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2024 Giving Tuesday is December 3rd – the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past twelve years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. 

GivingTuesday is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities […]

Stay Active – Community Activities

December 2nd – Poolesville Seniors Birthday Club card creation craft event – Bring your crafts or just willing hands to help us create Birthday Cards for Poolesville Seniors- Speer Hall 17800 Elgin Rd. (109) 10:00 am to 12;30 pm.

December 3rd – Poolesville Seniors – Ho Ho Ho Bingo – St. Peter’s Church 20100 Fisher Ave. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. FREE Bingo, prizes and refreshments.

December 4th […]

Join master storyteller Noa Baum to welcome the holiday season with a celebration of joy and spirit! Noa will bring forth a rich collection of stories from diverse traditions, that highlight timeless wisdom and universal values. This event is appropriate for anyone 12 and up! To join us, register here.

Arlington National Cemetery lies on the west bank of the Potomac River overlooking the nation’s capital. The hallowed ground serves as the final resting place for numerous presidents, Supreme Court justices, astronauts, and other public servants, including more than 400,000 military personnel, veterans, and their immediate families. Among the most frequently visited sites in the cemetery is the grave of President John F. Kennedy whose grave is marked with an […]

Contributed by Cheryl Watts

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, during the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each year. The first Thanksgiving meal in Plymouth had […]

by Denise Jacklin

Almost everyone of a certain age can tell you exactly what they were doing when they heard that President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot. Personally, I remember November 22, 1963, as a seventh grader in Friday afternoon art class in elementary school. 

Our class was interrupted sometime after 1:30 by an announcement that President Kennedy had been shot, and a request to […]

Starting with Thanksgiving it will be a very busy few days. Most retailers will close Wednesday evening and won’t reopen until early Friday morning. But some are keeping reduced Thanksgiving hours on Thursday, Nov. 28, in case you run out of milk or need to get out of the house to avoid family members discussing politics. Try to be prepared so you don’t need to make last-minute store visits. Do whatever pre-prep […]

For over twenty years the Poolesville Odd Fellows Lodge #97 has been fulfilling a keystone of its service mission, to care for widows and orphans, by sponsoring a Christmas Dinner and social get together.  This highly anticipated event is scheduled for on December 14th from 12:30 – 3:00 p.m. at the Poolesville Memorial United Methodist Church. 

A special gift of the IOOF is letting people know that they are cared for. […]

Stay Active – Community Activities

December 3rd – Poolesville Seniors – Ho Ho Ho Bingo – St. Peter’s Church 20100 Fisher Ave. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. FREE Bingo, prizes and refreshments.

December 4th – Community Dinner – ALL ARE WELCOME! – 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. – Memorial United Methodist Church – Fellowship Hall 18721 Elgin Rd. Any questions, call the church office at 301-349-2010. Memorial hosts the Community Dinner on the first […]

Join us for a curated sing-along on Wednesday, November 20th at 3:00 pm featuring hits from the 50’s through the 70’s. You know these songs, and if you can’t remember all the lyrics, no problem – the words will be projected on our big 100” screen.  To join us Register Here