Our thanks to our partners at Silver Spring Cares and Takoma Bev Co. for the amazing grilled chicken meals complete with mac and cheese and a fresh salad on March 27, 2021 for our families at Hampshire Tower Apartments! A year ago in March 2020 Silver Spring Cares started their Community Connection Initiative to provide families with meals prepared by local restaurants. We are honored to be their food distribution partners sharing these wonderful meals with families in need across Montgomery County. Together we have distributed nearly 12,000 meals. Please consider donating to this worthwhile cause here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/silver-spring-cares-community-connection

Wonderful job by our teens yesterday at our pantry distribution. Delicious pizza, pasta, canned food, eggs, frozen chicken, masks, and clothes were shared. Our thanks to Marla Caplon/ MoCo Food Security Task Force, Wegmans Germantown, ROSCOE’S Neapolitan Pizzeria, The Makana Project, The Pollination Project, Amerigroup, TPSS Co-op, our community, members (Jimmy, Jim, Lew, Tim, John), and teens (Axel, Lucy, Isabel, Kyle, Kat, Lana, Ethan, Jacob, Anni, Josh, Pablo, Alex, Violeta, Aline, Adam, Shae, Brigitte, Andrew, Gabe, Owen, Grace, Sana). #kindness

Glenstone Museum had to temporarily close its doors in November due to the pandemic, but they wanted to keep their employees working and so decided to donate meals to local organizations feeding those in need. Small Things Matter is one of their many recipients. We are grateful to Glenstone Museum, Potomac Md for their weekly donation of 100 delicious meals for our families. #kindness

Our thanks to those of you who are making casseroles in honor of MLK Day. So far we have 70 casseroles and more are on their way! We will be sharing these casseroles at our distribution at the TPSS Coop this Friday.

Our thanks to @BidenInaugural for promoting our service opportunity.

If you would like to continue to serve in impactful ways with STM please check out all of our MCPS SSL approved opportunities here: https://montgomerycountymd.galaxydigital.com/agency/mgrNeeds/?agency_id=81036

Kudos to the teens for running another successful pantry distribution today at the TPSS Co-op. The families enjoyed pantry foods, rotisserie chickens, milk, chicken, Hanes socks, masks, and more. Our thanks to TPSS Co-op, Wegmans Germantown, Marla Caplon/ Montgomery County Public Schools, Hanes for donating 2000 socks, The Pollination Project for supporting Lana’s handsewn mask project, and for all the wonderful community donations. #kindness For a fun video of the day click here: https://youtu.be/VewRYcSjCdE

Thanks to all of you the holidays were brighter for the many families and individuals we serve. Together we were able to gift them with toys, Cups of Cheer, gift cards, fresh meat, extra produce, certificates to restaurants, hot meals, and more. Thank you everyone for all of your kind acts. We look forward to another year of service with you!

Lana Anderson received recognition as a 2020 Ravens Community Quarterback for her work as founder and president of Small Things Matter. Congratulations to the other award recipients and our deepest thanks to T. Rowe Price Foundation, Raven Foundation, and the NLF Foundation. Please watch this slide show that was aired during the halftime show of the Baltimore Ravens vs Dallas Cowboys game on December 8, 2020. https://twitter.com/Ravens/status/1336710585103343616?s=20

Today on #GivingTuesday STM would like to extend our deepest thanks to all of our wonderful partners and friends in the community who have joined us to feed families in need. The effects of COVID-19 are far reaching and have left many families and individuals struggling, stressed, and feeling desperate. We are grateful for the compasionate gifts of self, goods, and monetary donations that we have received to support over 1000 families in in need with fresh produce, meat, and shelf stable foods.

If you are able please consider donating to our GoFundMe, paypal thesmallthingsmatter@yahoo.com, Venmo @thesmallthingsmatter, or via check made out to Small Things Mattter, 14516 Bauer Drive, Rockville, MD 20853. STM a 501(3)c volunteer-run nonprofit and 100% of the monies you donate will go towards helping our food insecure neighbors.

Thanks!

On behalf of the STM team

Roxanne

Hi Friends! 

I’m writing today to ask for your help with our GoFundMe campaign.  Donations can also be made via paypal/thesmallthingsmatter@yahoo.com, venmo.com/thesmallthingsmatter, or check made out to Small Things Matter, 14516 Bauer Drive, Rockville, MD 20853.  

Our Kokua Foods program had been distributing 100,000 lbs of food each month to help over 1000 families and individuals in MoCo that are food insecure.  Recent cuts to the federal and state food programs is resulting in a loss of 50-70% of the food that we are able to share with those in need. The pandemic has been hard on all of us, but even more so to families who have lost family members, their jobs, health insurance, and more due to this pandemic.  Please consider making a donation no matter how small to support our campaign.  100% of the funds raised will be used to purchase supplemental food for these families.   We are grateful to all of you for helping our community and we hope that you will continue to bake goodies, bag beans and rice, and make casseroles for our families.  We need your help with food support now more than ever. Please take a look at this month’s newsletter to see how our community comes together during crisis. 

Thanks everyone!