Nonprofit Montgomery member Montgomery History is hosting the Montgomery County History Conference to explore and celebrate the many facets of our past that shape our community to this day.This event is a day-long gathering includes workshops, presentations, and panel discussions covering a wide range of topics within the realm of local history. Click here for tickets.
Crystal Townsend, President of Healthcare Initiative Foundation was awarded the 2019 Montgomery Women Rising Star Award. This award was established in 2005 to honor and memorialize the life of Phyllis Campbell Newsome, an activist and founding member of Montgomery Women. Montgomery Women presents the Rising Star Award annually to a woman who has shown leadership and the potential to make a significant contribution to the Montgomery County community.
WorkSource Montgomery is looking for a partner to launch its summer youth program. Organizations interested should submit Expressions of Interest by January 31. WorkSource Montgomery is also soliciting proposals for a contractor to provide One-Stop Operator services in Montgomery County under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Through this RFP, WSM has allocated a maximum of $200,000 for the vendor agreement.
The Nonprofit Village moved to a new incubation center in Rockville. The new 10,824 square foot center has larger office spaces, communal areas and modern amenities. Congratulations!
Montgomery County-based, Helen Hayes-Award- winning theatre company Flying V finishes its 2018 season with the world premiere of “Sheila and Moby.” This original play by Patrick Flynn honors the power of the imagination, examines the dynamic nature of parent-child relationships over time, and asks what it means—and costs—to grow up.
Manna Food Center CEO and Nonprofit Montgomery Board Secreatary Jackie DeCarlo was featured in Bethesda Magazine’s “Feeding Our Neighbors.”
Tech Impact, a 501(c)(3) provider of nonprofit technology solutions and the operator of IT training programs for underserved youth will be merging with Idealware, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and authoritative source for independent, thoroughly-researched technology resources for the social sector. The merger will be effective on September 30.
Meredith Bowers is the new Program & Membership Director for Nonprofit Montgomery. She has experience in nonprofit administration and has served as the Executive Director of two nonprofits in Montgomery County: Jobs Unlimited, Inc. and Bethesda Metro Area Village. She also served in leadership roles at several others, including KID Museum and Montgomery Hospice. Previously, she taught legal research and writing, public interest lawyering and appellate advocacy to law students and creative writing and yoga to elementary school students.
Meredith holds a law degree from George Washington University and an undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently she volunteers with Girls on the Run Montgomery County, Montgomery Hospice, and is on the Board of Beth Chai Congregation. She can be reached at meredith@nonprofitmoco.org.
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Court Watch Montgomery was recently featured in Bethesda magazine. Court Watch Montgomery sat in on more than 2,500 protective order hearings to develop a report that found significant differences in the way District Court judges handle hearings for domestic violence protection orders.