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Thank you to the sponsors of our 2014 Annual Luncheon andAwards Ceremony sponsors. These generous supporters allow usto shine a light on outstanding service in the Montgomery Countybusiness community.

AS we move forward intoanother year, I look at2015 with a tremendous

amountof excitement aswell as trepidation.I am enthusiastic to see the CorporateVol-unteerCouncil (CVC)continue the incred-ible things thathavebeenput intoplaceoverthe last few years. I am excited to work sideby side with the incredible team of Boardof Directors.The passion, enthusiasm anddedication to the CVC is beyond measure;as is the commitment of our dynamicExecutive Director, Sarah Burnett.

I have had the pleasure to serve on the Board for the last two years. During that time,the CVC has doubled in size with respect to the budget and this is an amazing accom-plishment.The number of service projects has exponentially increasedwith the creationof theWorkforce for Good service projects (which will continue in 2015).The CVC’smembership is growing steadily and in 2015, the team will unveil a four-part seminarseries with nationally recognized consultant Bea Boccalandro. So, why would I havetrepidation as we enter 2015?

I have the privilege (and challenge) of following two great Presidents, who have led theCVC during my time as a board member.Will Schroeder revitalized our organizationwith incredible vision that is only exceeded by his passion for the CVC and service ingeneral.This past year, the CVC was led by the incomparable Michelle Fox Day, whowas instrumental in creating a refined, clear vision and strategy for the organization toaccomplish even more. I will consider my year as President a tremendous success if wesimply continue the momentum created under our previous Presidents as well as theBoard of Directors.Thanks to you both for paving the way for our continued success.

As we enter 2015,with an ambitious agenda, large plans for growth and the implemen-tation of the new strategic plan,manymaywonder howwe can get there.Therefore,ourtheme for 2015will be based on a famous quote “See it and Believe it”.Butmy take onthis theme will instead be “Believe it to See it”.

The CVC believes we will increase the impact of our members’ service projects.TheCVC believes we will impact and educate more businesses in Montgomery County togrow their employee volunteer programs.TheCVCbelieves thatwith the support of ourmembers,nonprofit partners, and the community as awhole,wewill continue tomake adifference for the citizens ofMontgomeryCounty. Joinme in this belief andnext year,wewill see the fruits of our accomplishments.Thanks to all of you for your support.

Sincerely,

Richard Stang,CPADeLeon & Stang,CPAs

President,CorporateVolunteer Council of Montgomery County

FROM THE PRESIDENT 2014 ANNUAL LUNCHEON SPONSORS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Theresa Testoni

LUNCHEONVOLUNTEERS

CVC MISSION AND VISION

BENEFITS OF CVC MEMBERSHIP

A special thanks to the volunteers andcommittee members who made todaypossible:

ANNUAL LUNCHVOLUNTEERS

n Bruce Goldensohn,Governor’s Commission on Serviceand Volunteerism

n Dennis Wilston,Post CommunityMedia, LLC/The Gazette

n Dona Deutsch,Deutsch & Associates, LLC

n Judy Carver,CPR AED & SafetyEducation

n Kelly Caplan,Washington Gas

n Laura Levengard,We Plan - You Party

n Laura Rowles,GaithersburgGermantown Chamber of Commerce

n Liz Huntley,MedImmune

n Mary Felig,The Felig Group

n Michelle Day,Kaplan University

n Sarah Burnett, Corporate VolunteerCouncil

n Theresa Testoni,Governor’s Commission on Serviceand Volunteerism

n Wendy Howard,WH Consulting

THE CORPORATE VOLUNTEER COUNCIL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY (CVC-MC) educates businesses onhow to partner with and support non-profit organizations by helping create successful volunteer/charitable programs that positively impact the business, its employees and the local community.

The CVC-MC is committed to increasing corporate volunteer participation and opportunities amongMontgomery County businesses. We accomplish our mission of promoting corporate volunteerismby providing a source of information, by conducting monthly educational programs and networkingopportunities, and by supporting and recognizing our member’s efforts.

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n Free one hour consultation with an EmployeeVolunteer Program (EVP) Developmentconsultant as well as additional support fromour staff with EVP development.

n Free and reduced cost admittance to CVC-MCprograms and events, including educationalprograms, service projects, and networking events.

n Partnership in identifying service and volunteeropportunities, as well as guidance in organizingemployee volunteer events.

n Community recognition of your volunteerprograms and events through the CVC-MCwebsite, e-newsletters and press releases.

n Networking with business leaders and nonprofits.

n Opportunities to serve on CVC-MC committeesand the CVC-MC Board of Directors.

n Opportunities to nominate your business forcommunity service awards.

n Recognition in the CVC-MC Annual Review,including your company’s corporateresponsibility story, distributed at theCVC-MC Annual Luncheon.

n Listing on the CVC-MC website in theMember Directory.

n Sponsorship opportunities.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF JOINING the CorporateVolunteer Council of Montgomery County(CVC-MC) include:

MEMBERSHIP DUES

CONTACT US

CORPORATE VOLUNTEER COUNCIL OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY MEMBERSHIP DUES are collected annuallyfor July 1 – June 30 membership. New members are invited to join CVC-MC throughout the year with duesprorated based on join date.

n 0-10 employees $150.00n 11-25 employees $375.00

n 26-50 employees $750.00n 51-100 employees $1125.00

n 101-500 employees $1500.00n Over 500 employees $2250.00

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CVC-MC MEMBERS 2014

2014 / 2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresidentl Rich Stang, DeLeon and Stang CPAsand Advisors

Executive Vice Presidentl Helaine Guilliams, M&T Bank

Secretaryl Kelly Caplan, Washington Gas

Treasurerl Adele Chazin, Chazin & Company

Vice President of Communicationsl Marc Wilensky, Mid-AtlanticFederal Credit Union

Vice President of Membershipl Dona Deutsch, Deutsch & Associates

Directorsl Neil Burkinshaw, ActivEngage

l Trish Broderick, Apex Home Loans

l Heath Winter, ArbitOption

l Laura Rowles, Gaithersburg GermantownChamber of Commerce

l Dennis Wilston, Post Community Media/The Gazette

l Jeff Miller, Jeff Miller Consulting Alliance

l Tony Spearman-Leach, MontgomeryCommunity Media

l Becky Briggs, Our Gift Biz

l Debbi Jarvis, Pepco

l Rick Hinton, Portal Solutions

l Lawrence Kotchek, Print 1

l William Schroeder, Shulman RogersGandal Pordy & Ecker, P.A.

Voting Past Presidentl Michelle Fox Day, Kaplan University

General Counsell Ray McKenzie, The Law Office ofRaymond T. McKenzie, Esq.

Ex-Officio Board Membersl Gloria Arnold, Bethesda Chevy ChaseChamber of Commerce

l Stephanie Helsing, Greater Silver SpringChamber of Commerce

STAFF

Executive Directorl Sarah Burnett

l ActivEngage

l Anita Segreti Insurance

l Apartment Turnovers

l Apex Home Loans

l ArbitrOption Capital Management

l Ayda Sanver Consulting, LLC

l Bee America

l Benefits Provider Network

l Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamberof Commerce

l Bethesda Magazine

l Biro Dominican Salon, LLC.

l Bold Concepts, Inc.

l Borden Solutions

l C.Fox Communications

l Capacity Partners

l Capital Bank

l CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.

l Chazin & Company LLC

l Clasid Consultants Publishing, Inc.

l College Park Tennis Club

l Corporate Network Services

l CPR AED and Safety Educationl DeLeon & Stang, CPAsand Advisors

l Deutsch & Associates, LLCl Enterprise Holdings Incl eWomen Networkl Financial Advantage Associatesl Gaithersburg GermantownChamber of Commerce

l Gary Rosenthal Collectionl GCAARl Geppetto Catering, Inc.l Germantown Copy Centerl Greater Silver Spring Chamber ofCommerce

l Hearthstone Planners, LLCl Honest Teal Host Hotels & Resortsl Howard Hughes Medical Institutel innov8energyl Jeff Miller Consulting Alliancel Kaplan Universityl Lockheed Martin Corporation

l M&T Bankl Marriott Internationall Massuage Associates LLCl MedImmunel Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Unionl Montgomery Collegel Montgomery Community Medial Monument Bankl Our Gift Bizl Pepcol Plans and Solutions, Inc.l Portal Solutionsl Print 1l Property Tax Appealsl QuickStream Marketingl Quinter Designl Rockville Chamber of Commercel ROSSI Commercial Real Estatel Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy,& Ecker, P.A.

l Sid the Security Prol Smokey Glen Farml SNI Companies

l So What Else, Inc.l Social & Scientific Systemsl Squire, Lemkin + Company, LLPl Stein Sperling Bennett De JongDriscoll PC

l Storage Village Self Storagel SugarLoaf Associates LLCl TerpSysl Text Design Incl The BiBo Groupl The Fehlig Groupl The Gazettel The Law Office of Raymond T.Mckenzie, Esq.”

l The Universities at Shady Grovel Van Eperen & Companyl Washington Gasl We Plan You Partyl WH Consultingl Whole Mind Wellness, LLCl Worksite Health & SafetyConsultants, LLC


Thank you to our

CIRCLE OF LEADERSHIP

Thank you to our

WORKFORCE FOR GOODN O N - P R O F I T P A R T N E R S

Our sincere appreciation to the 2014 Circle of Leadership for their support ofthe CVC-MC We thank you for your commitment to employee volunteerismand corporate social responsibility in Montgomery County.

The Dwelling Place

Our deepest gratitude to the stellar nonprofits we worked with in 2014.We are so proud to have highlighted the great work you do and tointroduce our members to volunteering with you.


A MESSAGE FROM GOVERNORMARTIN O’MALLEY

Dear Friends:

Welcome to the Corporate Volunteer Council(CVC) of Montgomery County Annual AwardsLuncheon.Congratulations to the award winnersfor their contributions to the citizens and non-profits of Montgomery County.

I salute the CVC-MC for their innovation in creating the Circle of Leadershipprogram, which sponsored twelve Workforce for Good service projects.These monthlyservice initiatives created opportunities for corporate employees to work with nonprofitpartners to impact the areas of hunger, housing, literacy, workforce development andthe environment.

Thank you to the CVC board members, staff and members who have generouslydonated your time and talent to assist your neighbors in Montgomery County.TheCVC-MC continues to highlight the value of employee volunteerism and corporatesocial responsibility as good corporate citizens in the community. You are an importantpartner in our efforts to improve the quality of life for all Marylanders.

Sincerely,

Governor

STATE OF MARYLANDOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR


A MESSAGE FROM MONTGOMERYCOUNTY EXECUTIVEIKE LEGGETT

November 14, 2014

To the Members of theCorporateVolunteer Council:

I regret that I am unable to attend the lunchas I am on a Joint Sister City and EconomicDevelopment MissionTrip to India. I appre-ciate the opportunity to thank the CVC staffand volunteers and to congratulate the award

winners for their contributions to making Montgomery County the very specialplace it is today.

My office, in cooperation with the Office of Community Partnerships and theVolunteer Center of Montgomery County, views the CVC-MC as a valued andloyal partner. To help sustain the objectives of the CVC-MC, I committed fundingfor 2015 to support a five-part educational series on how to build and leverage asuccessful employee volunteer program that has measureable outcomes and impactsthe business and society.

My thanks to CVC-MC President Michelle Fox fromKaplan University Rockvillefor her leadership and vision. A priority of her presidency was to work with theboard to create a three-year strategic plan.Thank you to the CVC-MC ExecutiveDirector Sarah Burnett who has provided innovation and structure to increasethe visibility of the organization allowing the CVC to grow and prosper.

And a special thank you to Montgomery County’s Godmother of Service,Theresa Testoni, for her extraordinary contributions here in Montgomery Countyand across the State of Maryland. As a CVC leader and Board Member and ourrepresentative on theMarylandGovernor’sCommission on Service andVolunteerism,Theresa has been Montgomery County’s number one cheerleader for service andvolunteerism. I am deeply grateful to her for her service and leadership.

Sincerely,

Isiah LeggettCounty Executive

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NovemberThe Corporate Volunteer Council

(CVC) kicked off our 2014 program-matic year at our Annual Luncheon andAwards Ceremony where we recognizedthree businesses for their significant con-tributions to quality of life in Montgom-ery County. Our Corporate CommunityServiceAwards went toCorporateNet-work Services, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association andAdventist HealthCare for leading theway in employee volunteerism. OutgoingCVC Board President Will Schroeder,of Shulman Rogers, chose Hope Glei-cher ofNonprofitMontgomery as therecipient of the Andrea Jolly President’sAward for her work supporting the localnonprofit community.

In addition to recognizing these com-munity leaders, we installed our 2013-14Board of Directors who went on to leadus through an incredible year of learningand service. In theweeks after their instal-lation, the CVC Board met and kickedoff their year of service by preparing 120bagged lunches for clients of theMont-gomery County Coalition for theHomeless.

DecemberInDecember,CVCmembers brought

their holiday spirit to the third annu-al Holiday Mixer with the RockvilleChamber of Commerce, where wepartnered withCommunityMinistriesof Rockville, to collect more than 100toys for underserved children.

