The Community Foundation of Howard County, which raises, manages and distributes funds to support Howard County nonprofits, will hold its 37th annual Spring Party on Thursday, May 30, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center at Howard Community College. The Spring Party will kick off the Community Foundation’s celebrations…
Did You Know?
Did You Know. . . That there’s a store in Howard County that can both help you with your Spring cleaning and help others at the same time? That donations to the ReStore generate income that enables Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake to create affordable homeownership opportunities in Central Maryland? That by providing quality…
Our Furloughed Neighbors, Part II
I first want to thank all of you who responded to the Community Foundation’s first communication on Monday about our furloughed neighbors. Many of you sent monetary donations or made a donation of goods. According to Bita Dayhoff, President of the Community Action Council (CAC) which runs the Howard County Food Bank, the number of…
Did You Know?
Did You Know. . . That each year more than 10,000 brave people plunge into the frigid January waters of the Chesapeake Bay during the Polar Bear Plunge in support of Special Olympics Maryland? That one out of every five athletes at the 2018 Special Olympics Maryland Summer Games was from Howard County? That CFHoCo…
Our Furloughed Neighbors
According to County Executive Calvin Ball, in Howard County, approximately one in every ten members of the workforce is impacted by the federal government shutdown. In additional to the furloughed government employees, Howard County is replete with federal contractors who are not expected to receive “back pay” for the days the federal government is closed.…
Community Foundation of Howard County establishes multimillion-dollar fund
The Community Foundation of Howard County established an agency fund with Community Homes Housing Inc. using $30 million from the organization’s sale of five Harper’s Choice and Wilde Lake housing units to Enterprise Homes. Community Homes Housing will use the fund, the largest ever established with the Community Foundation, to support the development and preservation…