Great and Small, a therapeutic riding farm focuses on providing equine assisted services to the disabled community, but this farm offers so much more to seniors, veterans and other groups. Come find out who they are and what they do on May 29th at 10:00 AM.
This past Saturday Poolesville Area Scout Troops 496 and 2027 volunteered their time to collect food donations for WUMCO to distribute. Previously, Scouting for Food was a once yearly volunteer service for the scouts.
The ever-increasing need for food in our local area has become so critical that this Spring Scouting for Food was generously offered by the scouts. They hit the streets on Saturday morning and collected thousands […]
Asian American, Native Hawai’ian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month was created by a joint congressional resolution in 1992. May coincides with two key milestones in AANHPI history in the US, the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants on May 7, 1843, and the contribution of Chinese immigrants to the transcontinental railroad, completed on May 10, 1869. In 2021, a presidential proclamation expanded this to include Native Hawaiians.
The 2025 theme, “A Legacy of […]
Crop pollination is crucial for crop survival and feeding the world’s population. Eighty-seven of the one hundred fifteen crop species that make up most of the global food supply depend on bee pollination. Close to 75 percent of the world’s crops producing fruits and seeds for human use depend, at least in part, on pollinators. The value of the U.S. food crops that depend on pollination by bees alone is […]
Do you know about the Plant an Extra Row initiative started by Sustainable Barnesville in cooperation with WUMCO in 2020? The pandemic was the impetus for this project which encourages and supports those with backyard farms and gardens to “plant an extra row” of commonly grown veggies to donate to a local food bank.
As a very local community initiative, Plant an Extra Row supports backyard gardeners and […]
The first U.S. gold rush began in the early 1800s in Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama. In the first documented discovery of gold in Montgomery County, in 1849, Samuel Ellicott invited a geologist to inspect rock outcroppings on his Brooke Meadow farm. The Maryland Journal published the findings positively identifying gold. Samples indicated that a mine could provide a valuable yield. Ellicott constructed a 60-foot mine shaft and contracted to sell the property to […]
Stay Active – Community Activities
National Aquarium in Baltimore will have Half Price Friday Nights for the remainder of the year from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Tickets $19.95 – $24.95 are available online.
May 17th – UMCVFD Pork & Beef Fundraiser – Sandwich or platter with coleslaw and hearty baked beans. Come hungry & bring your friends. 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM … once it’s gone, it’s gone! umcvfd.org/bbq (301) 972-8719
May […]
Come join us for the first of a series of 3 sessions focusing on AI. Our first session will focus on an introduction to AI. Please bring a well charged laptop or tablet.
Put on your dancing shoes and enjoy the FREE Spring Fling Dance Party on Saturday May 10th at 7 pm.
Stay Active – Community Activities
National Aquarium in Baltimore will have Half Price Friday Nights for the remainder of the year from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Tickets $19.95 – $24.95 are available online.
May 7th – Poolesville Community Dinner – A longstanding tradition, the free Community Dinner is hosted on the first Wednesday of each month from 5:30-7:00 p.m.