from 5PM to 10PM. The event will be held at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac located at 11810 Falls Road Potomac Md, 20854. Adoptions Together is committed to providing the highest quality child placement services and mental health services. Volunteers are needed to help out with registration, monitoring auction tables, bar assistants, check out and breakdown the event. Sponsors for the event are needed as well!
 
June 9th – Volunteer at the Taste of Wheaton from 8am to 6pm. 12 volunteers are needed from 8am to 2pm and then 8 volunteers from 2pm to 6pm. The event is located at the Wheaton Farmers Market at 2425 Reedie Drive, Wheaton, MD 20902 between Georgia Ave and Veirs Mill Road.
 
June 14th – Come out and volunteer at the White Oak Community and Rec Center End of the Year Celebration! The celebration is from 2 pm to 7 pm at 1700 April Lane, Silver Spring MD. Volunteers are needed to help out at the events and activities. We are also looking for massage therapists, face painters or any other provider who would like to donate their time to the center.

June 25th to June 30th – Volunteers are needed to staff the AT&T Golf Tournament at the Congressional Country Club, 8500 River Road Bethesda MD, 20817 . Volunteers can choose from 2 shifts and may pick multiple days. The shifts are from 7AM to 2PM or 11AM to 6PM. Volunteers get lunch and may continue to watch the golf and enjoy the tournament after their shifts are over.  
 
Past Events
    
So What Else and the Kennedy High School Key Club collected over 150-200 books to be delivered to Haiti. Special thanks to Kennedy HS for collecting the books, and Olivia Deramus from LearnServe for helping get them delivered.
 
Special thanks to Murvell Delpino for being a great volunteer and putting on an arts and crafts class for elementary aged children at White Oak Rec Center this Friday 5/10.
 
This year as her Bat Mitzvah project, Jamie Lipson collected sporting goods to be donated to So What Else for our after school programs and classes. Thank you and congratulations, Jamie!
 
On May 11th, Daphne Clark attended a seminar at the Conflict Resolution Center of Montgomery County. She received advice on how community based organizations should run meetings and structure their company in terms of dealing with giving everyone on the staff a voice.
 
News and Notes
Charities of the Month: Adoptions Together, Nourish now
 
Stars of the month: Daphne Clark

February 2013 Newsletter

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Dear So What Else Family:
 
The following is a list of topics covered in this monthly update:
 
Volunteer Service Events
Past Events
News and Notes
 
Volunteer Service Events 
February 23rd – Crafty volunteers are needed for an indoor house cleaning and
construction for Jubilee Association of America. The cleanup will be open between 10AM to 4PM, please choose a shift that works for you. The location of the house will be announced soon.
 
February 24th - SWE is holding a basketball tournament with Hearts and Homes for Youth at 1:00PM. The tournament will be held at the White Oak Community Rec Center located at 1700 April Lane, White Oak MD. Food will be provided for volunteers and attendees.
  
March 2nd - Runners and sponsors are needed for a charity 5K race for Bright Beginnings. The race begins at 8:00 AM. The race supports homeless children and families. The race starts and finishes at West Potomac Park. Participants will enjoy a scenic view of the Tidal Basin, Hains Point and the Potomac River. All proceeds benefit Bright Beginnings, Inc.
 
March 9th – We need volunteers to help the Jubilee Association of Maryland with landscaping the Jubilee houses located in Rockville. The landscaping will take place between 10AM to 4PM and you can choose your shift, 10AM to 1PM or 1PM to 4PM. The address for the houses will be announced closer to date. 
 
March 23rd – So What Else is sponsoring a bike collection for Bikes for the World at REI in Rockville from 12PM to 4PM. We are looking for 3 to 6 volunteers to help out with the collection as well as bike donations from anyone who can. REI is located at 1701 Rockville Pike, Rockville MD 20852 (Halpine entrance).
 