JanuaryThe Universities at Shady Grove

led the charge as the sponsor of our in-auguralWorkforce for Good service proj-ect, hosting representatives from 12CVCmember companies and partnering withthe Campus Kitchens Project to pre-pare and deliver more than 200 mealsto 16 families served by The DwellingPlace, which provides affordable andstable housing to homeless families.

FebruaryOld Man Winter shut down our

planned day as a group, but was not ableto stopCPRAED and Safety Educa-tion from offering free CPR training to40 community members in exchange forfood donations forNourishNow.

In addition, the CVC, with supportfrom Pepco, teamed up with our friends(and landlords) at The Nonprofit Vil-lage to bring experts from TaprootFoundation DC to JohnsHopkins University Mont-gomery County Campusto teach both businessesandnonprofits aboutsuccessful probono consultingpartnerships.

MarchExpert contrac-

tors from ApartmentTurnovers volunteeredtheir time and talentwith Rebuilding To-gether Montgomery

County, leading representatives fromfivevolunteer and donor companies throughhome repairs for a single mother of twoinGermantown.Volunteers repaired dry-wall, painted the interior of the home,removed mold, mounted new lightingfixtures and smoke detectors, installednew laminate flooring and tile and madeplumbing repairs.

AprilTo celebrate Earth Month,

35 volunteers led by HonestTea and Montgomery Parks

pulled and removed 100pounds of invasive garlicmustard from 16 acres ofDickerson ConservationPark.

Continuing thetheme of con-servation in April,

we partnered withGreen Wheaton and The

Arc Montgomery Countyfor a networking happy hour atHollywood East Café, where

we collected used clothing and textiles tobe resold or recycled.

MayDeLeon and Stang, CPAs and

Advisors and CVC members taughtthe Junior Achievement “Economicsfor Success” financial literacy curricu-lum at two local middle schools in May.In just two days, 30 volunteers taughtmore than 400 students the basics ofpersonal finance.

One of the highest forms of volun-teerism is Board service; this year, wepartnered with lawyers from ShulmanRogers Gandal Pordy & Ecker andStein Sperling for “Be a Wolf in theBoardroom.” At this educational event,current and prospective nonprofitboard members discussed the roles andresponsibilities of Directors on non-profit boards and how to effectivelyserve. The program was sponsored byActionCOACH Business Consult-ing and recorded by Planet Depos –check it out at www.youtube.com/cvcmontgomery!

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JuneMid-Atlantic Federal Credit

Union declared an “Open Season onPoverty” in Montgomery County, part-nering with Manna Food Center andAWider Circle. Over the course of twoweekends, 326 pounds of food and 600pounds of home goods, including house-hold items and small furniture items,were collected. The following weekend,those items were distributed to residentsof the Long Branch Community. In ad-dition, 1,200 pounds of non-perishablefoods including fresh bread as well as2,000 pounds of personal care items,pro-fessional clothing and accessories weredistributed to these families.

Committed to helping our memberstell their community engagement sto-ries in a way that benefits business, wepartnered with Mid-Atlantic FederalCredit Union and Kaplan Univer-sity Rockville to host Sandra Morris ofCafeGive Social to discuss “The BuzzAbout Cause Marketing”providing CVCmembers with tools to craft their causemarketing goals.

JulyIn our sixth year partnering with the

Menare Foundation at Button FarmLiving History Center, preserving thehistory of the Underground Railroad,volunteers from Pepco and many otherCVC member companies painted, gar-dened, landscaped, and served as generalhandymen and women around the prop-erty. In addition,volunteers helped to packand organize the contents of the 1901farm house as it undergoes renovations.

Each July brings the CVC An-nual Membership Breakfast hosted atSmokey Glen Farm. Once again thisyear, we partnered with MontgomeryCounty Public Schools EducationalFoundation to collect funds for back-packs and school supplies for studentsin need.This year we topped our recordcollecting $1,500 and sponsoring a wholegrade level at one low-income school forthe 2014-15 school year! At the event,

we were honored to host Mark Bergel,Founder and Executive Director of AWider Circle who inspired attendeeswith a message about the importance ofbusiness connections within the nonprof-it community.

AugustKaplanUniversityRockvillehosted

a job fair for both their students and theclients of Cornerstone Montgomery,an organization supporting people livingwith mental health disorders as they re-enter the workforce. Fifteen employerswere represented scheduling approxi-mately 50 interviews with job seekers.

SeptemberTwenty-five volunteers from 10 com-

panies led by Chazin & Company,spruced up the YMCA Youth andFamily Services offices in Silver Springin September. Projects included assem-bling and painting a picnic table, build-ing a stone path, planting new bushes,painting the facility and beautifying themain conference room. So many volun-teers answered this call to serve that thegroup was able to take on a second site!Several volunteers visited the facility thathouses the Quebec Terrace After-SchoolProgram to paint and prepare the spacefor students.

Eager to spread the message of thefood recovery efforts being pioneeredin Montgomery County the CVC part-nered with growingSOUL, CampusKitchens Project,TheUniversities atShady Grove, Montgomery CountyVolunteer Center, and the Governor’sOffice on Service andVolunteerism.The “Food Recovery 101: Food is aTer-rible Thing to Waste” was attended bymore than 100 community leaders, who

learned about composting, re-purposingfood and how they can volunteer withnonprofits supporting food recoveryprograms. Montgomery CommunityMedia also supported the event sendinga film crew out and creating a one-hourprogram that can be seen on Access 19and 21 in Montgomery County.

OctoberIn partnership with theMontgomery

CountyVolunteer Center, CVC mem-bers from more than 10 companies, ledby Shulman Rogers Gandal Pordy &Ecker, kicked off Community ServiceWeek on October 18 working with theMontgomery County Coalition forthe Homeless (MCCH), to beautifyand spruce-up the outdoor space at 10sites. Over 80 volunteers raked, pruned,edged, mulched and weeded for ourneighbors at permanent housing facilitiesaround the County, which are operatedby MCCH.

Sneak Peek – What’sUpcoming!

November 21, 2014 – Join MedIm-mune for a Science, Technology, Engi-neering, and Math (STEM)VolunteeringWorkshop and Expo to learn the resourc-es and reasons that companies engagetheir employees in STEM volunteer-

ing. Register for this FREE program atcvc-mc.org/events.

December 2, 2014 – Our fourth An-nual Holiday Mixer with the RockvilleChamber of Commerce will be heldatHuckleberryFineArt,where we willonce again collect unwrapped toys to bedistributed to area children by Commu-nity Ministries of Rockville. Register toattend at www.rockvillechamber.org

December 2014 – We will partner withM&TBank andAWiderCircle to sup-port the Montgomery County Holi-day Giving Program. Stay tuned tocvc-mc.org for details!

2015 Educational Series – We are soproud to partner with the MontgomeryCounty Department of EconomicDevelopment to host a four-part work-shop series on High Impact EmployeeVolunteering, presented by VeraWorks.

2015Workforce for Good (WFG) ServiceProjects – After the success of the 2014WFG projects in providing the CVC andits members with opportunities to engagebusiness volunteers in a meaningful andimpactful way, we cannot wait to do itagain in 2015!

Thank you to the CVC Board of Di-rectors, Circle of Leadership, all of ourbusiness members and our nonprofitpartners for a memorable year!

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LARGE BUSINESS WINNER

Enterprise HoldingsMIDSIZE BUSINESS WINNER

Honest Tea

AWARD WINNERS

O ur customer service program stems fromthe causes our employees, customers, andbusiness partners passionately support.

The process begins with our Director of Relations,Todd Heavner. Any business partner who asks forsupport has an initial conversation withTodd. Uponreview of the request, a grant application is submit-ted to the Enterprise Holdings Foundation in hopeof receiving funding toward a specific volunteer effortof that organization. More importantly, we post thedate, time,event,andnumber of employee volunteersneeded to our employee website, as our strength liesin our numbers and our willingness to roll up oursleeves and help. In theDCmetro area we have con-tributed over 3,000 service hours in the last twelvemonths, from kids’ triathlons to cooking for veterans;from renovating homes to walking to support DownSyndrome research. The beneficiaries include: theInjured Marine Fund, Fisher House, Boys and Girls

Club, Damascus Help,Manna Food Center,Mont-gomery County Family Justice Center, Habitat forHumanity, GreaterWashington Urban League, Spe-cial Olympics, Operation Comfort, Aleethia, Associ-ated Catholic Charities, Best Buddies, GeorgetownHospital, Suburban Hospital, Montgomery CountyCoalition for the Homeless, Hope for Henry and anumber of other local charities. We have created aculture at Enterprise in which is each employee is ex-pected to attend at least one volunteer event in orderto be promoted into the management level, althoughwe find very few employees stop at just one. As thenumber one employer of recent college graduates, itis imperative to set the foundation for our employeesto give back throughout their careers. The impor-tance of giving back to the community begins withour founder, JackTaylor, and transcends to all 30,000employees across the country. We truly are strength-ening our communities, one neighborhood at a time.

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Giving back to the communi-tea where we liveand work is an important part of our cultureat HonestTea. There are various ways that we

help to create an engaged work force that supportsorganizations working on a variety of issues – fromcreating healthier environments to encouraging playat school.

Each employee is provided 2 personal volunteerdays, outside of vacation and sick leave, to volunteerat an organization of their choice. By providing twodedicated days away from work responsibilities, wehope that employees will find opportunities to giveback to the mission(s) that matter to them and theirfamilies. In some cases, parents use this time to par-ticipate at their child’s school and/or participate infield trips. In another example, one of our employeestraveled to the Philippines with Habitat for Humanityto construct 3 homes. This employee used PTO timewith volunteer time to maximize time away.

Every year in September the entire company vol-unteers on the same day, nationwide. This year, em-ployees focused on the theme of access to healthyfood, volunteering at local farms and in food pantriesand soup kitchens. In all, our volunteers supported28 organizations across the country

CityYear and HonestTea have had a long-standing

The four major points of the Enterprise Mission Statement are as follows:l To be the best transportation provider in the world.l To exceed our customers’ expectations for service, quality and value.l To provide our employees with a great place to work.l To serve our community as a committed corporate citizen.

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relationship and the City Year logo and its missionare represented on our bottle of Community Green.Honest Tea also participates in City Year’s MartinLuther King Jr. Service Day. Last January, severalBethesda-based employees volunteered at CoolidgeHigh School in D.C. by helping to remove old furni-ture and storage items to make way for the new.

Playworks believes in the power of play to bringout the best in every kid. Welltrained, enthusiasticvolunteers partner with low-income schools in ur-ban areas to foster independence and leadership andteach conflict resolution on the playground.This yearwe supported Playworks D.C. by fielding a championRock Paper Scissors team at a benefit tournament inMarch and competing in a kickball round-robin char-ity event against other local companies in June.

Choosing organic ingredients that help create ahealthier eco-system and sourcing FairTrade ingredi-ents that empower communities in need, are only partof Honest Tea’s commitment to healthier communi-ties. We know and believe that an engaged citizen iscentral to moving the world in a better direction. Byshowing support for volunteerism, we hope the Hon-est employee is inspired to do well and do Good.

Total hours served by all employees for 2014 - 1,070.

D eLeon & Stang’s mission is “…improvingthe financial lives of our clients, our staff,and our community with integrity, trust

and innovation.” Our Corporate Social Respon-sibility/ Volunteerism Program has changed ourstaff’s view on volunteering. They are willing toparticipate in group events to better our commu-nity and share their stories to motivate each other.With our community service we have benefitedpeople’s lives in our community and in return ithas made our community a better place all around.

Through community service we have fostereda great camaraderie with our peers at DeLeon &Stang and it makes our culture stronger and fur-thers our team building.We volunteered over 1,800hours this year.

Our employees also serve their communities bybeing involved in church groups, 4-H, coachingsports teams, as board members of various non-profit organizations, and more.

In November 2013, we volunteered at ButlerMontessori School in Germantown, MD, wherewe spent the day putting up a new fence, plantinggrass seed,moving bushes,planting flowers aroundthe school and removing weeds from along thefence. It was a great chance to get our hands dirtand not just crunch numbers at a desk.

In December 2013, we partnered up with TheArc Montgomery County to host the CommunityClothing Drive.We put up signs to make everyonein our building aware of the Community ClothingDrive.We collected and donated 40 bags of clothes.

In May 2014, we volunteered as a firm withJunior Achievement’s JA-in-a-Day program at Ro-berto Clemente Middle School in Germantown,MD. We taught the students about financial lit-eracy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. Thegames we played helped the students understandthe decision they will have to make on a daily basis.The students were really interested in seeing howfar their net income would allow them to budgetfor certain things.

Also In May 2013,we participated in the CVC’s

Circle of Leadership’s Workforce for Good proj-ect.We worked with businesses and individuals topresent JA-in-a-Day at Col. E. Brooke Lee MiddleSchool in Silver Spring, MD & Farquhar MiddleSchool inOlney,MD.Wewere fortunate tobring to-gether about 30 individuals from various businessesin thecounty to reachmore studentsand teach themabout financial literacy. It was a huge success.

