Small Things Matter led a fleece scarves for the homeless in MoCo with Difference Makers and volunteers from Montgomery County Volunteer Center on October 24 & 25, 2018. Our thanks to Montgomery County Volunteer Center for their grant that made this possible and to DM Sponsor Bryan Goehring for his support.  Together we made 120 lovely scarves (83 simple fringe,18 tied center, 19 fancy)!  Stay tuned to see what our partners are working on!

Small Things Matter had a great time giving out books at the Difference Makers Kokua Foods distribution at Rolling Terrace Elementary School on October 21, 2018. I wish all of you could see their enthusiasm as they choose their book to take home. Thank you everyone for your support and for keeping this fire alive! 🙂

STM had a great time vending Hawaiian shave ice and lemonade at Fop Lodge 34 Craft and Vendor Shows Fall into Family Fun Trick & Trunk Event on October 13, 2018. The day was filled with music, bounce house, games, wonderful vendors, and fun families!

STM extends its heartfelt thanks to John/Beyond Comics for their generous donation of 500 comic books (X-Men, Hulk, Avengers, Superman, Spider Woman, Batman, She Hulk, Marvel Girl, Green Arrow) on October 10, 2018 for our Books for Bedtime literacy program. #kindness

“The world is full of exceptional people. The people in the world who do kindness, or search for the truth despite their lives being at risk. The engineers, the teachers, the doctors, and adoptive parents, the scholars and the firemen, and yes, the journalists. People who risk everything for the sake of others and those who simply try to help those whose needs be greater than their own. Those people inspire me, not the other way around.”
-Superman

Small Things Matter spend the day filling up Little Free Library in Takoma Park, MD on October 8, 2018. So much fun! If you have a LFL that needs some love send us a message.

Small Things Matter gave out new books to the children at Difference Makers Kokua Foods distribution at Takoma Park Middle School on October 7, 2018 from 12:30-1:30pm. We are glad that these books are in wonderful homes!

Small Things Matter and Difference Makers are joining forces once again to help the homeless in our community. Please join us in making fleece scarves for the homeless at Takoma Park Middle School on October 24 & 25 from 5-7pm. SSL hours available to middle school and high school. If you’re interested please drop us a line at thesmallthingsmatter.org or sign up at Montgomery County Volunteer Center. Small Things Matter thanks MCVC for their generous grant which helped offset most of the cost for this event.

Small Things Matter is partnering for a second year with Difference Makers Kokua Foods Program to share our literacy program Books for Bedtime at Takoma Park MS and Rolling Terrace ES on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, respectively. STM will host a snack table where our members will read books to the younger children and will give out brand new books to help them develop a love of reading. We welcome donations of brand new books or small monetary donations for our literacy program via our website at http://www.smallthingsmatter.org. All donations are tax-deductible. Thanks! 🙂

STM members Lana, Amelia, and Serenity ran our Books for Bedtime Program during the Takoma Park Elementary School PTA meeting on October 2, 2018. The children listened to a Dr. Seuss story read by Amelia and then were asked to create a fantastical creature of their own and write a few words/sentences about it. STM went around offering help and encouragement when needed. The children did a great job of making wonderful stories about their creatures. What imaginations! A few of the older children worked on kindness rocks to abandon as a Random Acts of Kindness. STM will be back every other month to share our program at TPES. Our thanks to Lia Salza and Meg McDonald for the kind introduction to the TPES families. We can’t wait to see everyone again in December!