Montgomery County Animal Shelter
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14645 Rothgeb Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (240) 773-5960
The Montgomery County Humane Society (MCHS) in Rockville, Maryland, is a non-profit animal welfare organization that has provided animal sheltering services for Montgomery County for over 40 years. Our funds to operate the Montgomery County Animal Shelter are provided under a grant from the Montgomery County Government and from private donations.
We shelter approximately 10,000 animals and service the animal-related needs of approximately 100,000 people yearly. Many of the services provided are mandated by grant contract and others are mandated by care and concern for the animals in our care.
ADOPTION HOURS: Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri:
12 noon - 7 pm, Sat & Sun:12 noon - 5 pm, Closed on Wednesdays
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Manna Food Center
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614 Lofstrand Lane
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 424-1130
Manna Food Center provides food to nearly 2,000 households each month and helps the working poor stretch their limited dollars so they can afford a better life. Manna Food Center gives families the opportunity to share their day over a healthy, home-cooked dinner. Manna provides children with the chance to succeed in school by helping ensure their nutritional needs are met, offers strength to our neighbors who are ill or elderly, and provides a helping hand to people who face temporary hardship or unemployment.
Manna also provides food at no charge each year to twenty-five partner organizations This frees up $1 million annually to fund drug rehabilitation, life skill training, child care, and shelter.
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Rockville Community Nursery School
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100 Welsh Park Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 340-7584
Rockville Community Nursery School
(RCNS) was founded in 1964 and is a
cooperative, parent-owned and
non-sectarian preschool.
As a cooperative preschool, RCNS
affords parents a unique and exciting
opportunity to participate in their
child's education. Parents serve the
school in administrative positions
and assist the teachers in daily
classroom activities.
RCNS offers a first school experience
for 2-, 3- and 4-year olds.
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Community Ministries of Rockville
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114 West Montgomery Ave
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 762-8682
The mission of Community Ministries of Rockville (CMR) mission is
to give voice to conscience and serve human need. In support of this mission we
combine the efforts of congregations to provide shelter and empowerment for the
homeless, assist the frail elderly in their homes, and house working, formerly
homeless men.
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Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation, Ltd.
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29 Courthouse Square
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 762-0096
Local historic preservation group located in the 1891 Red Brick Courthouse in downtown has gifts and books related to local history. Also extensive research library open to public.
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Literacy Council of Montgomery County
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21 Maryland Avenue, Suite 320
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (301) 610-0030
The Literacy Council of Montgomery County, Maryland is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to helping adults in Montgomery County learn to speak, read, write and understand English. We train volunteers to tutor one-on-one or with small groups of students. Each year, the Literacy Council provides free tutoring to approximately 800 - 1,000 adults in Montgomery County. We have a waiting list of several hundred adults who need your help!
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Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
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6125 Montrose Road
Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 881-0100
For over 80 years, the JCC of Greater Washington has served our community and provided programs and services that touch the lives of roughly 1 million people every year. Starting with our youngest members and reaching out to both active and frail seniors, there are activities, programs and special events as diverse as the people we serve. Whether it is our fully-accredited Ganon Gil Preschool, the Gildenhorn/Speisman Center for the Arts, our state-of-the-art Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Health & Fitness Center, our popular Chanukah Celebration and Purim Carnival, the Annual Jewish Book Festival, Camp JCC--with its nationally-recognized inclusion program for children with special needs--or any one of our more than 2,000 diverse programs, services and classes we offer each year, the JCC of Greater Washington is THE place for social, recreational, and cultural activities for all ages and all stages of the community.
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Alliance of Rockville Citizens
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P.O. Box 4545
Rockville, MD 20849
The Alliance of Rockville Citizens (ARC) is a non-partisan civic organization open to all citizens of Rockville. Its main focus is on Rockville and does not deal with County, State, or National questions unless there is a direct effect on the City. ARC was formed to provide citizens like yourself a more effective voice in city government. There are 49 local civic and homeowner associations that deal with concerns affecting particular neighborhoods in the city. ARC deals with city-wide concerns.
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Rockville Musical Theatre
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P.O. Box 1248
Rockville, MD 20849
Phone: (240) 314-8690
Rockville Musical Theatre (RMT) is one of the resident community theater groups of Rockville, Maryland. Our volunteer theatre group produces two high-quality, full-stage musicals each year with one in the summer and one in the fall. RMT was founded in 1974 and has been awarded the Ruby Griffith Award for several of its productions and is a member of WATCH.