Wealsovolunteeredat theYMCAinSilverSpring,MD and cleaned up their outside by moving rocks,painting, mulching, cleaning and planting bushesaround the building. We also participate in DenimDay, Duck Splash from The Arc of MontgomeryCounty, MCPS Give Backpacks, Flag for HeroeswiththeRotaryClubofMontgomeryVillage,Habitatfor Humanity Metro Maryland and others.

We live up to our mission statement. We areproud of how well our program has done this yearand the strong relationship it has built not only withour staff but also with various nonprofit organiza-tions.We are very motivated to be more involvedin our community with the help of CVC becausegiving back to our community that has supportedus for 30 years is something we are honored to do.

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WILLIAM SCHROEDER2014 ANDREA JOLLY PRESIDENT’S AWARD WINNER

W ill Schroeder is a seniorattorney with the law firmof Shulman Rogers. Inhis commercial litigation

practice, he advocates for businesses,executives, and contractors in real estate,construction and contract disputes.

Besides the practice of law,Will hasdeveloped another passion by serving thecommunity on the CVCBoard of Directors.More than a decade ago, Louise Allen-tuck and Andrea Jolly invited him to serveas a director. During his tenure on theBoard, he served as the organization’s firstGeneral Counsel and began a two-yearterm as President in 2011. He has beena strong voice on the Board articulatingand executing upon the strategic plan andvision of the CVC.DuringWill’s tenureas President, the CVC Board of Directorsaccomplished some amazing goals:

l Doubled membership in the CVC

l Reinvigorated the Board committees

l Updated the Bylaws and BoardExpectations for Directors

l Hired the CVC’s first full-time assistant

l Created and funded the ExecutiveDirector officer position

l Established the Circle of Leadership andWorkforce for Good Service Projects

This year in his role as Immediate PastPresident,Will has taken part in all oftheWorkforce for Good service projects.Significantly, he chronicled his partici-pation in a newly-launched Past Presi-dent’s blog, further advertising the greatactivities and achievements of the CVCand encouraging others to join. He canfrequently be seen at these projects withhis daughter Keira who enjoys servingthe community with her dad.

ABOVE, FROM LEFT: This year’s award recipient, Will Schroeder,his daughter Keira, CVC-MC Executive Director Sarah Burnett,Theresa Testoni of the Governor’s Commission on Service andVolunteerism and Debbi Jarvis of Pepco volunteer at ButtonFarm Living History Center in July for the Workforce for Goodservice project.

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2014 COMPANY STORIESApartment Turnovers

AtApartmentTurnovers we stronglybelieve that developing great employeesdoesn’t only include labor skills.We arean employee based company that placesvalue on having a team of good corporatecitizens contributing to the community.We believe that the level of employeeinvolvement and ownership is critical tothe success of our company’s sustainabil-ity.As a company that believes in a strongworkforce, as well as the value of givingback to our community, getting involvedin the Circle of Leadership seemed like anatural fit.

This spring, after partnering withRebuildingMontgomery we received thefollowing feedback that validates the im-portance of giving back to the community.

“Sarah and I went to visit Christine’shome yesterday and it was such a trans-formation!The painting, floors, bath-rooms,walls, and kitchen – it all looks sowonderful! Hannah (Christine’s youngestdaughter) was sliding around on the floorsand told us she doesn’t have amemory ofever having floors and she loves the newones. I wanted to share this with you andshow just how impactful your work hasbeen to this family.”

ApartmentTurnovers, Inc. (ATI)is your one-call apartment turnoversolution-providing repair, painting, clean-ing and carpet services all under one roof.ATI was founded with the goal of stream-lining the rental turnover process.

We are a company that values profes-

sionalism, quality and a high level ofcustomer services, setting the standardin the service industry.ATImakes this areality by consolidating the process associ-ated with unit turnover into a simple andefficient system.ATI combines services,ensures all teams are working togetherandmonitors the entire turnover process.

Apex Home LoansIn 2011, in an effort to increase our

community involvement,Apex insti-tuted “Apex inAction,” a company-wideprogram that supports the charitableendeavors of our staff. In 2013,wecreated aVice-President of Community

Affairs position tomanage and grow thisprogram.The “Apex inAction”programhasmany elements to it.We regularlycover entry fees andmake contributionson behalf of participating employees,work with various nonprofit organizations,sponsor sports teams in our community,and adopt local families during the holi-day season. In addition, our “CharitableGiving Program” through CommunityHealth Charities allow our employeesthe ability to pledge gifts directly fromtheir paychecks to charities of theirchoice,which was utilized by about 40%of employees in 2013.We have severalgraduates of LeadershipMontgomery aswell as a Leadership GreaterWashingtonGrad and are actively involved and/or siton the Board of Directors inmany civicand trade organizations, including sevenChambers of Commerce inMarylandandVirginia,DCBoard ofTrade,Leader-shipMontgomery,Leadership GreaterWashington,Mortgage BankerAssocia-tion ofMetropolitanWashington,Artson the Block,CSAAC andMarylandMortgage BankersAssociation.

Apex brings unity to our community.While we work with different organiza-tions, such asAWider Circle, JuniorAchievement, andToys forTots, throughour volunteerismwe strive to show thatwe are all people.We all breathe the sameair and are all part of the same com-munity.The charitable work that we donot only inspires our fellow colleagues at

Apex, but also our families, business part-ners, and clients, and that’s really all wewant to do— inspire others to do good.

We benefit from the strong bonds thatare built through volunteering,whetherinternally with themembers of our team,or withmembers of the community.These strong bonds carry over into ourwork day andmake us a stronger team. In2013,we were recognized byGovernorMartin O’Malley with a special citationfor clearly demonstrating our dedicationto creating a betterMaryland.This sameyear,we were also the recipients of theHealthiest EmployersAward fromCom-munity Health Charities.

The culture ofApex revolves aroundbeing Local, Experienced, Indepen-dent. By adding Local to our tagline,wewanted to highlight the importance of ourcommitment to the community. In fact,the company’s strategic plan,which isdisplayed on a wall in our office, specifi-cally tracked 2013’s stated goal of 1,000community service hours company-wide.

We are proud to have achieved andto have surpassed that goal by perform-ing 1,141 hours. Each year, this goalincreases as we strive to do well whiledoing good.We have also dedicatedanother wall in our office specificallyto our “Apex in Action” program.Thiswall celebrates all of the company’sinvolvement so that both employees andvisitors can become absorbed in cultureof giving back.

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ArbitrOption CapitalManagement

ArbitrOption’s community serviceprogram emphasizes long-term volun-teerismwith organizations that are havinga positive impact in our local community.Examples of these organizations includeMontgomeryHospice, the CFA SocietyofWashington, andTakoma Park LionsClub. ,ArbitrOptionManaging PartnerHeathWinter is a leadingmember ofMontgomeryHospice’sMajor Gift Com-mittee,which helps local businesses tosupport and partner with an organizationthat enriches all ofMontgomery County.Heath helps the ProgramCommitteeof the CFA Society ofWashington todevelop events that educate and entertainlocal finance professionals. His work withtheTakoma Park Lions Club helps to en-sure that local philanthropy is available tosupport important causes such as publicsafety and protecting vision.

In addition,ArbitrOption’s involve-ment in the community helps to enhanceits local profile, raising potential clients’awareness ofArbitrOption’s investmentmanagement services.As an investmentmanagement firm that seeks outperfor-mance on clients’ behalf, community ser-vice benefits our culture by providing anongoing awareness of the issues facing ourcommunity and the underlying necessityfor the financial security thatArbitrOptioncan help achieve.

Ayda SanverConsulting, LLC

Ayda Sanver Consulting,LLCwaslaunched inMarch, 2015 to enablesmaller nonprofits without fundraisingor development staff to find“as-needed”expertise to take their mission to the nextlevel.The company had the honor this

year of providing pro-bono services toseveral amazing local nonprofits. Threeof these are highlighted here. Thefirst collaboration was with NonprofitVillage in Rockville,Maryland,wheremany small nonprofits have office space.Working with the leadership there, it wasdecided that a presentation onCorporate-Nonprofit Partnerships and sponsor-ship acquisition would be beneficial tothe residents and other local nonprofits.We gave a seminar to 30 local nonprofitprofessionals at NonprofitVillage.Next,through theMontgomery CountyVolunteer Center,we were referred toTheTreehouse ChildAssessment Center,which treats abused and neglectedchildren. In a two-hour consultation,weuncovered their most urgent messagingand fundraising needs, and helped themcreate a campaign that would help pay fortransportation for children needing treat-ment to the center. We continue to pro-vide ongoing encouragement and supportto this amazing organization.Finally,wehad the honor of touring theMontgom-ery County Coalition for theHomeless’Men’s Shelter andmet withmajor giftsstaff there to brainstorm innovative ways

tomove their current donor base tomakemajor gifts to the organization. AydaSanver Consulting,LLC continues tooffer pro-bono consultations as part of itsmission, believing that we have as much tolearn from our local nonprofits as we haveknowledge to give.

Bethesda Chevy ChaseChamber of Commerce

The Greater Bethesda Chevy ChaseChamber of Commerce has a long his-tory of service to both business and thecommunity.We are extremely pleased tosee ourYoung Professional Group; theNextExecs continue the tradition ofservice to the community. In addition tospending a day of service at AWiderCircle, by hosting four different net-working events over the past year, theyraised over $3,000 to benefit BethesdaCares, CollegeTracks, Combat SoldiersRecovery Fund and theAnnual Good-will Dinner.

TheGoodwill Dinner, administeredby the B-CCChamber, is a true com-munity partnership of volunteers whoplan, fund raise, and work to provide afabulousmeal, gifts, and necessities to allthe guests. This dinner serves over 470men,women and children who are eitherhomeless, live in transitional housing orare economically disadvantaged in ourcommunity.

The B-CCChamber also supportsand supplies “Street Survival Kits” to thehomeless through Bethesda Cares.Theseare backpacks filled with necessities suchas new socks, thermal underwear, toilet-ries, hats, gloves, hand warmers andmore.

Each year the B-CCChamber spon-

sors flu shots in their office. Providedin partnership with SuburbanHospital,these offer the opportunity for businesspeople to stop in on their lunch hour toget vaccinated.Our goal is to help stop thespread of flu in the work place.

For over 23 years members of theBethesda-Chevy Chase business com-munity have provided high school juniorand senior students with the opportunityto explore the world of work by visitingworkplace sites and shadowing amen-tor for the day.Career Partnership Dayhelps prepare students for their future byrevealing new careers to them and givingthe opportunity to see first-hand theconnection between learning and earning,answering the age-old question,“Why doI have to learn this?”

These are just a number of initiativesthat the B-CCChamber is involved withthroughout the year. Themission of TheGreater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamberof Commerce is to “Build an environmentthat encourages business to grow andprosper within a thriving Bethesda-ChevyChase community.” And the Chamberbelieves the only way to accomplish thisis to actively participate, promote andencourage their members to volunteerand give back into the community, thusmaking Bethesda-Chevy Chase a premierplace to live and do business.

Bold Concepts, Inc.Bold Concepts, Inc.was started by

DavidWimsatt in the basement of hishome in 1989.Giving to the commu-nity was part of his business plan.BoldConcepts was amajor donor to theMontgomery County NAACP from itsbeginning. In 1996 Bold Concepts helpedform theVictim’s Rights Foundation.Mr.Wimsatt donated the 1st $500.00 tothe non-profit organization and gave of-fice space and 18 years later theVictim’sRights Foundation still resides in thesame space.

TheMontgomery CountyMarylandcommunity has benefited inmany waysfrom the employees of Bold Conceptspartnership with theVictim’s RightsFoundation. In 2002 the employees ofBold Concepts joined theVictim’s RightsFoundation at the first press conferencestarting with the D.C area sniper shootingfund and theVictim’s Rights Foundationcollected $500,000.00 for the shooting ofthe victims.All checks come to theVic-

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tim’s Rights Foundation office located atBold Concepts, Inc. and also the employ-ees helped and received over 2,000 checksmailed to the office.The Bold Conceptsemployees helped organize the 1st of 6prayer vigils for the victims. One year latersome employees went to court in supportof the victim’s families.

The Community service performedby the employees of Bold Conceptscomes as a testimony to the mission ofBold Concepts, Inc. and its owner DavidWimsatt.TheVolunteer hours has helpedthe community and given Bold Concepts,Inc. some visible attention in the businessworld. Over 1,000 hours were donatedby employees of Bold Concepts Inc. Inaddition to helping the sniper victimsBold Concepts has been a sponsor of theMontgomery County Boys and GirlsClub for the last 15 years. Bold Conceptshas donated over $5000.00 in cash to thenon-profit organization. Employees havedonated toys at Christmas and played inthe Boys and Girls Club golf tournamentover the years. By helping the Boys andGirls Club which serves low-income kidsBold Concepts helps the Community andif the kids didn’t have a safe place to goafter school they could get into troublein the community.The Company hasdonated over 300 hours to the Boys andGirls Club over the years.