Ongoing Every Thursday in February and March – Every Thursday from 2PM to 8PM at Bikes for the World has open volunteering at their King Farm Barn location. The Thursday volunteer night will start again February 7th.  Volunteers are needed to help process bikes for shipping. This is a fun, rewarding experience for bikers and people interested in bikes. The barns are located at the corner of Piccard and Grand Champion within the King Farm community. 
 
We are beginning our 2013 Goods Drive with a focus on our After School Programs. We are in need of sports balls and equipment. For our arts and culture programs, we need musical instruments, arts and crafts supplies.  Also we are collecting books for a Book Drive for kids in Haiti in collaboration with Olivia Deramus of LearnServe.  Please contact us if you are able to donate any of these items.
 
June 8th - 10 volunteers are needed at the “Taste of Potomac” fundraiser for Adoptions Together. The event will be held at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center in Potomac. Adoptions Together is committed to providing the highest quality child placement services and mental health services. Volunteers are needed to help out with registration, monitoring auction tables, bar assistants, check out and breakdown the event. Sponsors for the event are needed as well!
 
 
Past Events
Friday January 18: So What Else and the Harvest Collective forged collaboration to better serve our community. The Harvest Collective, starring Davey Rogner, is an environmental educational group located right here in White Oak, Maryland. Their inaugural project was a walk across America picking up trash from the East Coast all the way to San Francisco, California. Check this out at www.pickupamerica.org.  Now the Harvest Collective is back in Montgomery County and set for 2013 initiatives in environmental restoration, Native habitat restoration, tree planting and building bottle brick benches.
 
Saturday, January 19: So What Else with a group of 4 volunteers took part in cleaning the banks of the Potomac.  Hurricane Sandy washed down a lot of trees as it swept north. We joined a big group of volunteers from MIRA USA, a college sorority house and individual volunteers who did well in clearing the area. Hearts and Homes also came out to help move the fallen trees and trash. At the end of the event we took group photos, and Anna Wadhams congratulated us for the amount of work done. This was one of the ways we spent the weekend leading to Martin Luther King Jr. day as we continue to help in the community.
 
Saturday January 19th: So What Else, LearnServe and Montgomery County Parks and Recreation collaborated to clean North Chevy Chase Park. About 17 students from LearnServe, a youth social entrepreneurship extraordinaire from DC all met at the Medical Center Metro Station to clean up on of our cherished local parks riddled with bottles and trash. We stacked about twenty to twenty-five bags of trash over some bagels donated by So What Else. Cheers to collaboration and thanks to the LearnServe students for their dedication to make a social impact.
 
So What Else sent volunteers on Martin Luther King Day, January 21st, to help the JCC paint an apartment for families in crises. The apartments are provided by TERRIFIC, INC., an organization that helps families and individuals who have “similar health, psycho-social-economic ills, housing or discriminatory problems that might prohibit their access to needed services or impede their rights to quality care and human dignity.” They develop resources to meet those needs and provide continual support for future crises. There was a great turn out of volunteers and the apartment got painted in less than 3 hours with everyone’s help. It was inspiring for me to see people of all ages join together to serve in the name of MLK. We took time as a group to reflect about what this day of service means to all of us. To me, MLK day represents love and community, which I saw plenty of today volunteering with the JCC.
 
News and Notes 
Stars of the month: Ashley Woodhouse for donating 8 recipes, beautifully and exquisitely written and explained, to the ingredient. Tracy Lewis for opening So What Else after school programming at Shady Grove Middle School, our arts and culture program launch.  We would also like to thank Benjamin Dalley for his work on our logo and trademark. 
 
This week we added two more weekly out of school time programs at Shady Grove Middle School and a special shout out to Udayan Sabharwal for his awesome contributions in February 2013.
 
Business of the month is Edge Commercial who is partnering to support our community efforts throughout their corporate culture in a multi-layered initiative to ramp up service among staff.

