Poolesville Seniors is making a big difference for seniors in and around Poolesville. Our program is full of many varied opportunities for your participation. Our daily, weekly, and monthly activities and events keep area 50+ residents mentally, physically, and socially active. In fact, we are currently offering over 100 events to over 1,400 participants EVERY MONTH!  For us to offer our quality programing, we need [...]

Are you a Poolesville Senior who has always wanted to walk in the Poolesville Day Parade? Now is your chance to join other Poolesville Seniors on Saturday, September 19th as they walk the ½ mile parade route from Cattail Rd. (next to PES) to Elgin Rd. (Rt #109). Sign up to walk in the parade with us. Look for Poolesville Seniors booth on [...]

For many states, September represents International Underground Railroad Month. In 2019, The State of Maryland proclaimed September as International Underground Railroad Month. In 2020, the states Maryland and Michigan were trailblazers in the effort to include more states in this celebration, working with the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom to connect with verified Underground Railroad sites, facilities, and programs [...]

The first week of September will mark the seventieth anniversary of the end of segregation at what was then the Poolesville combined K-12 School. Montgomery County School Superintendent Forbes Norris and Poolesville Principal Robert Crawford began their tenures only a year before the 1954 landmark Supreme Court Decision, Brown v Board of Education, which declared segregated schools unconstitutional. Dr. Norris presided over the [...]

For many years, Poolesville Memorial United Methodist Church has partnered with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church to offer a FREE monthly dinner to their Poolesville neighbors. Each month, people from across the spectrum of humanity come together to prepare, share, chat, eat, and be one with each other. The two churches alternate hosting the dinner on the first Wednesday of the month. St. Peter’s [...]

Your sense of smell is essential to your interaction and connection with your environment. Recent discoveries have posited that loss of the sense of smell may be early signs of Dementia or Parkinson's Disease.  If you have noticed a diminishing sense of smell, it is important to share that with your health professional. See an otolaryngologist to rule out underlying physical conditions that may [...]

According to USA Today, hundreds of plants are considered toxic to cats and dogs, causing severe vomiting, diarrhea or death without proper veterinary treatment.  In recent years, lilies ranked as one of the toxins leading to the most cases of cat poisonings, according to Pet Poison Helpline, an animal poison control center. Azaleas, sago palms and oleanders ranked high for dog poisonings. Mildly [...]

Women's Equality Day is celebrated in the United States on August 26 to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution, which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was first celebrated in 1971, designated by Congress in [...]