Another non-profit organization thatBold Concepts, Inc. supports isTheWomenWho Care Ministries located inMontgomeryVillage, Maryland. Em-ployees of Bold Concepts collect food forhungry kids by standing at food stores likeGiant or Safeway.The food is placed inthe kids’ back packs at school so they willnot be hungry over the weekend. BoldConcepts Inc. employees also supportKids In Need Distributors (KIND), de-livering food to students from low-incomefamilies in the greater Silver Spring area.

Capacity PartnersAt Capacity Partners, we believe in

the power of nonprofits.Through ourstrategic planning, fundraising and boarddevelopment services, we help nonprofitleaders achieve greater clarity in order tohelp their organizations become stron-ger and more sustainable.Through ourcommitment to community service, wepartner with a diverse range of nonprofitorganizations who want to change theworld for the better.

Capacity Partners team members getto “practice what we preach” while serv-ing on boards of directors and commit-tees and teaching workshops that enablenonprofit leaders to hone their skills.Thelist of the volunteer endeavors of our dedi-cated staff is far longer than the allottedspace, a potent reminder of the wide-reaching the impact of our communityservice, but we want to highlight a few ofthe many local organizations with whichwe proudly volunteer.l Leadership Montgomeryl Nonprofit Roundtablel Maryland Performance Excellence

Programl National Association of Corporate

Directors, Capital Area Chapterl MontgomeryWomenl Levine Musicl Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan

Washingtonl Garden Club of Chevy Chasel Bethesda Friends Meetingl Association of Fundraising

Professionals, DC Chapterl Association of Maryland Nonprofits

Standards of Excellence

l UnitedWay of the National CapitalAreal NonprofitVillagel WashingtonWaldorf Schooll Stars & Stripes Honor Flight

Yes, Capacity Partners’ expertise innonprofit strategy and developmentbenefits the nonprofit organizations towhich we dedicate our volunteer hours,but the real truth is that our volunteeringalso benefits the people who make upCapacity Partners.“Serving on a board,trying to solve some of our community’smost intractable problems, and helpingto strengthen the nonprofit communityis immensely rewarding and personallysatisfying,” said SaraWatkins, CapacityPartners SeniorVice President.

Added Mary Robinson, Presidentand Founder of Capacity Partners,“Allof us at Capacity Partners are exceed-ingly fortunate. Not many people havethe chance to work closely with nonprofitorganizations as both consultants andvolunteers.We do, and we are gratefulthat Montgomery County has so manyeffective nonprofit organizations.Themore successful each nonprofit organiza-tion is, the better Montgomery County

will be, and we love that our volunteeringhelps nonprofits achieve greater success infulfilling their missions.”

Chazin & Company LLCOur mission statement says it all…

“Chazin & Company is committed toproviding quality accounting and book-keeping services to individuals, small busi-nesses and non-profit organizations. Weare equally committed to philanthropy.As employees of Chazin & Company,we recognize that much of our successis directly attributed to the non-profitorganizations that we service. In honor ofthese organizations and all other chari-table organizations, we demonstrate andmaintain a firm commitment to socialresponsibility.

With our mission statement in mind,Chazin & Company initiated a company-wide volunteer program in 2013. “HelpUs Help Others” was designed to offerour staff, families, colleagues and friendsphilanthropic opportunities.Thus far, theprogram has experienced tremendoussuccess. Over the last twelve months,Chazin & Company employees havedonated more than 300 hours of personaltime and almost $6,000 in monetaryor tangible contributions.Although thismay not sound like much, we are a smallstaff with limited resources. Our commit-ment to the community is a priority andone that is always forefront in our minds.Whether we are volunteering time, sittingon Boards or Committees, collectingfood, coats and toys, making blankets forabused children, raising money for cancerresearch, harvesting food, attending fund-raisers or supporting other philanthropicevents, Chazin & Company is alwaysmindful of those less fortunate.

Although we expect nothing in returnfor our efforts, we find truth in the wordsof Mahatma Ghandi,“The best wayto find yourself is to lose yourself in theservice of others.”We have all experiencedpersonal and professional growth as adirect result of our efforts. We believe thatour contributions have made a differenceand that they have positively impacted thelives of many people in our community.We further believe that our commitmentto giving back has increased awarenesswithin our company and has strengthenedthe relationships amongst staff.

One of our most rewarding experi-ences has been our involvement with the

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CVC.As a proud member andWorkforcefor Good Sponsor,we are surrounded byincredible, likeminded people.We are im-pressed by the quantity and quality of theprograms offered by the CVC and touchedby the response of its membership.

Although we are extremely proud ofour philanthropic accomplishments, weunderstand that we are on an endlessjourney.We remain committed to ourmission and look forward to a continuedpartnership with the CVC!

Clasid ConsultantsPublishing, Inc.

Deborah A. Bowman is Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Clasid ConsultantsPublishing, Inc. (clasidconsultantspublish-ing.com) as a writer/editor, proofreader,and publisher.

Deborah offers the CorporateVolun-teer Council-Montgomery County freeunbiased critiques and reviews on all writ-ten media. She advises on current socialmedia and literary trends. She will answerquestions on formatting, preparation,and publishing. She is willing to donateconsulting services for silent auctions andfundraisers.

She has a 20+-year history with theDepartment of Defense as publica-tions authorization officer and formaleducation from the U.S. Department ofAgriculture Graduate School. She hasexperience in business proposals andnon-profit submissions.

Lasting words and images in print andonline make lasting impressions.

CorporateNetwork ServicesGiving back to the community is

something Corporate Network Services(CNS) employees value very highly.For more than 20 years, CNS staff haveserved the community supportingmultiple organizations in the local area bydonating food, money, corporate IT ser-vices, administrative support along withcomputer hardware and software.We’vealso raised funds to support the missionsof select partner charities and participatedas proud members of the CorporateVol-unteer Council of Montgomery County.

We also involve our customers byassociating our annual client holiday giftwith one of our volunteer efforts eachyear. Last holiday season, we had theprivilege of supporting the DelaplaineFoundation located in Frederick, Md.

This private family foundation is dedicat-ed to enriching lives through communityendeavors by supporting programs thatstrengthen the arts and sciences. CNSdonated two art-related items that wereon their wish list—a bar clamp and a finewood saw.Additionally our employeesrallied to collect more than $500 worthof art supplies that were presented to thefoundation last October.

Each year a CNS employee commit-tee establishes a focused plan and budgetthat reinforces our company core values.CNS starts closest to home, concentratingmost of its volunteer efforts with theTownof Poolesville where our corporate officeis located and surrounding MontgomeryCounty communities. Some of the orga-nizations and activities include:l Poolesville Day and 5k fundraiserl Fall Fest &Western Upper Montgomery

County (WUMCO)Walkl WUMCO food collection andWUM-

CO Family Holiday Givingl Manna Food Centerl Montgomery County Public Schools

(MCPS)l Delaplaine Art Centerl U.S.Marine Corps ReserveToys forTotsl Poolesville Athletic Association Sportsl Poolesville High School career

mentoring and advertisingl Poolesville Area Chamber of

Commerce Shredding EventOur 56 employees work from CNS

and home offices in four states. OurCommunity Counts volunteer program

aids the communities we serve with ourtechnology while uniting disparate CNSdepartments to foster better commu-nication throughout the organization.We find volunteerism attracts new,talented, dedicated employees to thecompany and demonstrates our family-oriented caring attitude to our clients.Volunteerism reinforces our corporateculture with team building, empathy,self-esteem and innovation that sup-ports our mission.This past year, CNSstaff contributed 260 hours of volunteertime to give back to the community andstrives to surpass that mark in the yearto come.

CPR AED and SafetyEducation

This year CPR AED and Safety Edu-cation joined CVC ‘s Circle of Leader-ship. Our project of free CPR training in

February for Heart Month, was unfortu-nately cancelled due to inclement weather.We contacted a non profit that had signedup and taught them at our Silver Springlocation on another date.We asked themto bring food donations instead of money.Those donations were given to NourishNow.

We are a small business with two fulltime employees and around 40 part timecontractors.We focus on activities thatsupport basic human needs in shelter,clothing, food and school supplies.

Our activities include:l Food collection for Mannal Provision of a monthly dinner to

residents of Dorothy Day Placel Collection of school supplies for

Montgomery County Public Schoolsl Collection of clothing for AWider

Circle and ShepherdsTablel Provision of a board Member for

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Montgomery CountyThrift Shop,TheMetropolitan Community Club,Transformations ofMontgomeryCounty,WJ Foundation,LeadershipMontgomery andCVC.

l Active membership in LeadershipMontgomery

l Staffing of theMontgomery CountyThrift Shop

l We provide discounted rates on ourservices to non-profit organizations andindividuals who are in need

l Our core business trains over 1200people a year to save lives

l We provided over 300 hours ofcommunity service in the past yearWe have found that participating in

these activities has provided numerousintrinsic benefits.There is a special feel-ing that one experiences when provid-ing a direct service or gift to those whoare in need. Further, these activitiesprovide hope in the human race andinspire others to follow our example.Last, we meet our company’s mission toprovide service to the community. Weare proud of our accomplishments andlook forward to another year of servingthe community.

If your company is in need of CPRtraining orAED purchases or man-agement, please contact us.We give adiscount to all CVCmembers.

Deutsch & Associates, LLCDeutsch &Associates, LLC is a unique

employee benefits and health promo-

tion firm integrating worksite wellnessand health promotion initiatives intoemployee benefit programs.Deutsch&Associates helps companies identifyhigh-risk behaviors and works to createa culture of healthier lifestyles throughemployee education and awareness. Bymanaging the employee benefits and thehealth promotion programs in tandem,Deutsch &Associates is able to addressthe reasons for increases in healthcarecosts and absenteeism/presenteeism, thusreducing healthcare costs and increasingproductivity and morale.

Founder DonaDeutsch has a long-standing passion for community serviceinstilled by her parents.As a teen,Donaserved on the founding Board of Direc-tors for the FargoYouthDepot in Fargo,NorthDakota, volunteered at local artscenter, and coached gymnastics.

Dona currently serves on theBoardofDirectors for theCorporateVolunteerCouncil as theVicePresident ofMember-ship. In recent years,Donahas servedontheBoard ofDirectors forHeroDogs andtheHabitat forHumanityWomenBuild2011-2012Program.She is also a graduateofLeadershipMontgomery -Class of 2013.

Other past volunteer experiences in-clude working as a certified cycling coachfor the Special Olympics cycling team ofMontgomery County,Team inTrainingfor the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society,MSWalk, Inter-faith Board of Directorsand several committees at her church.

Volunteerism is cornerstone ofDeutsch &Associates andDona encour-

ages her clients to integrate sociallyresponsible programs along side theiremployee benefit and health promotionprograms. She has helped several clientshold annual blood drives for theAmeri-can RedCross, as well as created “Walkfor a Purpose”, a program that integrateswellness with a cause by encouragingemployees to earnmoney for a local char-ity at a rate of $1 per mile walked duringbusiness hours.

In addition to running her business,Dona has performed over 300 hours ofcommunity service this year.

Gaithersburg GermantownChamber of Commerce

TheGaithersburg-GermantownChamber of Commerce (GGCC) is anon-profit organization dedicated to giv-ing back and supporting the community.

Volunteering is an experience. It istruly gratifying to serve a cause, practiceone’s ideals, work with people, solveproblems, see benefits, and know youhad a hand in them.Helping our fellowman has long been seen as an altruis-tic behavioral model and a model theGGCC values.

Through cash donations and variouscollections, the GGCChas a history ofcontributing to community organizations.Our ChamberMembers contributed food& cash donations toManna FoodCenter.

The Chamber actively participatesin theMontgomery County Police

Santa Ride with a cash donation to assistfamilies residing at the Children’s Inn atNational Institutes of Health.

Scholarships totaling $6,100 wereaward to fourMontgomery College stu-dents through theMontgomery CollegeScholarship Foundation.For 14 years, theGGCC, in support with ChamberMem-ber companies, has supported tomorrow’sfuture leaders withmeans to help themaspire and reach their dreams.

For six years we have participatedin theMontgomery County SummerJobs Program.We are able to provide ayouth with a priceless opportunity to gainmeaningful work experience.Addition-ally,we support Northwest High School’sInternship program annually by sponsor-ing a student for the school year.

Recently,we created our Non-ProfitSector Group, a network of non-profits,foundations, business partners and indi-viduals dedicated to supporting GGCC’snon-profit members.This program pro-vides our non-profit members a monthlyopportunity to gather and share bestpractices, discuss common concerns andfind ways to partner so that each groupincreases the value of their unique offeringwhile creating a stronger andmore effec-tive local community.

Every August, we are pleased to hostour Annual Public Safety Awards break-fast, which honors the brave actions ofour local law enforcement and fire andrescue personnel.This past August, wehonored 57 men and women in casesranging from a residential shootinginvolving a police officer, children whowere stuck in an icy pond, and a head-on automobile collision were a patientwas ejected from an automobile.

Every fall we host a non-profitshowcase where our non-profit mem-bers have the opportunity to show our

CPR AED and Safety Education

“There is a special feelingthat one experiences whenproviding a direct service or

gift to those who are in need.”

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members the great work they do in ourcommunity and to solicit support fromour Chamber members.

