GoFundMe: Silver Spring is the Most Generous City in America
Silver Spring is the most generous city in the country, according to an annual giving report released by crowdfunding platform GoFundMe.
Silver Spring is the most generous city in the country, according to an annual giving report released by crowdfunding platform GoFundMe.
Silver Spring-based nonprofit Small Things Matter, created by Montgomery Blair High School student Lana Anderson, distributed 600 Indian curry meals free of charge to anyone that visited the school on Monday. The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation – Sikh Spiritual Center provided the meals.
Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington Executive Director Ken Flemmer was honored last week by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-District 8) as part of the Congressman’s Local Heroes video series.
The Charles Koiner Conservancy for Urban Farming this week posted a video in tribute to Koiner Farm founder Charles Koiner, honoring him on what would have been his 100th birthday.
The Greater Silver Spring Civitans Club (GSSC) and Glenmont Forest Neighbors Civic Association (GFNCA) have teamed up to create and maintain two Little Free Libraries to benefit the community, according to a county press release.
Downtown Silver Spring will set up two s’mores stations on the plaza Friday, Nov. 27 and Friday, Dec. 11 to benefit Manna Food Center, according to the DTSS website. For a $5 fee, which goes to the center, groups of up to six people can reserve a 15-minute s’mores roasting period between 5 and 8 p.m. each evening.
Several Silver Spring-based organizations have been given grants to increase resident access to yard, patio, and community gardening supplies, space, and education, under the Montgomery County Food Council’s Resident and Community Food Production Grant Program.
South Silver Spring-based nonprofit Shepherd’s Table has been chosen as a Grants 4 Plants urban garden grant recipient, as reported by a post to their Instagram account.
South Silver Spring yoga and wellness studio UP will host its 4th Annual 108 Sun Salutations event this weekend benefiting local nonprofit Warriors at Ease, streaming the event from their Georgia Avenue location.