January 2013 Newslewtter

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Dear So What Else Family:
 
The following is a list of topics covered in this monthly update:
 
Volunteer Service Events
Ongoing Weekly After School Programs
 
Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering your time at one of our service events!
Rachael Eichner, Volunteer and Program Coordinator, raeeichner@gmail.com – (301) 758-3367
 
Volunteer Service Events 
January 19th – Join us for an environmental cleanup at Fletcher’s Boat House. We are teaming up with Potomac Conservancy on Saturday January 19th at the boathouse from 9:30am until 12:30pm. The boathouse is located at 4940 Canal Road N.W. Washington DC 20007.
 
January 19th – Announcing So What Else and Nourish Now Partnership: Come support our partners in food at their charity event Saturday evening: January 19, 2013, 6Pm – 10Pm.  Address: 4935 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 (4935 Bar And Kitchen). Appetizers are included in the ticket price.  All drinks will be at  Happy Hour rate of $3, $5, and $7. A portion of all drink sales will be donated to Nourish Now to help fight hunger in our community! Pre-purchase ticket price is $15 and the door price will be $20. Help us raise money for our refrigerated van, to help even more families in 2013!
 
January 21st – MLK day is a day of service not a day of rest! Come out and serve with us and the JCC on Monday at 10:00 AM at TERRIFIC, Inc. located at 1222 T St. NW. This event lasts 4 hours. We will be painting for peace, so wear clothing you are willing to get paint on. There won’t be anywhere to lock up valuables, so only bring personal items that are necessary. Feel free to bring a snack or lunch and water. Some volunteers will need to be on ladders for painting. If you own a ladder and are able to that, bring it with you that would be helpful. We have 10 spots available for this event; please let us know ASAP if you are interested!
 
January 25th – Come out and show support for So What Else at our Charity Fundraiser located at 4935 Bar and Kitchen, located at 4935 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. The Happy Hour will take place from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Specials including $5 beers, $6 house wines and $7 martinis as well as complementary passed appetizers. 4935 Bar and Kitchen will donate 15% of bar sales to So What Else. The money we raise from this event will go directly to our programming and events for the youth in need in our community.
 
January 27th – Volunteers are needed to assist with our basketball tournament being held at the White Oak Recreation Center located at 1700 April Lane, Silver Spring MD. The event begins at 4PM. Youth from Hearts & Homes and the White Oak Rec will be in attendance. Volunteers are welcome to sign up a team of players ages 15 and over. Dinner will be provided for players and volunteers!
 
Ongoing Weekly After School Programs
We are always welcoming volunteers to help out and contribute at our after school time programs. If you can offer interesting creative ideas and topics in the field of service learning, healthy living and sports, please reach out and help us serve our youth!
 
Mondays – We are providing an Integrative Wellness Class for the youth at Hearts and Home in Silver Spring MD. This class is taught by Jessie Bresslerman and will include yoga, meditation and healthy living concepts. The class is held from 5PM to 6PM every Monday at the Hearts and Homes Center located at 1320 Fenwick Lane Suite 800, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
 
Tuesdays – We are partnering with the Excel Beyond the Bell after school program for our second semester! We will be returning to Forest Oak Middle School for our Olympiad style sports class every Tuesday 3:30PM to 5:15PM.
 
Our second program on Tuesdays is at Shady Grove Middle School from 3:30PM to 5:30PM. Tracy Lewis will be teaching an acting, creative arts and music class. This is our newest program aimed at inspiring innovation and creativity in the youth we serve.
 
Our third program on Tuesdays begins late February at the Kingman Boys and Girls Club. We will be teaching our service learning and philanthropy program to the teens of the club from 6PM to 7:30PM.
 
Wednesdays – Our service learning and philanthropy class will also be taught at Excel Beyond the Bell at Roberto Clemente Middle School, from 3:30PM to 5:15PM.
 
Thursdays – We return to Hearts and Homes Center to teach a combination of our healthy living and service learning programs from 4:30PM to 6PM. Hearts and Homes is located at 1320 Fenwick Lane Suite 800, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
 
Our second program on Thursday is located at the White Oak Recreation Center, 1700 April Lane, Silver Spring MD, from 6:30PM to 8PM. This class is focused on our service learning and philanthropy program.