Through the CVC-MC,we activelyparticipate in theMontgomery CountyPublic Schools Department of FamilyandCommunity Partnerships Back toSchool Drive in the summer.We believeit is essential for students to have theappropriate equipment to be successful.And we were able to participate on severalCVC-MC’s “Workforce for Good”proj-ects that included supporting non-profitorganizations such asWider Circle, JuniorAchievement,Campus Kitchens andManna FoodCenter.

We believe anyone who volunteers willfeel better emotionally, physically, andpsychologically.TheGGCC is grateful tohave the opportunity to support these or-ganizations and share our story with you.

TheGGCC is active in providingbusiness-to-business networking oppor-tunities throughout the year: a collectivevoice in local, regional, and state legislativeaffairs, professional development opportu-nities, and other services that enhance thebusiness environment. Learnmore aboutus at www.ggchamber.org.Or follow uson Facebook orTwitter.

GCAARGCAARCares is the community

service arm of the Greater CapitalAreaAssociation of REALTORS® (GCAAR).In 2005, the GCAARBoard of Directorsformed a charitable fund and appointeda Community Service Committee,GCAARCares, to focus the associa-tion’s contributions to the community.GCAARCares is a 501(c)3 administeredthroughThe Community Foundation forthe National Capital Region (CFNCR),Montgomery County. Seeded with aportion of the association’s reserves, thecommittee was tasked with developingrelationships with nonprofits that wouldoffer volunteer opportunities for GCAARmembers, promoting what members werealready doing in the community, directgifting from the fund, and fundraising forspecific causes and fund sustainability.

GCAARCares awards grants tonon-profit organizations inMontgom-ery County,Maryland andWashington,D.C. that are housing-related or have ahousing-related component. In 2013,GCAARCares provided grants to a totalof six non-profit organizations – fourinWashington,DC (CalvaryWomen’s

Services, Friendship Place,Hope and aHome , and Pathways toHousingDC);and two inMontgomery County,MD(Affordable Housing ConferenceMont-gomery County andDwelling Place).These funds have been used to (1) helptake homeless people off the streets andplace them in permanent and transitionalhousing; and (2) provide closing costsfor first-time homebuyers.As a resultof funding provided byGCAAR, theseindividuals and families now have a placeto call home.

Additionally,GCAARCares has beena long-time partner with theMontgomeryCounty andWashingtonD.C. chapters ofRebuildingTogether®. Each year,GCAARsponsors a home in need of critical repairsand renovations in either or both of thesejurisdictions for homeowners in need of fi-

nancial support.Homeownersmust applyto be selected for the annual RebuildingDay project.GCAAR recruits volunteersto complete repairs on these homes.Thevolunteers consist of both skilled andunskilled laborers.Formore than 30 years,RebuildingTogether® has held the philoso-phy that every person deserves to live in asafe and healthy home.

In 2010, theMarylandAssocia-tion of REALTORS® recognized ourinvolvement in the community, awardingGCAARCares with the 2ndHonorableMention for the CommunityAction andREALTOR® Excellence award, and in2011 with the Special ProjectAward forour work with RebuildingTogether®.From June 2013 throughMay 2014, ourreported community service hours haveexceeded 28,000 hours.We believe that

there is no greater joy than to share ourpassion to fight homelessness by support-ing non-profit organizations in our com-munity that share the same passion.

Host Hotels & ResortsCorporate responsibility has been a

core value for Host Hotels & Resorts formany years, rooted in our culture andEPIC values—Excellence, Partnership,Integrity andCommunity—that guide theway we do business and our commitmentto the environment and to society.

For Host, corporate responsibility isour approach tomanaging the environ-mental, social, and governance impactsof our business and creating value for ouremployees, stakeholders, and communi-ties.Our corporate responsibility programfocuses on three key themes—Responsi-ble Investment, Environmental Steward-ship, and Corporate Citizenship.

Through ourCorporateCitizenshiptheme,Host is committed to being aresponsible corporate citizen and tostrengthening our local communities.Wehave a strong tradition of collaborationand long history of community engage-ment. Each year,we support charitiesand philanthropic organizations throughstrategic and industry collaborations,sponsorships, financial contributions,emergency relief, and volunteer service.Our corporate giving program is drivenin large part by the strong support by ouremployees.As an employee-driven pro-gram, our employees are actively engagedin community service activities, and wesupport the causes they care about mostthrough our uniqueDenimDay andmatching gift programs, and company-sponsored walks.Our EPIC Service teamis made up of a group of employee volun-teers who help select, organize and leadcommunity service activities and eventsfor the company.

In 2013 and 2014, our fewer than 250employees made a big impact and positivedifference in our communities.Among

GCAAR

“Each year, GCAAR sponsors ahome in need of critical repairsand renovations forhomeowners in need offinancial support.“


ourmany accomplishments, highlightsfrom the last 12months include:

Organized three Community BuildDays withHabitat for HumanityMetroMaryland where employees worked tobuild 19 affordable townhomes beingconstructed in theMaple HillTownhomecommunity in Gaithersburg,MD.

Volunteered 160 service hours ina campus beautification project at theNational Center for Children & Familiesfacility in Bethesda,MD.

Collected over 365 donated items,including personalized letters written byHost employees, for care packages by Op-erationGratitude shipped toU.S.militaryservice members overseas.

Participated in an environmental cleanup event withMontgomery Parks to helprestore the local ecosystem by protectingtrees and reforestation sites in Rock CreekPark and around LakeNeedwood inRockville,MD.

Packaged 15,000meals with StopHunger Now to help feed children andfamilies all over the world.

Assembled 81 shoeboxes of schoolsupplies for students atWatkinsMillElementary, a high needs school inMont-gomeryVillage,MD.

Participated in the 2013 Rockville,MD andWashington,DCLightTheNightWalks benefitting the Leukemia& Lymphoma Society and raised over$93,000– recognized as the top fundrais-ing team.

Participated in the 2014 BaltimoreChapterTake StepsWalk benefitting the

Crohn’s &Colitis Foundation ofAmerica,raising a record-breaking $103,000+ andreceiving recognition as the top fundrais-ing team in the country.

Supported our employees’ charities ofchoice through our DenimDay program,donating to a different charity eachmonthincluding Children’s NationalMedicalCenter,KEENGreater DC,SoOthersMight Eat (SOME),Make-a-Wish Foun-dation,Alzheimer’sAssociation,NationalMultiple Sclerosis Society,WoundedWar-rior Project, andmore.

Howard HughesMedical Institute

The Community Partnership pro-gram at the Howard Hughes MedicalInstitute (HHMI) began as the kernel ofan idea in autumn 2010.Today our coreteam includes enthusiastic representa-tives from across various departmentsand all levels of the Institute. In keepingwith our original vision, all CommunityPartnership activities are accessible toemployees, their families, and friendsno matter where they live, what theirabilities may be, or how much they cancontribute.We focus on building newrelationships and contributing positivelyto our neighbors by fostering activitiesbenefiting both our employees and thecommunity.

HHMI kicked-off our communitypartnership initiative with AWider Cir-cle and we have been fortunate enoughto work with them throughout the past

years.We recently sponsored a serviceday on September 20, 2014 when morethan 70 HHMI employees, family, andfriends turned out.Volunteers of allages enthusiastically assisted clients anddonors with drop-offs and pick-ups.Wehelped with the organization of cloth-ing, household items, food pantry, andpersonal items, refurbished furniture,and applied a fresh coat of paint to tworooms at AWider Circle’s warehouse inSilver Spring.

As a result of our ongoing partner-ship withAWider Circle,manymoreemployees, family members, and friendsare today supporting their efforts throughthe gifts of volunteer time and donations.HHMI volunteers donate back-to-schoolsupplies, non-perishable food items,wellmother and baby care products, homegoods, and household supplies allowingus to helpAWider Circle expand thereach of their work to our neighbors inneed. InApril,HHMI employees, fam-ily and friends participated inAWiderCircle’s Race to End Poverty at CabinJohn Regional Park.

Community Partnership continues tobring people from all levels of our orga-nization together in newways that wouldnot have been possible through our usualday-to-day business activities.Many newrelationships have formed and continue togrow.There is a strong sense that togetherwe are accomplishing a great deal.Ourpeople see tangible results and hear fromthe people who are benefiting.We takegreat pride in being a positive influence onour local community. This springHHMIvolunteers collected amountain of trashand debris while participating in Rock

Creek Conservancy’s ExtremeClean-up.We selected theNorth Chevy Chase Parklocated across the street from ourHead-quarter campus.

At HHMI, philanthropy is in ourDNA.We are a non-profit medicalresearch organization that ranks as one ofthe nation’s largest philanthropies, playinga powerful role in advancing biomedicalresearch and science education in theUnited States and abroad.We routinelycollaborate with individuals, schools,universities, businesses, and other phil-anthropic organizations because workingwith fantastic and talented people inspiresus.To our partnership this oftenmeansthe difference between having a great ideaversus having a great idea that makes animpact, and changes the world for thebetter.ThroughHHMI’s CommunityPartnership a simple idea spurred actionsthat are changingmany lives right here inour community.

Jeff MillerConsulting Alliance“It’s bigger than just business.”

As a sole proprietor, the underlyingphilosophy for Jeff Miller ConsultingAlliance is that making an impact onone person can in turn, affect the lives ofmany.With this belief in mind, Jeff andhis business are involved in communityservice projects throughoutMontgomeryCounty.

Jeff currently conducts workshopsthrough the One Stop program at thecorrectional facility in Boyds,Maryland.The focus of this is an ongoing three-week course with inmates who willpotentially be re-entering the workplace.

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It is designed to empower them throughinsights, awareness, and tools to createthe necessary change in their lives.

In addition to being a director on theCorporateVolunteer Council ofMont-gomery County’s board, Jeff also serveson the board of IMPACTSilver Spring.This organization is involved in build-ing community-based partnerships topromote shared and sustainable livelihoodfor residents of all backgrounds.As pastpresident ofManna FoodCenter, Jeff stillmaintains a close relationship with theorganization, finding ways to have conver-sations and narratives about hunger andpoverty inMontgomery County. In keep-ing with his commitment to leadership,community, and growth, Jeff is a graduateof LeadershipMontgomery class of 2014.

Throughout thirty years in businessand entrepreneurship, our mission has al-ways been to facilitate change and growth.Whether it is through executive coaching,business consulting, or facilitating work-shops, Jeff’s focus is to create tangibleandmeasurable results for the businesses,business owners, and the organizationsthat he works with. Jeff believes that asbusiness owners, entrepreneurs, and lead-ers in our community, it is our obligationto ask,“What is the one thing I can dotoday tomake a difference?”

Jeff has always believed that by stayingtrue to one’s moral imperatives, the invest-ment youmake in corporate responsibilitywill always be returned, not only in doingthe right thing, but in branding and profit-ability.

Kaplan UniversityKaplanUniversity instituted the

“DifferenceMakers” initiative at all oftheir campus and corporate locations in2013, in order to build a greater senseof community through engagement andpublic service. The KaplanUniversityRockville DifferenceMakers consist of 6non-managers who work together to notonly recognize and celebrate the differ-ences the KURockville staff makes, bothon and off campus, but also to developand plan employee engagement activitiesaround community outreach and giving-

back events.The past year has been ourbest one yet!

During the 2013Holiday season, theKURockville adopted a family throughAWider Circle’s Holiday Giving program.We collected over 35 new gifts for a familyof five so they could truly enjoy the holi-days. In addition, the staff divided intotwo groups and spent two days volunteer-ing atAWider Circle in Silver Spring,MD as well as theHabitat for HumanityReStore in Gaithersburg,MD. When theweather got cold, the team collected over30 coats for donation to InterfaithWorksin Rockville.

In themonths that followed in 2014,the DifferenceMakers spearheaded 2food drives in which KURockville col-lected over 134 pounds of food that wasdonated toManna Food, collected schoolsupplies for donation to a local elemen-tary school and raisedmoney to purchaseitems for theMidAtlantic Federal CreditUnion’sWorkforce for Good projectDeclaring “Open Season” on Poverty.Additionally, the campus hosted 2American RedCross BloodDrives whichcollectedmore than 30 pints of blood.

KaplanUniversity understands thatour biggest stakeholders – our students– live in our area. Part of being the bestcommunity educator involves a strongsupport to all of our local communities.We are grateful for all of the opportunitieswe have had and look forward to evenmore in 2015!

Marriott InternationalForMarriott International, our core

values have stood the test of time: putpeople first, pursue excellence, embracechange, act with integrity and serve ourworld. TheMarriott name is onmorethan 4,000 hotels in nearly 80 countriesaround the world, including our head-quarters here in Bethesda,Maryland. Nomatter where we are operating,we under-stand that conservation and communityengagement – including volunteerism - ismore than amoral imperative; it alsomakes good business sense. FromBethes-da to Rio de Janeiro travelers care aboutcompanies that do good, engage with theircommunities, and advocate broadly forissues of global importance. Initiatives likepreserving theAmazonRainforest, provid-ing job readiness training andmentoringto underserved youth, empowering diverseowners of businesses through our supplychain, and continuing to innovate formore resource- efficient hotels are growing

in importance and being recognized byour guests and industry alike.

