Do you want to join other congregational leaders to work and win on economic and social justice issues that affect our parish and county? AIM is a non-partisan alliance of 25 congregations and neighborhood organizations in Montgomery County whose goal is to develop local leadership to organize the people power to create a more just county. Working together with a broad range of Montgomery County residents, you can organize with other AIM church leaders to find concrete solutions to serious affordable housing issues, create after-school opportunities for families in need, stand together with our immigrant brothers and sisters, or other pressing issues identified by our parish. Visit AIM’s website at www.actioninmontgomery.org to learn about the specifics in latest AIM issues.
For more information about how to take part in AIM actions, call OLOM contact Judy Walser at 240-654-4240, or email her at judywalser@gmail.com.
Share your talents with the assisted living residents who love to take part in exercise programs, arts & crafts, jewelry making, knitting and crocheting projects, and cooking. Perhaps you could share your love of puzzles, word games and other stimulating mental challenges. Teenagers with computer skills would make perfect tutors for residents wanting to learn about the technology and computer programs, and the folks are anxious to take part in Wii Bowling games in the TV room! SSL hours are available.
To volunteer, call the Byron House director at 301-469-9400.
Camp Mercy is an initiative through Our Lady of Mercy's COR Youth Ministry, to provide an environment where both campers aged 4-14 and counselors in high school and college can all grow in their Catholic faith together. Especially for our counselors, camp will be an immersion experience of sorts- where our summers will be given to God as we lead our classes with joy, as well as deepen our own faiths through daily Mass, theology speakers, Eucharistic Adoration, and cultivating Christ centered friendships with one another. We hope you join us in our lively Mercy community!
For More Information:
Becca Hadley 301-365-1415 bhadley@olom.org
First, to raise awareness of domestic violence throughout our parish.
Second, to connect the victim and/or abuser to services, such as counseling and shelter
Third, to advocate for the prevention of domestic violence. Girls and boys, young women and young men must learn to recognize the elements of unhealthy and healthy relationships. This is accomplished through education at home, in the parish, and in schools.
For More Information:
Jay George 301-365-1415 x150 socialconcerns@olom.org
Potomac Community Resources, Inc. (PCR) promotes the full inclusion into community life of teens and adults with developmental differences by providing over 35 therapeutic, recreational, social, educational, and respite care programs.
For More Information:
Melissa Wyman 301-365-0561 mwyman@pcr-inc.org
SCAMP was founded in 1989 by members of Mercy to provide a summer camp experience for children from the parishes of St. Thomas More and Assumption in SE Washington.
For More Information:
Patty McGrath 301-299-6350 pattymcgrath08@aol.com
Mercy Health Clinic is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, community based primary health care provider serving medically underserved, low-income residents of Montgomery County, Maryland. The Clinic, with more than 150 dedicated volunteers, is committed to continually seek ways to improve and expand the quality primary medical care, educational support and pharmaceuticals it provides free of charge to people who might otherwise not receive health care.
Mercy Health Clinic relies on support from individuals, corporations, foundations, community service organizations and religious groups who generously donate their time, talent and resources to the Clinic and the patients it serves.
Contact:
240-773-0303 for more information
We believe in the dignity of the human person and God's perfect creation from conception to natural death. For more information on how you can help out, contact:
Nuni Fairbanks 301-299-6508 nuni_fairbanks@verizon.net