November 2012 Newsletter

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Dear So What Else Family:
 
The following is a list of topics covered in this monthly update:
 
Upcoming Events
Past Events
News & Notes
 
Upcoming Events

Thursday, November 29: Volunteers are needed to help Bikes for the World bike to the Philippines. These bikes will be used in a cycle to school project. This project goes from 2 PM to 7 PM. Location:  King Farm, 1199 Grand Champion Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 (Corner of Grand Champion Drive and Piccard Drive)  

  
Friday, November 30: Kingman Boys and Girls Club is looking for event entertainers on November 30 for their end of the year BGC party. Families and children will be attending. Please contact us if you are interested!
 
Sunday, December 2:  This is the STATE FINALS for the Special Olympics of Maryland! If you are interested in our November 3 event, you should definitely sign up for this as well! Same address: Bowl America – Gaithersburg, 1101 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 from 9AM to 4PM. We have 10 volunteer slots available.
 
Friday December 7: Jubilee holiday party – 6 PM to 9:30 PM – 11701 Clopper Road Gaithersburg, MD 20878.  6-8 volunteers needed .
 
Saturday December 8: So What Else is holding its 3rd Annual Community Day! Over the course of the year, we collect clothes in order to make deliveries to over 10 area shelters on December 8th. We will need 5 volunteers who can drive to help us distribute these packages of clothing around the county.
 
Thursday December 13: Learn Serve International Fair Event, 5:30 PM George Washington University, School of Business, Funger Hall.  Street Address: 2201 G St NW, Washington DC, 20052.  The entrance to the building is on G St, between 22nd and 23rd Streets. Limited street parking is available.  The nearest Metro is Foggy Bottom (Blue / Orange).  There is a GW University lot on H Street between 21st and 22nd St NW.
 
Saturday December 15: Nami Wrap for Wellness, 4 PM – 11 PM, Barnes and Noble at Rockville Pike/Montrose Crossing, 12089 Rockville Pike, Rockville MD, 20852
 
Friday December 21:  The White Oak Recreation Center is holding a Winter Party from 6:30 PM to 9 PM. The center is located at 1700 April Lane. Ten volunteers are needed to help make this party a success! Volunteers need to arrive at 6 PM to help set up. The event goes till 9 PM.

 

Past Events      
Our Healthy Living curriculum at Kingman Recreation Center started on Tuesday, November 13 from 6pm to 8pm. We learned about the benefits of eating healthy fruits and vegetables as well as the vices of eating processed foods. We made all natural energy smoothies, a popular activity for all kids. We finally mastered the balance of making the “Green Machine Juice”, a difficult recipe filled with kale, pears, apples, celery, mint, lemon, and lime. This juice surely provides the vitality a growing body needs!
 
On Tuesday, November 13th, we held an after school program at Forest Oak Middle school in Gaithersburg, Maryland and talked about conflict resolution with the students.  We did art projects, listened to a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior and discussed some of the great peace leaders of our time.
 
Friday November 16: from 10AM to 1PM we launched our project with Jubilee, with a great turn out! We landscaped and assisted with house upkeep at two shelters for adults with disabilities. We had over 20 people come out today: one group from Hearts and Homes for Youth, as a part of their Empowerment Series, and one small group from Shepherd’s Table at Silver Spring. Thank you to everyone; our hard work resulted in the improvement of shelters for countless residents.
 
Friday November 16, So What Else and Nourish Now combined to volunteer at Gaithersburg’s Homeless Resource Day. We provided desserts, yogurt, and water to those attending who were in need of support. We left with an unexpected but exciting new project. We’ve taken on a couple helping hands to our volunteer crew. These individuals are looking for work and So What Else would like to try to help get them back to work. Through volunteer work they can meet new people and stay involved in their community.
 
