Foundation Beneficiaries

In 2009, the club completed a $50,000 pledge to support the Pediatric Center which provides emergency and inpatient services to children up to age 17 (see plaque on-site recognizing our gift). In 2010 we will provide funding for Check It Out , a community based program that provides breast cancer education and early detection information to young women in the 11th and 12th grades.

The John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents (RICA) is a community-based, public residential, clinical, and educational facility serving children and adolescents with severe emotional disabilities. Scholarships are provided to students who wish to continue their education.

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.

YMCA 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).

The Club has been working since 2007 on this ambitious project — to build a baseball field for children with disabilities. Benefiting hundreds of children in Montgomery County, those in wheel-chairs or who have other physical disabilities will be able to play baseball on a specially designed field in Germantown, MD.

Lazarus Leadership Fellows Program

A Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation program intended to cultivate student leaders. A scholarship of $1,000 will benefit a deserving student to participate in a leadership skills and development program.

Since its founding over 40 years ago, Imagination Stage has been about more than teaching young people to act, dance, and sing. Their core, distinguishing purpose has always been positive youth development. And their work has been driven by their belief that exposure and participation in the performing arts intrinsically nourishes a child’s creative spirit, inspires their embrace of the complexity and diversity of their world, and helps them overcome their challenges with hope, courage, and above all, creativity.

Girls on the Run® is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization designed to enhance participants’ social, emotional and physical skills to successfully navigate life experiences. Our fun, interactive lessons meet the unique needs of participants of all abilities and backgrounds.