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Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers, and fried foods. This year, Chanukah begins on Sunday November 28th and continues through Monday December 6th. 

Chanukah or Hannukah celebrates the rededication of the Holy Temple of Jerusalem in the 2nd century BC after it was recaptured from the Greeks by a small, outnumbered and poorly armed Jewish army. When they tried to light […]

Thanks to Kenny Sholes for his presentation on the development of our local Black communities following the Civil War. The 1864 Maryland Constitution freed the 5421 enslaved persons in Montgomery County (almost 30% of the population). Many of them remained working on the properties where they were formerly enslaved. 

Kenny followed the progress made from the 1870s with the founding of Black communities in the areas of Big Woods, Martinsburg, Boyds, Jerusalem, Jonesville, and Sugarland, the building of churches and small schools and the 1956 integration of the Poolesville combined school. 

Kenny highlighted the need for ‘Fair Access’ in […]

November 11, 2021 marked the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the most visited site in Arlington Cemetery. 

The first unknown soldier from World War I was honored on Armistice Day in November 1921. The body lay in state in the U.S. Capitol rotunda where 90,000 people viewed the casket. On the following day, a caisson transported the unknown soldier to Arlington National Cemetery. During the procession, the casket was escorted by members of the military, President and Mrs. Warren […]

The Montgomery County Department of Transportation is working with taxicab companies operating in Montgomery County (Action, Anytime & Regency/Barwood) to provide roundtrip transportation to older adults and residents with disabilities to COVID19 Vaccination and testing locations at no cost to the rider. Montgomery County Department of Transportation will reimburse taxi companies for the trips. 

To Schedule a Trip 

• Call Connect-A-Ride at (301) 738-3252 and provide your name, address, phone number, age to receive […]
  

Amazon Shoppers…As you begin your holiday shopping, please remember that you can help Poolesville Seniors by using the giving program Amazon Smile. It only takes a few moments to choose a non-profit like Poolesville Seniors to receive an Amazon donation at no additional cost to you. It’s so easy and you do not have to be a PRIME member! After the initial setup just remember to do all your shopping at Amazon Smile. 

 To sign up for the Amazon Smile program, go to  

Beginning December 1st until April 1st indoor pickleball is back!  We will be on the indoor courts Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:30 until 11:30 a.m. in the Family Life Center of Poolesville Baptist Church.  One-time pre-registration and liability release forms are required.  

Fully vaccinated players are welcome, and masks are required in accordance with the prevailing Montgomery County regulations. Participants will sign in upon arrival each session. 

For those who want additional court time, independent outdoor play at Stevens Park will also be occurring on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.  Check […]

Let’s Celebrate Our November Birthdays!! 

• 11/3 Jane Clark 
• 11/4 Barbara Bennett 
• 11/4 Ellen Cubley 
• 11/9 Janet Cosner 
• 11/9 Judy Ohr 
• 11/13 Laura Davis 
• 11/15 Maryanne Lartz 
• 11/17 Matt Bent 
• 11/20 Patricia Salpino 
• 11/26 Ron Dietz 
• 11/29 Joan Selby 
• 11/29 Chris Shanholtzer

Whether you have been a regular at our PS! Book Club or would like to join us, we are assembling a reading list for the 2022 PS! Book Club. We have read a mixture of genres this year, non-fiction, novels, historical fiction, and fantasy

Congratulations to Community FarmShare on the success of their first year. The non-profit’s director, Jennifer Freeman envisioned it as “an “Agri – Culture of Caring,” a place where growers and eaters, those with resources and those with fewer resources, can support one another, come to know each other, build bridges, and develop relationships.”  

The Poolesville-based initiative connects food insecure families in our communities with local produce farmers. Supporters donate toward farm shares from local farmers (supporting our local table-food farming community). The weekly share of fresh produce […]

November’s Native American Heritage Month began at the turn of the 20th Century as a day of recognition for the contributions of Native Americans to the growth and establishment of the United States. In the early 1900’s, Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a “First Americans’ Day”, which they did for three years. On September 28, 1915, the Congress of the American Indian Association and its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, declared the second Saturday of May as American […]