On Monday, January 21, a team of Giving Together volunteers braved the frigid cold to help out at Nourish Now, a 2016 GT grantee organization in Rockville, MD, on the national Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. We joined millions of Americans engaging in volunteer activities all around the country. Nourish Now helps people achieve food security in Montgomery County by efficiently re- distributing surplus food from restaurants, caterers, and others to those in need. The organization’s dedicated staff and corps of volunteers do an outstanding job of helping to alleviate local hunger – a serious problem in the county and throughout the metropolitan area. On MLK Day, a dozen GT volunteers

On Dec 11th, GT members and guests enjoyed celebrating the holidays together at a party hosted by the board at the home of member Ruth Kincaid. Thank you to Ruth for opening her beautiful home to us. The delicious food was prepared by the board and followed a festive Greek theme. The menu included Greek meatballs, turkey-spinach meatballs, traditional Greek salad, orzo salad and spanakopita, among other delicacies. We also enjoyed a variety of cookies baked by Ellen Yahuda’s teen granddaughters, who received community service points for baking for us. Another yummy (and healthy!) dessert: chocolate-dipped strawberries, specially prepared by Sheryl Donaldson's husband, Rick! The GT holiday pa