Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, Maryland

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Organizations and Activities Supported by the
Bethesda Kiwanis Foundation


 

Beneficiary Description Club Contact
We have pledged a $50,000 gift to the Pediatric Center, which provides emergency and inpatient services to children up to age 17 (see plaque on-site  honoring our participation)
 
Shira Oler
Ivymount School's summer camp program for severely handicapped children.  Our contributions sponsor a number of children each summer who would otherwise be unable to attend.
 
Melissa Prather
The John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents is a community-based, public residential, clinical, and educational facility serving children and adolescents with severe emotional disabilities.
 
Debra Van Horn
Helping youth who come to them directly from hospitals, the streets, and from their very own homes where they are abused and neglected. HHY provides therapeutic programs that promote growth and healing, family reunification, and the development of life skills to help each youth reach his/her potential.
 
Stephanie McCabe
Eviction prevention program that strives to keep people from becoming homeless. In cooperation with Montgomery County agencies and as part of the county's emergency assistance coalition, they offer eviction prevention grants and assistance with utilities to those who are on the verge of homelessness.
 
Sue Kirk
Nationally-acclaimed programs for children who are deaf (Deaf Access) and children with physical or cognitive disabilities (AccessAbility Theatre).
 
Robby Brewer

Bethesda Youth Services provides free prevention/early intervention programs and services to area youth and families, including: Individual, Family and Group Counseling; Parenting Workshops and Seminars; Outreach; Information and Referral; Peer Counseling; Crisis Intervention; and Therapeutic Adventure Programs (Horizons).
 

Jonathan Yardley
  • Walter Johnson High School, Walt Whitman High School, and Montgomery Blair High School
We sponsor key clubs at all three high schools and provide scholarships based on an annual essay contest. In addition, we sponsor the Walter Johnson Prom Breakfast. Dick Ruprecht
Jeanne Smith
Provides home renovation and repair to elderly and/or disabled low-income homeowners, and families with children. Their goal is to keep people living in warmth, safety, and independence, while helping to build better communities in Montgomery County. Many of our neighbors have worked all their lives and have been physically and financially able to maintain their homes in good condition. Now due to illness, the loss of a spouse, aging, and/or economic hardships, they are unable to do repair work themselves and their homes deteriorate or become unsafe.
 
Bob Quinn
Summer Adventure Camps.  Our contributions sponsor a number of children each summer who would otherwise be unable to attend.
 
John Neuenschwander
Intramural youth softball program. Dick Ruprecht

Concerned with the rise in the number of children being raised in homeless families, The Dwelling Place allows families to stay together by providing support and guidance. During their time in the program, family members are able to address the issues that made them homeless in the first place.
 

Dick Ruprecht
  • Lazarus Leadership Fellows Program
A Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation program intended to cultivate student leaders. Fifteen students are selected each year to participate in leadership training in the community.
 
Robby Brewer
  • Other Youth Service Projects
We contribute to numerous other youth service projects throughout the year, which may include: purchase of supplies necessary to serve meals at NIH's Children's Inn, purchase of holiday gifts for children in the Glenville Homework Club in Langley Park, purchase of school supplies and backpacks for disadvantaged children, sponsoring youth in walkathons and other fundraisers, sponsoring youth in Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) program, and sponsoring youth in the new Kiwanis Key Leader program.
 
Ann Black
Liz Quinn
Dick Ruprecht

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