ANNOUNCEMENTS

Community members are invited to take time to reconnect, relax, and enjoy a special evening created just for individuals with dementia and their partners. Celebrate your time together with dancing, games, delicious hors d'oeuvres, sweet treats, and refreshing non-alcoholic cocktails. Capture fun moments in the photo booth, savor the music, and share in the joy of a night designed for connection, laughter, and love.

Venue: Winter Growth (5460 Ruth Keeton Way - Columbia 21044)

RSVP: becky.donahue@wintergrowthinc.org

A special thank you to our event sponsors:

Right at Home

Rotary Club of Columbia/Patuxent

SOBAR

Learn how to improve and understand caregiver needs. Each virtual session includes a mix of education, interactive exercises, discussions and tools to support caregivers in nurturing their mental health.

Session 1 (Jan. 14): How to juggle caregiving issues and survive.

Session 2 (Jan. 21): Managing Stress and building resilience - laughter is the best medicine.

Session 3 (Jan. 28): Learning to grieve the losses and move on to the successes.

Session 4 (Feb. 4): Planning for the future.

Please RSVP to Becky Donahue at:

becky.donahue@wintergrowthinc.org | (410) 964-9616

Facilitated by Ruth Kershner, LCSW-C, National Caregiving Support Program Manager | ruth.kershner@montgomerycountymd.gov

Join Neighbor Ride on a trip down memory lane as we celebrate 20 years and counting!  Sponsorship opportunities are still available! Contact Colleen at community@neighborride.org or click below to be a part of the event.

BE A SPONSOR

Time: 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Venue: Apple Ford (8800 Stanford Blvd, Columbia, MD 21045)

Drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served.

The Howard County Walk to End Alzheimer’s Committee invites you to compete in our 1st Annual Holiday Tree Decorating Contest.  To enter, decorate a holiday tree, snap a photo, give your tree a title, and write a brief description of what this tree means to your community/family/ business.  Then, email your submission to: geshifflett@alz.org by November 11th. 

Voting will be done online through fundraising from November 15th to December 15th.  The tree that raises the most will be our winner.  The winning tree team will receive a fun trophy, filled with lots of surprises and will be theirs to keep until next year!  For more details, click here!

Hello All!

The Village in Howard is celebration 10 years of serving Older Adults in Howard County! We are having a Bull & Oyster Roast with a Silent Auction & Queen Size Quilt Raffle on November 9th.

An all you can eat menu including raw & fried Oysters, Pit Beef, Ham, and Turkey, tons of sides, beer, wine, & soda, and dessert! 

https://givebutter.com/c/l4FZDs

Thank you! 

Debbie Burgio