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Montgomery County
 Volunteer News

240.777.2600

June 2025

IN THIS ISSUE (scroll down to "read all about it")

►Hear Ye: Summertime and the Volunteering Is Busy!

►Montgomery Serves Awards: Come Celebrate Our Volunteer Standouts

►Opportunities to Serve: Spotlight on So What Else

►Make a Difference: June Is Pride Month

PLUS

►Stay Tuned to County Updates

►Quick Tips

Summertime Is Here At Last!

Spring showers are (hopefully) a memory and the sun is breaking through the clouds. Summertime is here at last. This means we can get out into the great outdoors and volunteer at events, fairs and festivals to help our neighbors in need. A big thank you goes out to all our volunteers who make a difference every day!

—From the Volunteer Center Staff

Join Us on June 24 to Celebrate Our Outstanding Volunteers!


Come celebrate our outstanding volunteers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24 at the Rosborough Theater in Gaithersburg, when they will be honored with Montgomery Serves Awards. All are welcome, but space is limited. To reserve your free tickets register here.

★Neal Potter Path of Achievement Award

Honoring lifetime service by those aged 60 and older.

Hettie Fleming

Anita Segreti

★Volunteer of the Year Awards

Recognizing outstanding volunteer service performed in Montgomery County in 2024.

Volunteer of the Year

Youth Volunteer of the Year

Stephanie Mitchell

Aarna Gundeti

★Volunteer Group of the Year

★Business Volunteer of the Year

Little Falls Watershed Alliance

DAVIS Construction

★Celebrating MCPS Student Volunteerism


Students earning the highest number of SSL hours out of all MCPS students in their grade:

GRADE 6: Riley Goodman, Silver Creek Middle School

GRADE 7: Lucia Castro Herrera, Shady Grove Middle School

GRADE 8: Princess Asare, Montgomery Village Middle School

GRADE 9: Akina Hart, Rockville High School

GRADE 10: Theodore Lim, Poolesville High School

GRADE 11: Sophie Huang, Richard Montgomery High School

GRADE 12: Lilyanna Bergfalk, Wheaton High School


Student service spotlight: The following students are recognized for their dedication to making a meaningful impact on the community through service-learning:

David Blanco Corona, Magruder High School

Wilson Costa, Francis Scott Key Middle School

Jazmary Solla Perez, Springbrook High School

Opportunities to Serve

Help improve the lives of children and families in underserved communities in Maryland, D.C. and Baltimore. The nonprofit So What Else offers great opportunities for volunteers aged 10 and up in locations across DC, North Bethesda and Gaithersburg. Volunteer opportunities include outdoor food distribution in North Bethesda and Gaithersburg; warehouse support in North Bethesda; delivery driving in North Bethesda; and volunteering in August in DC for the So What Else DC Summer Olympics 2025.

Make a Difference:  June Is Pride Month

In the latest episode, host Florence Jewell marks June as Pride Month by discussing unity, engagement, solutions and volunteerism with two of Montgomery County’s LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Plus) community leaders. She speaks with Phillip Alexander Downie, chief executive officer of Montgomery County Pride Family: MoCo Pride Center, Inc.. Florence also speaks with Dr. Amena Johnson, the County’s first LGBTQ+ community liaison supporting the County Executive and the LGBTQ+ community, parents, allies and teachers of LGBTQ+ residents.   

Enjoy the full episode on YouTube and check out the series on County Cable Montgomery.

Stay Tuned!

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Quick Tips

We provide hyperlinks for more information in this newsletter in light blue italics. Many links take you to the Volunteer Center website, which contains hundreds of volunteer opportunities, complete with search filters to help you find the ones that interest you the most. The calendar is a great way to make plans, too. Thoughts and suggestions are welcome, and our suggestion box is always open.

FIND YOUR VOLUNTEER NICHE
 

Montgomery County Volunteer Center

volunteer@montgomerycountymd.gov

240-777-2600

www.montgomeryserves.org

Montgomery County Volunteer Center Staff

Faith McNeill, Volunteer Center Manager

Lindsay Niemoller, AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Manager

Florence Jewell, Outreach & Engagement Manager

Roslyn Houston, Agency Training & Support Manager


Newsletter Team

Janis Tabor, Lead Editor & Designer

Alex Ferguson, Writer & Editor

Erica Joo, Writer & Editor

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