Here in our hometown,we are activelyengaged in supporting our local commu-nity. In 2014, over 1700Marriott Inter-national Bethesda headquarters’ employ-ees volunteeredmore than 6,000 hours tosupport nearly 30Washington,D.C.-areanonprofit organizations, including theDCDiaper Bank,OurHouse,TherapeuticRecreational Riding Center,TheMary-land Sheriff’sYouth Ranch,CapitalAreaFood Bank,CHICenters,AWider Circle,InterfaithWorks,DCCentral Kitchen,The Children’s Inn at NIH,MANNAFoodCenter,CornerstoneMontgom-ery, EdgewoodTerrace – KaBOOMplayground,Mid-County NeighborhoodInitiative at North Gate Park,Glen EchoPark, SHARE food network,C&OCanalTrust,Chesapeake Bay Foundation,Food& Friends,WolfTrap Foundation for thePerformingArts,National Center forChildren and Families, andHabitat forHumanity.They helped providemuch-needed assistance such as home buildingand refurbishing,meal preparation, andenvironmental cleanups and restoration.

To learnmore aboutMarriott’s efforts,visit marriott.com/socialresponsibility.

Massuage Associates LLCMassuageAssociates, LLC is a well-

ness practice specializing in pain andstress relief.We offer massage therapy,including oncology, prenatal, hot-stone,aromatherapy; acupressure and energyhealing, and seatedmassage for corporatehealth fairs and events.Our pricing isaffordable and our regular clients alwayspay the least.

Volunteerism has been a fundamentalaspect of our practice since we opened ourdoors in 2004. In 2014 we provided over$8,000 in free and subsidized sessions.Lee Blank,LMT, the owner ofMassuageAssociates, (www.massuage.com ) is afoundingmember of the Society For On-cologyMassage, has hospice training withseveral local hospice organizations andadvanced oncologymassage training.

Our therapists provide hospice mas-sage therapy every week, at no charge,for the dying and their families in theirhomes. In this work we see patients livingwithmany types of cancer,ALS,AIDSand other life-limiting conditions.We alsoprovided discountedmassage tomembersof Pain Connection, a local nonprofit thatprovides services to people living with

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chronic pain.The benefits of massage for Oncology,

Hospice andChronic Pain clients (as wellas everyone else):l Relieve painl Reduce anxietyl Improve sleepl Renew energyl Support immune functionl Soften scar tissuel Restore range of motionl Deep relaxation

We began a new partnership in early2010 withManna FoodCenter.We keepa collection box in our waiting room allyear long so regular clients can donatefood,which they do generously.We see atragic increase in the need for food andbasic services for our neighbors and hopeto continue to address these needs in part-nership withManna.

We also provide gift certificates forsilent auction fund raisers for a numberof non-profit organizations – last year oursmall company donated over $1000 inthese type of contributions.We also do-nated $300 inTarget gift certificates to theholiday campaign for kids in the county,as well as shoes and back packs for theback to school program.

We have benefited from a greatersense of community and from being ableto witness the pain relief that we are ableto provide. I believe all of our therapistsfeel a greater sense of contentment andappreciation for all they have when theysee how others are struggling in thiseconomy.

Ourmission statement atMassuage issimple – toAssuage pain and stress andease the journey for our clients. I believeall of the corporate giving activities weparticipate relate directly to that purpose.The benefits come to us as a small busi-ness in a greater feeling of community anda shared love of service.

MedImmuneA strong connection to our commu-

nity is an integral part ofMedImmune’shistory and our future.We seek tomakea positive contribution to society throughinvestment, in both time andmoney, toorganizations and initiatives that make atrue difference in our local and stakehold-er communities.

Through ourmission-aligned philan-thropy and corporate citizenship program,we feel we can have the greatest impact

where we have the greatest expertise.As aresult, our charitable giving and volunteerefforts focus on results-oriented programsthat embody our core values and that arealigned with our business.

MedImmune concentrates our com-munity outreach in two key areas: health-care and science education.We seek tosupport programs and organizations that:Healthcarel Promote access to care and patienteducation in alignment with ourtherapeutic focus

l Seek to advance the qualityand|delivery of healthcare

l Improve the quality of life for thosebattling serious or chronic illness

l Provide emergency healthcare andmedical aid in the event of naturaldisasters through our disaster-reliefpartnership withAmericares

Science Educationl Expose students to the life sciences andbiologics

l Educate students about career optionsin the life sciences/biologics and driveworkforce development

l Cultivate understanding of the linkbetween science andmedicine amongthe general public

VolunteerismWe recognize the value our employees

bring to solving complex issues facing

the community. Our employees helpdesign our outreach in STEM education,creating interactive programs to explainMedImmune science through exhibitsand presentations at the USA Science andEngineering Festival, school visits and bysupporting science fairs. In addition toparticipation in our corporate volunteerprojects, each employee receives one paidday off a year to volunteer with a non-profit organization of their choice. Sincelaunching the program inmid-2012,employees have givenmore than 2,000hours in service.

Mid-AtlanticFederal Credit Union

After changing the structure of thecredit union’s community service pro-gram in 2013 to focus on one charity peryear,MAFCUhas seen great involvementfrom employees and a larger benefit to thecharity of choice. As a company we de-cided to continue our support ofMannaFoodCenter from 2013 into 2014. Wecontinue to helpManna FoodCenter bysupporting their efforts to feed those inneed in our own county by collecting foodresources and providing staff volunteers attheir facility.

The benefits to the community fromour community service efforts withManna FoodCenter have been great. As

of September 5, 2014 we have donated1,146 pounds of food and volunteeredmore than 160 hours. We also purchased3 steer at theMontgomery County 4-HLivestock Sale inAugust 2014 total-ing just under 4,000lbs of beef. Thesesteer will be donated as meat toMannaFoodCenter to help feed close to 2,000Montgomery County at risk families inneed of food.

Mid-Atlantic FCU has benefited inseveral ways from being involved in thecommunity. Volunteering together hasdeveloped a sense of teamwork amongour employees, as we all are workingtogether for the common good of others.We have been able to develop strong re-lationships with businesses and individu-als out in the community, which in turnhas developed a trust in our company.We also feel that people are intuitive andrespond positively to genuine caring,therefore being involved in the com-munity has given us recognition and ishelping our business grow.

AtMid-Atlantic FCU our cultureof the company is to give back and helpothers. We are always looking for ways tohelp individuals succeed financially. Thismakes it very easy to apply the same prin-ciples in the community service sector.By adoptingManna FoodCenter we havebeen able to fight the battle of hungerin our county by supplyingManna withfood donations as well as working at theirfacility to provide the food to individualsof our own community who are in need.

From September 2013 throughAu-gust 2014, as a company we performed1,774 community service hours.

Montgomery CollegeMontgomery College is an institution

thoroughly committed to serving ourstudents and community. Our missionto “We empower our students to changetheir lives, and we enrich the life ofour community” could not be achievedwithout service, an integral part of ouracademic, student services, and commu-nity engagement arms.

From 2012-2013,MontgomeryCollege looked to deepen the connec-tions between our community and ourcampuses through several initiatives. InJune 2012, our Board of Trustees adopt-ed an 8-year strategic vision calledMont-gomery College 2020, targeting areas likestudent access, economic development,and community engagement.With the

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vision came an imperative to more stra-tegically use the College’s time, talents,and resources to serve our community.To this end, 2012-2013 saw the College’sfaculty, staff, students, and administra-tors commit to community partners innew and exciting ways that we have onlyjust begun to see the benefits of.

Many offices at our three-campusinstitution help strengthen our commu-nity and address the challenges facingour neighbors and students:l Students mentor at-risk peers throughprograms like Boys toMen, whichtargets African-American males andhad a retention/graduation rate of98% in 2013.

l Adult Support Services advisors assistinmates at the County’s CorrectionalFacilities with applications.

l The Office of Equity and Diversityhelps faculty, staff and students volun-teer at events like a Bullying Preven-tion Conference with the CountyCommittee on Hate andViolence.

l The Office of Advancement andCommunity Engagement offers freecampus space to programs likeEmpoweredWomen International,which supports 60 immigrant andrefugee women annually in theirentrepreneurial dreams.

l The College’s Office of StudentEngagement accepted theWhiteHouse Interfaith and CommunityService Campus Challenge in 2012.Through this initiative, the Collegelends leadership to several interfaithand community service activitiesincluding the annual MontgomeryCounty Game Changer conference for

young males.This conference which isdesigned to promote educational suc-cess, now boasts an annual attendanceof over 500Montgomery CountyAfricanAmerican and Hispanic malepublic school students.The Collegerecently received a letter of commen-dation from President Obama for itsoutstanding interfaith and communityservice leadership.The cornerstone of our community ef-

forts is our college-wide Service-LearningProgram, helping thousands of studentseach year serve in academic and co-curricular opportunities with over 50 localnonprofits, schools, and county agencies.

The program was established in 1995at ourTakoma Park/Silver Spring officeand grew through a Learn and ServeAmerica grant. It expanded to all threeOffices of Student Life, with a full-timecoordinator now supporting students,faculty, and the communities surround-ing each campus.Today, the three staff,student leaders and paid student assis-tants coordinate one-day, one week andsemester-long opportunities like Spiritof Service Days,Alternative Breaks,courses, leadership development pro-grams, and community internships.Theyalso foster faculty development with theCenter forTeaching and Learning andcollege wide programs like the GlobalHumanities Institute.These programsimpact our students and community ina variety of ways, from ourAlternativeBreaks and one-day projects that arechanging student attitudes about local is-sues and awareness of campus resourcesto our ESOL volunteer clubs reducingstudent absenteeism and behavioraldisruptions at local high schools.

We’re proud to be a community col-lege putting our community at the coreof what we do, now and in the future.

Seen in photo:As part of the 9/11Interfaith UnityWalk,Montgomery CollegeStudents and Staff helped package 10,000salvaged potatoes for the Capital AreaFood Bank.

MontgomeryCommunity Media

Since our 1984 founding as thecounty’s community media center andregion’s largest public access station,our aim remains to “inform, connectand educate” the nearly one millionresidents of the County. Our vision is toeducate and empower county residentsby providing a means to creatively en-gage and more effectively connect themthrough our multimedia platforms.Weserve others through content distribu-tion, educational training, economic de-velopment, nonprofit partnerships andcollaborations, and production services.Towards the fulfillment of those goalsby innovative and informative means,we foster and sustain programming andofferings that both reflect and promotethe culturally and socioeconomicallyinclusive communities that comprise themosaic that is us.

Montgomery Community Mediaexcels in collaboration and partnerships!Through our volunteer collaboration

with the Arts & Humanities Council weproduce and disseminate through bothbroadband and broadcast the CultureSpot Montgomery County CultureS-potmc.com events and arts calendarsupporting the arts and cultural non-profits present in our community.Wealso volunteer each year with the county’sfestival directors to bring events into thehomes of residents unable to enjoy theirprograms, including the “Mid-AtlanticJazz Fest,”“Takoma Park Folk Fest,” andblues and jazz Festivals of Silver Springand the “Gaithersburg Book Festival.”

Annually,we volunteer and partnerwith theAgricultural Fair to support itwith a “Picture the Fair” contest thatcontributes to its historical archives andpromotes active community engagementwith the fair through social media. Fur-thermore, our production staff volunteersto produce the annual, nationally award-winning broadcast PSAs for theAgricul-tural Fair. These PSAs drive attendancefor each year’s fair.

We provide free production andbroadcasting and for the annual Rev.Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Day eventsand our civic engagement partnershipwith the volunteers of theMontgomeryCounty League ofWomen voters. WiththeMontgomery County League ofWomenVoters we inform and educatethe 1 million County residents aboutthe candidates for state-wide and localelections. We also distribute both on-line

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and on-air candidate statements forMontgomery County’s election cycles.

Annually, we provide internships forsecondary and undergraduate studentspreparing for careers in multimedia pro-duction,marketing, communications andnon-profit management in order thatthey can not only enhance their skills butalso prepare their portfolios for upcom-ing college and scholarship applicationsand career endeavors.

Each year we also partner withTheGazette to produce a nationally awardwinning PSA for bothMontgomeryCounty and Prince George County’s “MyFavoriteTeacher” annual contest.We castMCPS student volunteers in the produc-tions.Our staff annually participates intheMontgomery County Public Schoolsannual Backpacks for Kids Campaign.This effort provides school materialsand backpacks for 50,000Title I youththroughoutMontgomery County.

Our nearly 700 active volunteers annu-ally complete 600+ projects, engage thecounty’s residents through weekly blogsand daily tweets, and provide over 14,000volunteer hours of on-air content thatconnect, inform, educate and inspire the 1million residents ofMontgomery County.

Monument BankAs we start thinking about celebrating

our 10th anniversary in 2015,we havetaken time to not only reflect on our com-munity and themany activities in whichwe’ve participated, but also on the numer-ous relationships we continue to embrace.Although we have yet to implement aformal community service program, it hasneither stopped the bank from supportingoutreach efforts nor limited our employ-ees and boardmembers from giving theirtime and energy. The variety of charities,non-profits, and community supportopportunities run a wide spectrum fromhealth issues, animal welfare, and soldierrecovery, to the homeless, education, andthe environment.

