Updates

A lot has been going on at Germantown HELP recently... Messiah Lutheran Church, Neelsville Presbyterian Church and Greenridge Baptist Church all collected food for the pantry, which is a big help! The pantry is in pretty good shape; we still need peanut butter, rice and spaghetti sauce, but we're holding our own on everything else for the time being.

Executive Director Cindy Majane met with representatives from the Montgomery County Volunteer Center and Montgomery County Homeland Security last week. Since Germantown HELP has a great network of volunteers, congregations and helpful businesses - and we know who some of our most at-risk residents are - it makes sense to coordinate some disaster pre-planning. For instance, after a hurricane wipes out the power for a few days, could the county borrow the church parking lot to distribute ice? Land a helicopter? Store some supplies for a few days? Things go much more smoothly when there is a point of contact and an agreement in place BEFORE disaster strikes. If your congregation or business would like to help the community in a disaster, we want to know! The Volunteer Center also offers a great Continuing Operations presentation, providing a lot to consider for ANY organization, big or small. More on this later...