Thank you to all of our amazing friends and teammates, sponsors, and partners for coming out to celebrate at our gala this evening! Thank you for putting your whole heart into helping your neighbors in need!!! We are also grateful to Takoma Art Library/Sarah L. Voisin, Carol Zimmerman Ossi, and our amazing community for raising nearly $1200 for STM by raffling off the Kindness Quilt they made! Big thanks to our friends Delegate Lorig Charkoudian who presented us with a lovely citation, County Executive Marc Elrich for his wonderful remarks, and Mayor of Takoma Park Talisha Searcy, GOCI Director Christina Poy, and Commissioners Yang Yu, Chair and Isabelle Balakit for spending the evening with us!

The Takoma Art Library, (Free Art Supplies for All at 907 Erie Ave.), together with the help of our wonderful community, has made a gorgeous quilt to support the 501(3)c nonprofit, Small Things Matter. Carol Ossi, Small Things Matter and Takoma Art Library beloved volunteer, assembled the strips, and used more donated fabric to back the quilt. The result is this wonderful community quilt and a testament to KINDNESS!

The suggested donation for each entry is $10. You are of course welcome to donate more! Each Donation gets you a chance to win the community quilt. Donations are accepted via Venmo at thesmallthingsmatter, PayPal at thesmallthingsmatter@yahoo.com or personal check made out to Small Things Matter, 14516 Bauer Drive, Rockville, MD via this form: Community Quilt FUNDRAISER for STM (google.com).

Fundraiser entry sales end at 8pm on Saturday, November 16, 2024 at the 2024 Small Things Matter annual Gala at the Takoma Park Seventh Day Adventist Keystone Room. You do not have to attend the event to win the quilt.

 If the winner is not present, the quilt can be delivered or mailed to you.

Thank you for supporting Small Things Matter! And please share this widely!

Our thanks to Sarah Voisin/The Takoma Art Library and Carol Ossi/Small Things Matter and Takoma Art Library beloved volunteer

Help us fill our Thanksgiving Baskets.

Every year STM puts together Thanksgiving baskets (a roaster chicken or turkey plus fresh produce – potatoes, carrots, onions, sweet potatoes) for the 2000 food insecure families we serve in Takoma Park and Silver Spring and 25 families in Rockville. We would love to have your help! Please consider donating either a roaster chicken ($10 donation) or a turkey ($20 donation) for a family in need to help make their Thanksgiving brighter. Please donate to us via Venmo @thesmallthingsmatter, Paypal thesmallthingsmatter@yahoo.com, or checks made out to Small Things Matter, 14516 Bauer Drive, Rockville, MD 20853 from now until Sunday, November 24 at noon.

STM is happy to provide letters of acknowledgement for tax purposes. Thank you for your kind support!

STM is collecting pre-loved and new winter coats for the families in need we serve. Our thanks to Tabletop, Piney Branch Elementary School, Takoma Park Elementary School, Margie Billian, Takoma Bev Co, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation and the STM high school clubs for serving as collection sites.

The coats will be distributed on Tuesday, November 12 from 4:30-6:00pm at the back of the TPSS Co-op during our teen pantry distribution.

STM served in partnership with Giant Pharmacy, Continuum Healthcare Network, We Do Seva, St. Marks to provide COVID/Flu vaccinations, diabetes testing, eye screening, fresh produce, and nonperishables! Our thanks to our team for assisting with signing up clients for their vaccinations and sharing food with those in need.

Giant Pharmacy and Small Things Matter will be hosting a COVID-19/flu vaccination event at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Sunday October 20, 2024 from 8am-4pm.  

2024–2025 Pfizer-BioNTech and 2024–2025 Moderna vaccine will be administered for ages 3-adult.

Signup here: Giant Pharmacy: COVID/Flu vaccination clinic at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church (signupgenius.com)

Please remember to comment on whether you would like to receive the COVID-19 vaccine only, the flu shot only, or both shots.

Please remember to download, print, and fill out the consent form found on the SignupGenius. Please bring your ID, your insurance cards (Medicaid, private insurance, etc.), and your consent forms with you to expedite your vaccination.

Questions?  Contact Roxanne rayamashita@yahoo.com or call 202-669-8550. Thank you!

226 flu shots, 200 adult COVID shots, and 17 child COVID shots given out today! Our thanks to Giant Pharmacy (Pharmacists Rimple, Omar, Vu, Danya, Kidusan) for partnering with Laura O’Connor Barclay/ Main Street Takoma and STM to bring COVID/flu vaccinations to our community at the Takoma Park Street Festival! Thanks also to our team Doris, Zuzu, Darren, Peggy, Mary, Susan, and John. Lovely day at the fest!!!

Youth and their families honored first responders with handmade cards, handmade buttons, baked goods, handcream, chapstick, pens, and other items to thank them for their service in remembrance of 9/11. Our thanks to our partners at Youth Service America and AmeriCorps for their We Serve to Remember grant. Our thanks to our teen volunteers and to the hundreds of children and their families who stopped by to make a card or a button today at the Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF)! The baskets were delivered to the Takoma Park Police Department, TPSS Co-op, Holy Cross Hospital, Shady Grove Hospital, Police Dept Rockville, Rockville Volunteer Fire Department, Holy Cross, Germantown Hospital, Police Dept Germantown, Germantown Volunteer Fire Department! Our thanks to Lana for writing the grant and organizing and our wonderful teens Alexis, Sahana, Maria, Marco, Ivan, Seneca, Colin, Annie, Andrii, Olivia, Wali, Louisa, Danna, Maxwell, James, Lesu, Ezera, Anyunwiya, Alexis, Diya, Kalina, Maliam Vivian, Nuala, Ike, Andy, Paula, Eric, Daniel, Samantha, Zuzu, Kristin, Edward, Alvin, Jim, Lina, Mira, Leah, Joel, Adem, Aliyah, Claire, Nora, Angela, Izzy, May, and Mary for helping the kids today and our bakers Thomas, Sophia, Sahana, Sid, and Alexis!

Thank you everyone for making a difference in the life of a student with your kind contributions of money, school supplies, and time. We surpassed our goals this year and were able to help many more students in need because of you. Thank you!!!