We welcome spring each year by serv-ing as the Event sponsor for the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber’sAnnual GolfClassic. We offer employee volunteers,golfers, and even a co-chair who workscountless hours before, during, and afterto ensure a successful event. The benefi-ciaries of this golf classic have included theB-CCRescue Squad,Combat Soldier’sRecovery Fund,QualityTrust,MenAgainst Breast Cancer, and Special Olym-

pics. For our more robust employees,participating in Dodge Ball for Diabetesis a day to spotlight those athletic abili-ties, followed by a few soremuscles! Forfeats of stamina,Bike toWorkDay andtheWalk &Ride competition sponsoredby BethesdaTransportation Solutionsbrings out quite a few employees and the39-mileAvonWalk for Breast Cancer isa labor of love and compassion. We haveinstituted amonthly ‘jean’ day whereemployees can pay to wear jeans to theoffice and themoney is collected for adesignated charity.

As the year progresses, our employeesand directors are donating hundreds ofhours on the boards and advisory boardsof local non-profits that include, but arenot limited to: RebuildingTogether,B-CCRescue Squad,Hospice Caring,SecondChanceWildlife Center,Yel-low Ribbon Fund, Jewish Foundationfor GroupHomes, Starlight Children’sFoundation, Sandy SpringMuseum,Longwood Recreation Center,Med-StarMontgomeryWomen’s Board, andTouching LivesWorldwide.

In addition to the non-profit world,Monument Bank understands the impor-tance of partnering with local businessesto helpmake neighborhoods and com-munities a better place to live,work, and

raise a family. We are celebrating the 3rd

year of theMontgomery County BusinessHall of Fame. This event was foundedbyMonument Bank andGrossbergCompany,LLP to spotlight outstandingbusiness leaders who havemade a positiveimpact on theMontgomery County busi-ness community. The net proceeds of thisannual event fund scholarship programsfor the Universities at ShadyGrove. Todate, over $325,000 has been raised tosupport our future leaders!

Although numbers are a big part ofthe banking industry,we currently do nottrack precise volunteer hours – every dayof every week of every month, our em-ployees are out in the community helpingtomake a difference.

PepcoPepco’s commitment to delivering

reliable electric service and our supportof community activities have improvedcustomers’ lives for more than a century.We value our long-standing traditionof buildingmeaningful relationships inMontgomery County and surroundingareas. The partnerships Pepco has withnon-profit groups, organizations, charitiesand community-based startups impactthe lives of everyone involved, includingour employees. Our job goes well beyondsupplying power.

Pepco supports a wide variety ofeducational, arts, cultural, environmental,health and business initiatives that arededicated to improving the quality oflife for all residents who are also valuedcustomers. Our employees volunteerthousands of hours every year to assist

these causes. In addition to volunteerhours for public service, Pepcomadefinancial contributions to a diverse groupof organizations in the communities weserve, totaling almost $2million.

From the StrathmoreHall Foundationto theTreatment & Learning Centers,Pepcomade about $248,000 in financialcontributions to various organizationsinMontgomery County in 2013. Thiscommitment to being connected andtomaking a positive difference in ourcommunities as strong corporate citizensis also demonstrated with our involve-ment in LeadershipMontgomery and theChamber of Commerce.

InAugust, Pepco sponsored theCommunity Stage at theMontgomeryCountyAgricultural Fair and hosted anenergy conservation information booth.In the booth, Pepco employee volunteersdistributedmaterials about Pepco’s newenergy conservation programs devel-oped in conjunction with EmPOWERMaryland.Additionally, Pepco sponsoredtheVIPChildren’s Day in the Kid Zoneat the event.

One of our most impactful com-munity efforts inMontgomery Countycomes from the donation of funds raisedthrough the PHI Community Foun-dation Pepco Golf &Tennis Classic.Proceeds from this event go directly tothree local charities in each jurisdictionthat we serve to help local families inneed with their winter energy bills. InMontgomery County, InterfaithWorksis the recipient and distributor of thefunds. We are proud to share that sinceits inception, the tournament has raisedmore than $1.75 million, with more thanhalf-a-million of that amount designatedtoMontgomery County.

Pepco andDiscovery Education joinedforces with the Boys &Girls Club tosupport achievement in science, technol-ogy, engineering andmath (STEM)with an exclusive initiative available atselect Boys &Girls Club sites includingGermantown. The Pepco STEMClubcurriculumwill keep kids engaged andexcited about STEMusing hands-onlabs, engineering challenges and digital in-vestigations. Energy and urban infrastruc-ture modules include 1-2 lessons that willprovide fun and inspiring ways to preparestudents for the jobs of tomorrow.

In late 2013, Pepco provided $25,000to support theAchieving Collegiate Excel-lence and Success (ACES) program, a

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collaborative effort betweenMontgomeryCounty Public Schools (MCPS),Mont-gomery College and the Universities atShadyGrove.The program is available in10MCPS high schools this year and pro-vides targeted interventions and supportto students in order to keep them on trackfor college enrollment.

PepcoHoldings,Inc.(PHI)employeepledges helped the company raise$812,653 for the UnitedWay campaign.This exceeded the company’s goal, byfar, and with corporate matching plusmoney raised through numerous specialevents PHI contributed an impressivetotal topping $1.5million. Pepco’s sup-port of the UnitedWay campaign furthersupports communities we serve by givingto nonprofit organizations in housing,employment, health care, education andcountless other services inMontgomeryCounty and surrounding areas.

Themore Pepco grows and succeeds,the greater our ability to fund nonprofitactivities and improve the communitieswe share.

Plans and Solutions, Inc.Provides community service through

CVC,Rotary and other organizations.

Quinter DesignSince 1993,QuinterDesign has been

the graphic design firmon amission torid theworld of unattractive and ineffec-tivemarketingmaterials.Robyn and JohnQuinter are passionate about creatingmemorable, extraordinary projects withintegrity and imagination.They firmlybelieve each client’smessage is lost if notpresented accurately, clearly and beautifullyto a carefully identified target audience.TheBrookeville-based firm serves itsbusiness and non-profit clients in threecore areas: 1) innovative, creative graphicdesign for print andweb that lets the clientshine;2) on-target publicity campaigns thatturn the spotlight’s focus on the client; and3) custom-designed tradeshowdisplays,posters, banners and signage that generateattention to the client.

Community service is essential toQuinterDesign’s success.Drawing froma family tradition of service, theQuintersprovide pro bonowork to selected non-profits and offer substantial discountsto other valued organizations. In 2013-2014, they contributed services valuedat $20,000+ and donated 600+ hours to

non-profits.Manna FoodCenter,Mont-gomeryAlliance for CommunityGiving,Brookeville’s Bicentennial Commission,Olney FarmersMarket,MarylandCoali-tion of Families for Children’sMentalHealth,MenAgainst Breast Cancer,D.C.Blues Society,OlneyHome for Life andCornerstoneMontgomery are amongrecent recipients of QuinterDesign’sgenerosity.

Robyn is a boardmember and im-mediate past president of theMarylandCoalition of Families for Children’sMental Health.A statewide non-profit,MCF supports families caring for a childwith behavioral, emotional or mentalhealth challenges and grew to a staff of50+ in seven offices and a $3-million bud-get during Robyn’s six-year tenure.TheQuinters donated their skills, talents andtime to publicize and design the collateralforMCF’s annual campaign,“Children’sMental HealthMatters!”which, in 2013,was awarded the GoldMedal for Com-munity Outreach from the SubstanceAbuse andMental HealthAdministrationof the U.S.Department of Health andHuman Services.

Until its dissolution in 2014, Johnserved on the board ofMontgomeryAlli-ance for Community Giving,which sup-ported health and welfare agencies andorganizations.The firm also supportedMA by donating design of all collateralmaterials since 2005.

Since 2012,Quinter Design workedwith theTown of Brookeville’s Bicenten-nial Commission, preparing for its 200thanniversary as U.S.Capital for a Day.TheQuinters created all logos, ads,signage and collateral including an1814-style newspaper.The celebrationwasAug. 30-31, 2014 and drew 7,500+to historical re-enactments and perioddemonstrations and events.

Since 2008, Robyn and John have co-chaired the Olney Chamber’s signatureevent, Community Night, now in its35th year.The Quinters design the col-lateral materials for the event, organizethe business expo, establish collectionsites for Olney HELP and handle allpublicity and advertising.The 2013 eventwas the most successful ever, attracting4,500+ attendees.Also a member of theGaithersburg-Germantown Chamber,Quinter Design regularly offers dona-tions of services and products to supportits activities.

Quinter Design was among the Busi-ness Gazette’s P&B 2012 Exceptional 53Businesses inMaryland, ranking 21st.Quinter Design has been honored asthe Olney Chamber’s Partner in Busi-ness, Peerless Rockville’sVolunteer of theYear andThreshold Services’ Businessof theYear.Robyn was named the OlneyChamber’s Business Person of theYear,she is the recipient of the prestigiousATHENAAward and one ofMaryland’sTop 100Women in 2010.

ROSSI CommercialReal Estate

ROSSI Commercial Real Estate is aminority,woman-owned small businesswith brokerage licenses inMaryland,DC, andVirginia with its headquarters inGermantown,Maryland.We specialize inrepresenting tenants and landlords in theleasing and sales of commercial propertiesin the office, industrial and retail sec-tors.Our clients range from nonprofits,associations and universities to medicalpractices, IT firms and professional ser-vice organizations.

Mary Rossi and Brian Rossi (a native-born resident ofMontgomery County)are the company founders.A primaryvalue they share with the entire RossiCRE team is contributing to the improve-ment of the community through nonprof-its, charities and volunteer work.

Our teammembers consists of realestate professionals that live,work andserve withinMontgomery County. Eachof their professional service spans 10 to30 years and therefore they share a vestedinterest in a healthy, vibrant county that issubstantially fostered through the work ofnonprofit organizations. For this reason,everyone at the firm has a long-standinginvolvement with volunteerism andmon-etary contributions.We are engaged involunteer work at several nonprofits andreach out into the community throughchurches and synagogues whose activitiesinvolve visiting vets in rehabilitation facili-

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ties, seniors in nursing homes, assistingin kitchens that prepare food for fundraising throughout the year and coachingchildren’s athletic teams. As a group wehave a strong patriotic calling whether itis our active support of theMarine CorpsToys forTots Program,WoundedWarriorevents,Memorial Day and Patriot Dayactivities, Special Ops Survivors dedicatedto helping spouses of our fallen heroes,and theAmerican Legion. We activelysupport SecondChanceWildlife Centerin Gaithersburg as they provide compas-sionate rehabilitative care to orphaned,ill, and injured animals. We participatein Chamber activities which benefit thecommunity.

Shulman, Rogers, Gandal,Pordy & Ecker, P.A.

Shulman,Rogers,Gandal, Pordy &Ecker, P.A. is delighted to be one of thetwelve companies participating in theinaugural year of the Circle of Leadership.Our project, a Fall BeautificationDay ofService,will involve 10 sites throughoutMontgomery County. Volunteers fromShulman Rogers and other CVCmem-ber companies have been actively workingwith theMontgomery County Coalitionfor theHomeless andCVC tomake sureeverything is in place for this extensivemaintenance project taking place onOc-tober 18th. Service teams will be raking,mulching, pruning and planting acrossthe county at facilities housing veterans,families who have experienced domesticabuse and other citizens who need a help-ing hand.

In addition to numerous longstand-ing charitable organizations ShulmanRogers supports annually, the firm forgedsome new relationships this year whichhave been very rewarding for everyoneinvolved. One of our employees intro-duced the firm toAWider Circle and themany wonderful services they provide tothe community. We are conducting anon-going professional clothing drive toprovideAWider Circle’s clientele withthe necessary attire for job interviews andprofessional positions in the workplace.Currently we are supportingAWiderCircle’s targeted effort to provide beds toindividuals seeking basic needs assistanceby holding a new and gently used beddingdrive, collecting sheets, blankets and pil-lows to accompany the new beds. Learnmore: awidercircle.org/browns-beds

Another new group we’ve become in-volved with this year is Leveling the Play-ing Field, a terrificMontgomery Countyorganization committed to providingunderprivileged children the opportunityto enjoy the pleasure of athletic involve-ment. LTPF collects donations of sportsequipment from various collegiate athleticdepartments, county recreation depart-ments, families and individual donorsfrom across the nation, and ShulmanRogers was thrilled to be able to hold asporting equipment drive andDenimDayfor Charity collection for them. Checkthem out: levelingtheplayingfield.org

All in all, a great year continuing oldfriendships and establishing new ones.Many thanks to the CorporateVolunteerCouncil and the tireless efforts you pro-vide to help us help others.

Sid the Security ProSidney Sclar is the Founder andCEO

of sidthesecuritypro.com—a residentialand commercial security company thatoffers custom security solutions.Heprovides one-stop shopping for everythingfrom locks, cameras,monitored securitysystems, and guard services.

