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Category: Housing and Community Services

Volunteer to Shovel Snow for an Elderly Neighbor

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

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Rockville’s Senior Center Aims to Help You Live Well

Free sessions at the Rockville Senior Center will show you ways to live fuller and more healthily this month. Register at the senior center’s information desk, by calling 240-314-8800 or online with the course number at www.rockvillemd.gov/registration. Introduction to Jin Shin Jyutsu: Self-Help for Healing and Optimum Health. In this

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2019 Rockville Holiday Drive is Officially Underway

For More than 45 Years, Drive has Encouraged Heartfelt Giving For more than four-and-a-half decades, through the Holiday Drive, Rockville 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. Here are

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A Better Driving Experience at Senior Center

Learn about the latest high-tech safety features in your current or future car from 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, at a workshop on vehicle technology. The Smart Driver TEK workshop is developed jointly by AARP Driver Safety and The Hartford, and will be presented by Ken Ow, a driving safety

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Become an Ambassador for Rockville

Ready to represent your community? How about signing on to become a Rockville Community Ambassadors? Rockville Community Ambassadors are local volunteers who represent the City of Rockville in their neighborhood. Their role is to serve as connectors, providing direct support to residents while creating awareness of events and opportunities within

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A Summer Full of Health Awareness at the Senior Center

Over the next two months at Rockville Senior Center, learn basic first aid, all about aches and pains, and how to get to the root of an illness. Register at the senior center’s information desk, by calling 240-314-8800 or online at www.rockvillemd.gov/registration. Classes are free unless otherwise noted.

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Applications Being Accepted for Community Development Block Grants

Money Can Benefit Low- and Moderate-Income Household or Neighborhood Projects Rockville is accepting applications for an anticipated $263,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds it will receive this fall. CDBG money can be used to provide grants to applicants for housing and community development projects that benefit low- and

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May is Health Fair Month at the Senior Center

Keep healthy in May and June with free programs that include how to recognize signs of stroke, eating well and the latest information on blood pressure, at the Rockville Senior Center. Register using the course number at www.rockvillemd.gov/registration, in person at the senior center information desk or by calling 240-314-8810.

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Making A Welcoming Space for Inmates and Their Kids

Program Helps Pre-Release Clients be Stronger, More Confident Parents For Kate Bouwkamp, the stark tile floors, plastic chairs and glass and metal walls of the visitation room at the Montgomery County Pre-Release Center were far from the kind of supportive environment soon-to-be free clients needed to best bond with their

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Neighborhood Celebrated with New Public Artwork

Thanks to D.C.-based artist Rose Jaffe, a vibrant mural now adorns the playground-facing wall of the Lincoln Park Community Center at 357 Frederick Ave.  The mural features residents of all ages dancing, playing and moving together, alongside Maryland and Lincoln

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Making the New Pool’s Future More…Concrete

Work is continuing on a comprehensive renovation and reconfiguration of the Rockville Swim and Fitness Center’s outdoor recreation pool. Improvements are being made to accessibility, amenities will be modernized, and infrastructure will provide new recreational features and pools for swimmers

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