Saturday November 17: So What Else held its first music class for the youth of Silver Spring at the White Oak Recreation Center.  Bill Jenkins, a performer, entertainer, and musician, had over 25 kids from this Center learn about rhythm and the history behind many childhood songs. Bill brought an astounding 1,000 instruments from around the world, like shakers, drums, harmonicas, and flutes.
 
SWE delivered a healthy abundant meal for 20 clients of A Wider Circle in Silver Spring on November 20, 2012.  This was a collaboration of So What Else and Nourish Now.  We assisted A Wider Circle with their delivery of Adult Education Courses to their clientele. The meal featured spanakopita, a traditional Greek Stew, vegetables and barley.
 
 
So What Else participated in a great service event for Thanksgiving over the course of 2 days at Nourish Now’s kitchen at the Universities of Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland.  Thank you to Randi and Corey Gritz and the Key club of Kennedy High School.  We prepared and delivered over 200 meals to families in need in Silver Spring. So What Else helped to create our very own soup kitchen in honor of the Thanksgiving Holiday.
 
So what else has branched into three service clubs at Montgomery County High Schools. Wotton and Kennedy High Schools, in addition to Richard Montgomery, are partnering with So What Else and their community through a club which will supply student volunteers to our volunteer events.
   
News & Notes
Stars of the Month: Our first Star of the Month is Eddie Madden. He has volunteered at over 5 projects this month already. He’s taken on the role of project leader twice, and has helped twice with the transportation of volunteers to events. We are pleased to welcome him to our operating team!
 

SWE would also like to highlight Job Corps and Janae Perry as wonderful community leaders. They have brought out groups to several of our projects including the Special Olympics bowling event and the Urban Renewal Project at Congress Heights

October 2012 Newsletter

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Dear So What Else Family:
 
The following is a list of topics covered in this monthly update:
 
Upcoming Events
Past Events
News & Notes
 
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, October 31: Come join the Fallsgrove Halloween Parade with So What Else! We are looking for volunteers to assist with the Festivities from 2PM – 4PM. The location is Fallsgrove Clubhouse on Fallsgrove Dr in Rockville. We have room for 5 volunteers.
 
Saturday, November 3: Special Olympics of Maryland is teaming with So What Else in their bowling competition. Volunteers can sign up for full-day shifts from 9AM – 4PM, or half-day shifts from 9AM – 1:00PM or 12PM – 4PM are options as well.  The location is at a bowling alley in Gaithersburg.  The exact address is Bowl America – 1101 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20878. Volunteers will help with running lanes, score-keeping, and will work directly with Special Olympics athletes. We have 10 volunteer slots available.
 
Saturday, November 4: This same event will be held for the Central Region of Maryland at the same 9AM- 4PM time at the following address: Normandy Lanes, 8419 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21043
 

Wednesday, November 7: Volunteers will be sent to DC Central Kitchen to help with the Morning Meal Prep. Volunteers will be working with a group to prepare meals for the homeless. Working with the DC Central staff is rewarding and surprisingly fun. There is a dress code of long pants and closed toed shoes. The project goes from 9AM to 12 PM. We are looking for 3 volunteers.
 
Saturday, November 10: From 9AM – 1PM, So What Else is holding a Meditation/Yoga/ Wellness Workshop in Potomac.
 

Beginning November 12: Community Painting Project with the Jubilee Association of Maryland. St. John’s House is a newly renovated home for adults with developmental disabilities.  Volunteers will be painting deck furniture. This is a physical project where the volunteers must be able to lift and move furniture for cleaning and painting. Details and exact dates to be announced.

 
Saturday, November 17: The Falls Church Boys and Girls Club needs volunteers to help to create a field space for their after school club. This is a physical opportunity where we will remove trees and install a fence to create a nice field space. This event lasts from 10AM – 4PM, but you can go for a certain shift. We are taking 15 people.
 
Tuesday, November 20: At 6:00PM, we are delivering a healthy meal for A Wider Circle, a local non-profit as they give an adult education class. We are taking 3-4 more volunteers to join our youth group at A Wider Circle to help in and around their warehouse by organizing and collecting donations.
 

