STM is excited to announce the new Small Things Matter club at Wootton High School led by co-Presidents Abby and Nikki! They recruited many members at the school’s club fair and have already made bookmarks for our literacy program! Wooton STM is now working on a coat drive to help the food insecure families we serve in Takoma Park and Silver Spring. So very proud of these students!
STM’s annual Jam Session at the Coop on Saturday, October 8, 2022 raises much needed funds for our Kokua Foods Program. Our food program currently supports over 1000 families in Takoma Park, Silver Spring, and Rockville. Please join us for a night of live music generously donated again this year by Groovalicious and Flo Anito. Advance tickets for $35/person can be purchased here and include include 2 beverages (beer, wine, soft drinks). Food will also be available for purchase. Admission tickets will also be sold at the door – Pay what you can. Children are free and do not need a ticket to enter. ID required to purchase/drink alcohol. Our thanks to all of our wonderful sponsors and to our amazing community for their support!
Here are our donor levels:
With gratitude,
Roxanne
Our thanks to our friends at Target for their wonderful donation of hygiene kits for our families. Target stores from all over Maryland contributed 60 hygiene kits filled with soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes, toothpaste and more. We shared these kits with the families at Park Ritchie Apartments in Takoma Park that we serve and they were thrilled!!! Thank you! #kindness
Our thanks to The Monitor Group for their amazing donation of 50 backpacks filled with school supplies as well as a monetary donation for our holiday baskets! We are so grateful for your continued support!
Our deepest thanks to Columbia Country Club for hosting a backpack drive for STM’s families! Their families assembled 88 backpacks filled with school supplies. It was so heartwarming seeing all the tiny hands hard at work. Their kindness is greatly appreciated.
Our deepest thanks to GFWC Metropolitan Community Club (MCC) who donated $1000 to purchase backpacks and school supplies. Using their generous donation 100 backpacks filled with supplies including headphones, composition notebooks, pencils, crayons, gluesticks, and scissor were made for K-2nd grade students. We are grateful for their generous and continued support!
Our deepest thanks to our friends at Sts Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church of Washington DC for their generous donation of 250 filled backpacks and extra school supplies! We are so grateful for your friendship and continued support!
A huge thank you to our friends at Mortenson who generously donated 80 backpacks filled with supplies for elementary school students. This wonderful group is currently working on the Brookville Bus Depot Microgrid in Silver Spring. Our thanks to them for their caring hearts!
Our deepest thanks to Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Center for their amazing donations-books for our literacy program, toys for our holiday presents, school supplies for our current backpack/school supplies drive, and knitted items for the upcoming winter months! We are so grateful for their amazing support and partnership! #kindness
STM’s annual backpack drive kicks off on August 1-28. Middle School and High School students can earn 2SSL hours for each backpack filled with supplies. Details on the supplies and instructions are here: https://montgomerycountymd.galaxydigital.com/need/detail/…
Filled backpacks will be collected at our office at 14516 Bauer Drive, Rockville, MD 20853, TPSS Co-op, Tabletop DC, Main Street Pearl, Old Takoma Ace Hardwards, and Silver Spring Cares. Our thanks to them and our other partners Metropolitan Community Club (MCC), a chapter of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and Sts Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church of Washington DC. Backpacks filled with school supplies are one of the items most needed and appreciated by our families so please help if you can!