For over 10 years, Hand to Hand Project Safety Net has provided small loans to county residents in danger of being evicted with small (long-term, interest-free) loans to pay overdue or first month’s rent. Since 60 percent of the heads of households in the program are unemployed, we are always searching for alternative, non-cash opportunities … Continue reading A New Loan Repayment Option
Almost 20 years ago, our church decided to mentor a family through Community Ministry of Montgomery County (now known as Interfaith Works). It became one of the most inspiring times of my life. Mary was a single parent needing support as she worked, went to college, and mothered a fourth-grader with learning disabilities. Five of … Continue reading Friends In Action: A Lasting Friendship
Bea came to Community Vision in an anxious state. Although she signed up for case management her second day here, she was extremely reluctant to share anything of her story or work on a service plan that would help us help her. She was clearly struggling with the environment here, and sleeping here was difficult … Continue reading On Her Way
My passion for helping started in 2000 when I was diagnosed with leukemia and was told I had four or five years to live. I decided I would make every day count because each day I had was a gift. It has been 13 years now and I am doing very well. On July 28, … Continue reading A New Year, A New Grandson
Before coming to Interfaith Works, Marisol, an immigrant from El Salvador with no money to pay for a bus ride, talked with St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Gaithersburg about her distressful financial crisis. Marisol had been searching for a job for a long time but, like many of our immigrant neighbors, needed guidance … Continue reading Getting Connected through Project INFORM
Program: Wilkins Avenue Women’s Assessment Center Volunteer since: January 2012 What is your favorite thing about volunteering? “Even for an hour a week, we know that we are helping provide a safe, comfortable environment where participants can move, stretch, and get exercise for not only their bodies, but minds as well. It’s always fun to … Continue reading Meet Extend Yoga
When it comes to the volunteer contributions of Dean and Dorothy Hearn, it might be easier to list what they haven’t done (yet) for Interfaith Works, because they have done so much: making meals for our shelter, supporting database needs at our Interfaith Clothing Center, singing in our Hope Choir, and more. But at the … Continue reading Meet Dean and Dorothy Hearn
The Interfaith Works Hope Choir made its debut performance at the 2013 Hope Builder’s Breakfast, welcoming everyone and closing the breakfast in song. The choir featured singers from Rockville United Church, The People’s Community Baptist Church, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Saint Mark Presbyterian, as well as IW staff and volunteers. Andrea Hines joined … Continue reading The Hope Choir Debut
Jose is in his mid-fifties and is originally from Mexico. With very limited English skills, Jose became homeless after he lost his job in construction. Jose was placed at Carroll House, Interfaith Works’ transitional housing program for men. Once settled in, Jose was referred by his case manager to the Vocational Services Program where … Continue reading Take me out to the ball game…
At 22, while double majoring in English and accounting at University of the District of Columbia, Jenny was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Before her diagnosis, Jenny was well on her way to being a successful woman, as she had a great job through a work-study program. Unfortunately, as her condition began to slowly set … Continue reading Battling Adversity