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Victorian Lyric Opera Company
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P.O. Box 10391
Rockville, MD 20849
Phone: (301) 879-0220
The mission of the company has been and continues to be to provide high quality performances of light operatic works, providing educational and performance opportunities to our community. Our membership is drawn from all over the Greater Washington Metropolitan area.
The Washington Post says "The Victorian Lyric Oopera Company over the years has brought wonderfully energetic and entertaining productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's best to the area," with a high-quality cast, well-rehearsed orchestra, and beautifully appointed sets.
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The Montgomery County Volunteer Center
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401 Hungerford Drive, 1st Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Phone: (240) 777-2600
The Montgomery County Volunteer Center
will assist you in deciding how best to use
you and/or your organizations talents and
skills. The Volunteer Center is available to
offer support to you throughout the process.
Donations:
- A basket of food (more information)
- Gift certificates for food
- Sponsor a food drive
- For the December Holidays, new toys,
especially needed for older
children/teens.
Volunteer your time
- Sponsor a family, senior citizen or
individual with disabilities
- Work with one of the Coalition
Organizations sorting and distributing
food
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Town Center Action Team
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Town Center Action Team (TCAT) grew out of Imagine Rockville, a visioning process that the City of Rockville conducted in 1995. The focus of the group, consisting of citizens and business owners, has been on the creation of a Town Center that reflects the diversity of our city.
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Housing Opportunities Commission
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10400 Detrick Avenue
Kensington, MD 20895
Phone: (301) 929-6700
In addition to serving as the public housing agency (PHA) for Montgomery County (managing more than 1,500 units of public housing scattered throughout the county) and administering the federal Housing Choice Voucher program (formerly known as Section 8), HOC develops affordable housing; provides supportive services to HOC clients; offers rentals to moderate-income earners; partners with others in the community to help develop and finance affordable housing; issues housing bonds; provides financing for income-qualified first-time homebuyers; and provides information about affordable housing to the public through its Housing Resource Service.
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Maryland League of Conservation Voters
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Nine State Circle, Suite 202
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: (410) 280-9855
For 25 years, the non-partisan Maryland League of Conservation Voters has served as the political voice for the environment. We advocate for sound conservation policies, promote environmentally responsible candidates, and hold individual elected officials accountable through our scorecards and reports. Summary of current issues and legislation.
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Youth For Understanding USA
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6400 Goldsboro Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (240) 235-2100
Youth For Understanding is a non-profit, volunteer-based, international high school student exchange organization partnering with 50 other countries to provide students with an opportunity to experience life and a new culture while living with a host family and attending school in another country.
International high school students arrive in the U.S. each year in August to be placed with a host family who has been matched with the student, and who will then live with the family and attend school for the academic year.
YFU USA always seeks those in the community who would be interested in hosting a student or volunteering in another capacity to help with this exciting international program.
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Rockville Community Network
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Our mission is to promote communications between citizens, community groups, businesses, and the Rockville city government. We support connections to your neighbors, your communities, and local information resources through Internet technologies, including a web site and an e-mail list server. We are building a network with a community focus that provides a presence for organizations that are under-represented on the web.
Website information includes:
Community Organizations
Recreation and Entertainment
Real Estate and Housing
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Rockville Little Theater
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P. O. Box 4466
Rockville MD 20849-4466
Phone: (301) 221-5434
Subscribers to Rockville Little Theater can enjoy five different shows a year, a mix of old and new plays - drama, comedy, mystery - that we hope our audience will find exciting and entertaining. Season performances are held at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre.
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CHADD Montgomery County
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CHADD of Montgomery County, Maryland offers a variety of programs to support you in learning more about AD/HD. Montgomery County CHADD chapter offers speaker meetings, a parent/guardian support group, an adult support group, a workplace support group, and Parent to Parent - Family Training on AD/HD.
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OBG Cocker Spaniel Rescue (Oldies But Goodies)
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P.O. Box 361
Newington, VA 22122
Phone: (703) 533-2373
Oldies but Goodies Cocker Rescue, Inc, (OBG) is an all-volunteer non profit animal rescue organization based in Washington DC that is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals. We do this through the rescue, medical care, rehabilitation and placement by adoption of homeless and/or abandoned Cocker Spaniels and Cocker spaniel mixes to good homes in the Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia area.
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Rockville Civic Ballet
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Phone: (240) -31-4-86
The Rockville Civic Ballet consists of 75 adult and children dancers. Since 1974, the company has annually performed the holiday classic, "The Nutcracker." The company also annually performs a spring and summer production. Performances are held at F. Scott Fitzgerald Theater.
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Woodley Gardens West Civic Association