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Giving Together News


GT Members Attend Grantee Music Competition
February 19, 2023 GIving Together participated in the James Bland 2023 Music Competition, led by two of our 2022 grantees, Concerned...


National Day of Service at Nourish Now
January 16, 2023 Giving Together members honored the Martin Luther King National Day of Service on January 16, 2023 by volunteering for...


Holiday Cheer for GT Members
December 2022 Giving Together members turned out on December 8th for our first in-person holiday party in three years. We gathered at the...


GT's Mimi Brodsky Kress is Montgomery County Philanthropist of the Year
November 2022 Longtime Giving Together member, Mimi Brodsky Kress, was recently named 2022 Montgomery County Philanthropist of the Year...


GT Awards $90,000 in Grants at 2022 Annual Meeting!
September 29, 2022 Giving Together’s 2022 Annual Meeting was held on the evening of September 29th at the Town of Chevy Chase Town Hall....


GT Helps Local Refugee Resettlement at Spring Fundraising Event
May 11, 2022 Giving Together held our first in-person event in over two years on May 11, 2022, when we gathered in the beautiful lobby of...


MLK Day Project 2022
January 17, 2022 While we had hoped to be able to volunteer at Grantee sites in person for MLK Day this year, we knew this wasn't...


GT Volunteers Sort Clothes at Interfaith Works
On October 13, 2021, GT members volunteered to fold clothes and household linens at the Interfaith Works Clothing Center in Rockville. ...


GT Awards $83,000 in Grants, Introduces New Category for Black-Led Non-Profits
At GT’s Annual Meeting on September 28, 2021, the members voted to award grants totaling $83,000 to five non-profits in Washington, DC...


Education Seminar Focuses on GT Grants Theme: Homelessness
In June 2021, the Grants committee organized an educational seminar on the topic of our 2021 grants theme: Housing and Homelessness. The...


Spring Fundraiser Totals $20,000 for Food for Montgomery + 100% Match!
In May 2021, GT dedicated our annual spring fundraising event to the Montgomery County Community Foundation’s “Food for Montgomery”...


GT Forms Racial Equity Working Group
Giving Together has established a Racial Equity Working Group (REWG), with nearly one-quarter of our members volunteering to participate....


Service in Time of COVID: Summer Food Drive
GT member, Gail Dratch (right), delivers food and cleaning supplies to Becky's House. Also pictured is Gina Esipila, program director for...


GT Responds to COVID-19 Emergency with Online Fundraiser
This spring, as we all tried to navigate the uncharted waters of the COVID-19 emergency, it was a challenge to find things to celebrate....


MLK Day of Service at Becky's House
On January 20, 2020 -- the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Nationwide Day of Service -- Giving Together volunteers provided and served...


GT Holds First Strategic Planning Meeting
On November 19, 2019, GT conducted the first meeting of our new Strategic Planning initiative. The initiative is exploring how GT can...
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