He offers the CVC complimentarysite reviews and free upgrades of existingsecurity systems for both homes and busi-nesses.Whenever possible,we reprogram

security systems and include up to threemonths of basic monitoring.

Sid is an avid supporter of themissionof the CVC, educatingMontgomeryCounty residents and business ownerson the benefits of giving back to theirlocal community.Hementors newCVCmembers on networking beyond theirmembership to the CVC.Somemaychange jobs or professions, but remainour neighbors.

In conjunction with his CVC involve-ment, Sid is a volunteer at a local nursinghome, amember of eWomenNetwork, anambassador for the Silver Spring Cham-ber of Commerce, and on theWelcomingCommittee for the Potomac Chamberof Commerce,where he advocates formembership for the CorporateVolunteerCouncil-Montgomery County.

Sid volunteered approximately 100hours during 2013.

Storage VillageSelf Storage

Since the company’s inception, Stor-ageVillage has emphasized communityservice as a fundamental pillar of theirorganization. It is one of their three corevalues, the others being excellence andintegrity. They fulfill their mission to be“the trusted home for your possessions”

through consistent volunteerism and goodcorporate citizenship, and are proud tobe one of the pioneeringmembers of theCorporateVolunteer Council.

The tone is set by the President ofStorageVillage, Larry Goldberg. Mr.Goldberg currently serves on the board ofManna, and was the chair of the commit-tee to hireManna’s new executive direc-tor. He has worked with the Network forTeaching Entrepreneurship, speaking toa class of vocational high school studentsconcerning how to successfully overcomeobstacles, the importance of maintainingintegrity, and how to become a successfulbusiness owner.

As a company, StorageVillage express-es their gratitude for the community thatthey are a part of by giving back through-out the year. Each full time employeedonates at least 8 hours of his or her timeper month to the volunteer organiza-tion of their choosing. By allowing eachemployee to choose an organization theyfeel passionate about, employees oftenvolunteer more than the requisite 8 hours.

Onsite, the company gives back by pro-viding free or discounted storage space fornon-profits in need of storage. Addition-ally, StorageVillage housesMSI’s annualcleat collection drive,which caters to20,000 families inMontgomery Countywho cannot afford to purchase cleats.

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They encourage their tenant communityto contribute by hosting a canned foodcollection center that provides a constantsource of alleviation for hunger. Witheach newmove in, the first month costs$1 with the donation of 3 cans of food.All food collected at theirWhite Flintlocation is brought toManna.

Online, StorageVillage has a commu-nity links page that serves as a resourcefor identifying and locating exceptionalnon-profit organizations in its commu-nities. They also regularly utilize socialmedia and their newsletter to highlight thenon-profits that they serve.

Every October, StorageVillage spear-heads a community-wide coat collectioninitiative tomake sure our neighborsaren’t left out in the cold, donating thecoats to an organization that serves thestore’s community. InNovember, StorageVillage helps ensure that all members ofour community can enjoy aThanksgivingdinner through its “Room for Dinner”campaign. In this initiative, StorageVil-lage purchasesThanksgivingmeals forneighbors in needs,matches the numberof meals with the number of units rentedduring the first three weeks of November,with aminimum of 20meals. In Decem-ber, StorageVillage holds a toy drive forToys forTots,wherein individuals donatenew toys for the children in our commu-nity whose parents cannot afford Christ-mas gifts.When not doing season-specificcampaigns, StorageVillage purchases andsells water bottles, donating all moneyfrom the water bottle sales to non-profitsthat serve our community.

StorageVillage continually looks fornewways to engage with and give back totheir community. Last year, StorageVil-lage Self Storage brought the communitytogether in support of the arts and com-munity service at their headquarters inNorth Bethesda,MD.Artists from acrossthe DCMetro area, including renownedmuralist Eric B.Ricks, transformedStorageVillage’s storefront into a brightand beautiful celebration of communityservice. Participants came throughout theday, contributing to a collaborative com-munity service mural, and donating cansof food to the StorageVillage food drivebenefittingManna.

The Fehlig Group“The Fehlig Group has been provid-

ingmanagement consulting in sociallyresponsible business practices for over 20

years.Mary Fehlig’s approach to corpo-rate social responsibility (CSR) focuses onhow a business of any size values its keyrelationships—with employees, custom-ers, the community, and others.As partof this approach,The Fehlig Group hasguided and supportedmany businessesin developing volunteer programs as avaluable component of an overall CSRstrategy.Consequently,we have long beenassociated with forums like the CVC-MC,theAlliance forWorkplace Excellence, andBusiness for Social Responsibility to sup-port our clients in establishing and imple-menting volunteer programs, and to buildstrong cross-sector partnerships betweenprivate and non-profit entities.Volunteer-ing is part of our business model.

In terms of direct community in-volvement,The Fehlig Group aligns itsvolunteerismwith efforts committed tobuilding community.Most recently,MaryFehlig providedmarketing expertise tohelp the City of Gaithersburg launch amusic series bymobilizing communityambassadors; she serves on the Steer-ing Committee as the Chair of BusinessEngagement for the Community of Kent-lands’ 25th anniversary celebration; andshe’s a volunteer program developmentconsultant for CVC-MC to helpmemberorganizations make themost of theirmembership. She also serves as the Chairof the GaithersburgArts andMonumentsFunding Corporation (GAMFC), a non-profit organization working to raise aware-ness of and build support for revitalization

and arts initiatives in the city.Additionally,Mary Fehlig completed six-years of boardleadership with InterfaithWorks, duringwhich she bridged community connec-tions to enhance their efforts on behalf ofthe poor inMontgomery County.Maryand her associates have provided pro-bono consulting services to non-profitsover the years.The Fehlig Group supportsseveral community groups with directdonations of money, requested supplies,and volunteer hours.

Through our volunteering and pro-bono efforts,we benefit the communityby acting as a liaison between the businessand non-profit worlds.Our client workaffords us to understand the corporatesector, and how and why they want toengage with non-profits and communityorganizations.We bring that knowledgeto our pro-bono efforts, and help non-

profits think strategically about how toengage with the private sector. In turn,weserve the unique role of facilitatingmoresustainable and impactful cross-sectorpartnerships in ourmarket.

The GazetteIn 1998,TheGazette implemented

amentorship programwithViersMillElementary School, fulfilling a commit-ment toMontgomery’s Promise and tothe Points of Lights program by partici-pating in weekly mentoring sessions withstudents.

Each year, school Counselor SantaScott and the administration are commit-ted to working with Gazette staff in pair-ing each with a student who would benefitgreatly from one-on-one interaction withamentor. Last year, 13Gazette employ-ees devoted one hour each week tomeetwith students at the school, helping themwith their studies in addition to providingcounsel and companionship.Mentorsgenerally help at-risk children improveand adjust to performance in school,home and the community,with the goalof improving the well-being of each childthrough interaction and support.

Over the past 15 years,Gazette employ-ees have loggedmore than 3,500 volunteerhours atViersMill, hosted annual holidaytoy drives and organize and participated inyearly end-of-the-year field trips.

Within the past five years,ViersMillhas been recognized as a Blue Ribbonschool, both in the state and nationally,and has recently hosted President Obamato celebrate this accomplishment.Withthe continued help and focus of Gazettestaff and the entireViersMill Elementarycommunity,we are honored to help tocreate an environment that boosts aca-demic success.

Storage Village Self Storage

The Gazette


The Universitiesat Shady Grove

TheUniversities at ShadyGrove(USG) is an innovative regional highereducation center developed by the Uni-versity System ofMaryland.The campuswas established in the heart ofMontgom-ery County that consists of nine top-ranked publicMarylandUniversities andoffers more than 80 degree programs.Thedegree programs where selected based onthe needs of the workforce in the region.Students can remain living and workinginMontgomery County while advancingtheir education and engaging with theircommunity through various forms ofcommunity service activities.

Since USG consists of nine Uni-versities there are numerous ways webenefit the community.A few examplesof the community services activities thatstudents, faculty and staff at USG areinvolved in include:A Blanket Drive,Canned FoodDrive,Civic EngagementSeries, and Campus Kitchens.TheUSGStudent Council runs a Blanket Drive todonate to theVictim Rights Foundationwho then distributes the blankets to thelocal homeless shelters and the BettyAnnKrahnke Center for domestic abusedwomen and children.TheUSGStudentAmbassadors conduct a Canned FoodDrive to benefitManna Food.TheOfficeof Student Services also hosts a seriesof Civic Engagement Panel Discussionsthroughout the year, some events haveincluded:“Hunger Pains inMontgomeryCounty:The Broad Reaching Effects ofHunger in our Community” and“LivingwithAutism:Transitioning intoAdult-hood.”Each topic led to amore in-depthcommunity project.USG partnered withMadisonHouse to host an art exhibition“ThroughOur Eyes:Artists withAutism,”andCampus Kitchens partnered withthe CorporateVolunteer Council (CVC)to host a forum on“Food Recovery101:Food is aTerribleThing toWaste.”Campus Kitchens also partners withTheDwelling Place and provides over 200meals to 20 families eachmonth.To datethey have donated over 12,000meals insix years.

These are just a few of themany com-munity service activities that the students,faculty and staff at USG participate in.These programs allowUSG to give backto the community while providing stu-dents the opportunity to gain real-worldexperience.This reinforces USG’s mission

statement “To bring the highest qualityUniversity System ofMaryland educa-tion, research, and services to citizens,businesses, and government inMontgom-ery County and the surrounding region.”

Due to the diverse community serviceprograms that students, faculty and staffat USG participate in, the amount ofcommunity services hours has not beendocumented.Countless hours are dedi-cated tomaking the community to betterplace for everyone.

Washington GasAtWGL,we are committed to a

sustainable future through the energysolutions we provide – including cleannatural gas and renewable solar and windenergy—and our leadership in the com-munities we serve.Our flagship company,WashingtonGas, has been a fixture intheWashington,D.C., region since 1848.Today, theWGL family of companiescontinues to be a partner with not onlycommunities in the D.C. region, butour vision to be active and productivemembers of the communities in which weoperate throughout the country.

In 2013,WGL donated nearly$900,000 to charities in the areas ofhealth, education and the environmentand the company also ranked inWash-ington Business Journal’s (WBJ) top 25 forcorporate giving.

Our employees not only demonstrateoutstanding performance in our businessoperations, but also are dedicated com-munity ambassadors. In 2013, employeesvolunteeredmore than 11,000 hours toour neighbors in need.TheWBJ againrankedWGL as a top 25 company forvolunteerism in the greaterWashington,D.C., region.

During the past year, volunteerscompletedmore than 40 projects withinour service area. InMontgomery County,WashingtonGas volunteers served thehomeless at Shepherd’sTable,workedwith clients and received and sorteddonations for families in need atAWiderCircle, served as timekeepers,moderatorsand judges at theMaryland Science BowlatMontgomery College, directed trafficand volunteered at the KidMuseum’sMiniMaker Faire and assisted clients andsorted donations at the Interfaith Cloth-ing Center.

Our signature philanthropic program,theWashingtonArea Fuel Fund (WAFF),provides energy assistance to those inneed.Thanks to the generosity of ouremployees, customers and friends, since1983WAFF has providedmore than$23million in financial assistance to overa quarter of a million residents in theregion.WAFF is administered byThe Sal-vationArmy andWashingtonGas pays allof the administrative funds to ensure thatevery dollar donated goes to help our

neighbors stay warm in the cold wintermonths.

WashingtonGas employee volunteersraisedmore than $121,000 for the 2013Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s LightTheNightWalk and the company con-tributed a $15,000 corporate sponsorshipallowing the company to be the top per-forming corporate team for the NationalCapital Region once again this year. Since2000,WashingtonGas and our employeeshave raisedmore than $563,000 to fightleukemia, lymphoma and related blooddiseases.

As we have since 1848,we will con-tinue to work every day to improve thequality of life for the communities weserve.Together,we will all work towardbuilding a sustainable future.

Worksite Health & SafetyConsultants, LLC

Dr.NaomiAbrams is on amissionto put herself out of work.The goal:stop people from getting hurt at work.She startedWorksite Health & SafetyConsultants to provide comprehensiveergonomic and injury prevention servicesfor companies who value their employeesand continuous quality improvement.She holds a Doctorate degree in Occupa-tionalTherapy and has over 12 years ofexperience treating injured workers, agingworkers,moms, chefs and weekend war-riors. Specializing in the prevention andtreatment of repetitive strain injuries andcommonwork related complaints includ-ing carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis,and back and neck pain,Dr.Abramslectures nationally on ergonomics, agingin the workforce, health and injury man-agement.

Bringing together her passion commu-nity involvement and empowering peopleto help themselves instead of relying onexternal forces, she joined the board of theWomen Business Owners ofMontgom-ery County. She currently serves as thePresident of the board. She is also knownin the community for her work as the lo-gistics coordinator for the first four PowerConferences and founding the RehabPractice Owners Network. In 2011 shewas honored to be a graduate of Leader-shipMontgomery.

With her staff spread around theMD,DC andVA area,Dr.Abrams encouragesthem to become involved in volunteer andcommunity activities that best fit theirlifestyles and beliefs.

Washington Gas


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