Thursday, January 17, 2013
Tell us what this holiday means to you and how you will celebrate?
Monday, Jan. 21, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, the national holiday honoring the prominent civil rights activist is a time to give back and serve the community, be it through removing graffiti or picking up litter in a local park. For others, it’s an opportunity to educate themselves about King and his life's work. And for others, it’s a time to just kick back and enjoy the prolonged weekend. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a countywide food drive to benefit Gaithersburg's Manna Food Center will be conducted at 27 Giant Food locations in Montgomery County on Saturday, Jan. 19, and Sunday, Jan. 20. Groups are encouraged to “adopt a store” for one or both days to help Manna collect food donations. More information about …
Monday, November 21, 2011
Churches, food banks and pantries around Montgomery County are collecting donations.
With the hectic nature of the holidays — from preparing meals to herding relatives — it's easy to forget that many of Montgomery County's families struggle to put food on the table. If you're looking to lend a hand to your neighbors who can't afford holiday meals, here are a few of the county organizations accepting food donations: Countywide Manna Food Center — 9311 Gaither Road, Gaithersburg, Md., 301-424-1130 Manna distributes food all around Montgomery County and collects donations at its Gaithersburg warehouse. They accept donations Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and every second Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can find a wish list of food items on Manna’s website. Kensington St. Paul's United Methodist Church — …
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Organizers of the annual Greg Gannon Canned Food Drive are hoping to nearly double the drive's typical collection this year—to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament by helping those in need like never before.
This week, we debut a new format for our popular weekly family column, "A Family Affair." The column will be written on a rotating basis by the "Family Affair" columnists for the Bethesda, North Potomac-Darnestown and Chevy Chase Patches. This week, the column is written by Maura Mahoney, a freelance journalist and mother of three who lives in the Town of Somerset in Chevy Chase. If you’ve lived in the area for any amount of time, you’ve seen them. They appear on your front porch or doorstep in early December—brown paper grocery bags with a neatly typed request for canned food stapled to one side. Within a day or two, they disappear. The bags are a herald of the holiday season, and the hallmark of a special local tradition: the Greg Gannon…
arthur jones
1:01 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Every year on his birthday in a city some where a black person dies or a black person kills another black person for no reason at all.....I think about m.l.king alot and I know he wouldn't like today's people cause I love my people but at times can't stand to hear the stupid things they do.....sagging, ,, killing at a young age,,,, have four different baby's daddy, ,, ...etc. the list can go on I… more ›