Sunday, December 2:  This is the STATE FINALS for the Special Olympics of Maryland! If you are interested in our November 3 event, you should definitely sign up for this as well! Same address: Bowl America – Gaithersburg, 1101 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 from 9AM to 4PM. We have 10 volunteer slots available.

 

Saturday December 8: So What Else is holding its 3rd Annual Community Day! Over the course of the year, we collect clothes in order to make deliveries to over 10 area shelters on December 8th. We will need 5 volunteers who can drive to help us distribute these packages of clothing around the county.

  
Our after school programs are officially launched. We are functioning at over six different places this school year. First, we are tutoring several kids at Hearts and Homes in Silver Spring…and we are still looking for more tutors. PLEASE CONTACT DAVE SILBERT AT 240-602-0486 or dsilbert@gmail.com. The next three weeks are crucial for some of these students to pass high school. Our partnership at Hearts and Homes extends further as their youth are joining us for our Calendar of Services Events and we will be providing them our two signature programs (service learning and philanthropy and sports and Olympiad, a health, fitness, and nutrition class) beginning in November.
  
Past Events 

Our service learning and philanthropy kicks off on Tuesdays at Forest Oak in Gaithersburg, and Thursdays in White Oak, creating the next generation of humanitarians beginning at age 11. These kids are so impressive with their knowledge of climate change and bullying, and other issues that threaten our society.  In these classes, students will research the problems that face us globally, both at home and abroad, and come up with solutions that we will implement to attack them. So far we have watched Planet in Peril, studied the Pacific Gyre, and listened to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Love your Enemies” speech on Peace and Conflict Resolution day.
 
On Thursday, October 11th, So What Else hosted our 2nd Annual Gala at Lakewood Country Club in Rockville, Maryland.  The evening was a huge success.  We had over 140 guests who enjoyed great food and drink and listened to Dueling Piano Entertainment provided by Bobby McKey’s of National Harbour.  The highlight of the evening was our Keynote Speaker, Bruce Levenson.  Bruce spoke of his Philanthropic endeavors in our Community, specifically his work today with the School of Non Profit Management and Philanthropy at the University of Maryland. So What Else raised the funds needed to enable us to continue providing the programs and services for our community.  Thank you to all of you who attended and all of the volunteers who made this evening so amazing. 
 
Our volunteers had a great time at the Potomac Conservancy Jam on the River on Sunday, October 14th. Set up at lock 8, the jam included music, food, a lottery, and fun activities for kids. The weather was gorgeous and the music was great. First in the lineup was Bill Jennings, who played songs for the kids and brought instruments to encourage children and their parents to play and sing along. Next was a folk band that played lovely music that really matched the setting of the Potomac. The conservancy jam also included canoeing, but our volunteers were involved mostly with the children. We helped them paint pumpkins and pots, and painted their faces.
 

DC Building Community Improvement day couldn’t have been more fascinating. Over 1,000 people gathered at the Congress Heights Recreation Center on Alabama Avenue in Southeast. Check out the photos of what can happen to a community playground in just one day at sowhatelse.org and Facebook. We were just one group of many folks digging into the Earth, and working hard in what’s known as a one day buildout. This kind of volunteer project is very rewarding for the volunteers because they can see the results of their work. Landscaping, bulldozers, shovels, gravel…it was so much fun, and not a project where you can stand around. Not only concrete was poured, but a chunk of change was put into this state of the art outdoor space. It was also beautified with flowers and plants, fresh mulch, and some sophisticated systems that required the consultation of our resident engineer Brent Cash. 

   
News & Notes
Stars of the Month: Abby Frimpong, Terri Mitchell, and our web designer Art Butcher.  If anyone needs or wants web development, please contact Art at jabutcher@gmail.com
 
Charity of the Month: The Potomac Conservancy for keeping our local waters clean, and Special Olympics of Maryland for giving all athletes the chance to compete.