Category: Housing and Community Services

City Pairs Helpers with Seniors Each winter, Rockville looks for ways to help older residents with snow removal. If you’re handy with a shovel and don’t mind digging out an extra driveway or clearing a walkway or two, you can sign up and volunteer for the program. The senior center’s

Rockville has outstanding kids, and every T-E-R-R-I-F-I-C kid needs a bike. How do you prove you’re TERRIFIC? Show us you’re Trustworthy, Earnest, Respectful, Responsible, Involved, Fair, Industrious and Caring! The TERRIFIC challenge gives free bikes to Rockville residents in grades 1-5 who fulfill six good deeds, such as volunteering with

Eleven volunteers from Boy Scouts of America Troop 1094 took part in a conservation project during the Thanksgiving weekend, spending eight hours collecting more than 50 bags of trash from the stream valley areas of King Farm. The city of Rockville — and the environment — says, “Thanks!”

Donations are being accepted for the 2024 Holiday Drive, Rockville’s annual push to help the community’s hundreds of children and families in need during the holiday and gift-giving season.  In what has become an annual tradition, businesses, individuals, civic groups, schools, foundations and the faith community, as well as individuals,

Rockville residents are invited to take the city’s human services needs assessment survey.  Data from the survey will help the city assess available services, identify residents’ health and wellness needs, and make informed recommendations on how to best address those needs.  The survey takes 10-15 minutes to complete online and

Deadline for Applications is Jan. 17  The Friday, Jan. 17 deadline is approaching for Rockville’s matching grant program, which helps neighbors work together to accomplish common goals that support the health, vitality and inclusivity of the place they call home.  Neighborhood, civic or homeowners associations, community groups, organized groups of

Help us keep the city’s neighborhoods safe and healthy.  Trash or debris? Weeds taller than 10 inches? Inoperable, abandoned or junk vehicles? Hazardous trees, hedges or overgrowth? Improperly parked vehicles? Property owners may be issued corrective orders. Failure to comply may result in fines.  Report violations anonymously at www.rockvillemd.gov/codeenforcement.

City Pairs Helpers with Seniors Each winter, the Rockville Senior Center looks for ways to help older Rockville residents with snow removal.  If you’re handy with a shovel and don’t mind digging out an extra driveway or clearing a walkway or two, you can sign up and volunteer for the

For 50 Years, Drive Has Encouraged Heartfelt Giving  For a half-century, through the Holiday Drive, the city has sponsored outreach that brings the community together each year to provide food baskets, gift certificates and toys to needy Rockville families throughout the Thanksgiving and December holidays.  Rockville’s community warmth and holiday