Recognizing Mary’s Center’s Incredible Volunteers

Each year at the end of April we have a chance to recognize our incredible Mary’s Center volunteers during National Volunteer Appreciation Week, this year held from April 21-27. Through the combined efforts of individual volunteers, school groups,...

Meet Constance – Older Adult Advocate and Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center Participant

Constance “Connie” Todd’s career was launched into the field of aging when she earned her nurse assistant certification while a junior in high school. Subsequently, her undergraduate and master's degrees were grounded in program development for ol...

National Diabetes Awareness Month 2023 Presented by Labcorp

This November, Mary’s Center is excited to partner with Labcorp as our Corporate Partner of the Month during National Diabetes Month.  Strengthening our communities is a priority for both Mary’s Center and Labcorp, which is why we are committed to...

Powering Positive Outcomes

In 2005, Mary’s Center became a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). As a FQHC, Mary’s Center receives funding from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) in order to provide primary care services to under-served areas. To ...

Supporter Spotlight: Greater DC Diaper Bank

Mary's Center is dedicated to providing comprehensive care to participants in every aspect of their lives. To help ensure that our participants are on a path towards good health, stability, and economic independence, we rely on strong partnerships...

Your Spring-Cleaning Items Can Make an Impact

It’s officially the time of year when the sun stays out for longer, outdoor activities pick up, and life in general just feels a bit lighter – including your closet. With spring cleaning in full swing, the looming question is: what do I do with th...

Volunteer Appreciation Week 2023 – Celebrating Mary’s Center’s Amazing Volunteers!

Each year during the month of April, organizations across the country dedicate a week to recognizing the invaluable impact of volunteers on their missions and visions. National Volunteer Appreciation Week, this year held from April 16-22, gives Ma...

National Doctors’ Day Q&A

March 30th is National Doctors’ Day, and to celebrate our Mary’s Center’s physicians we sat down with four of our providers to learn more about their journey in becoming a doctor and why they chose to work at Mary’s Center. We are incredibly grate...

Silver Spring Community Fridge Remains Essential Three Years On

For the past three years, Mary’s Center’s Silver Spring clinic has been home to one of the many refrigerators in the region that supplies fresh meals daily to anyone who needs a meal, no questions asked. This project, known as Feed the Fridge, was...

National Diabetes Awareness Month Presented by Labcorp

This past November, Mary’s Center was excited to partner with Labcorp as our Corporate Partner of the Month during National Diabetes Month.  Strengthening our communities is a priority for both Mary’s Center and Labcorp, which is why we are commit...

Meet Our Newest Board Member – Dr. Patience White

Earlier this summer, Patience White, MD, MA, joined the Mary’s Center Board of Directors as its newest member. As a trained rheumatologist, Dr. White brings over 45 years of expertise in the medical and public health fields to Mary’s Center’s Boar...

A Delicious Way to Support Mary’s Center

Mary’s Center is thrilled to be partnering with Catalogue restaurant group on a delicious new program that you can enjoy while also supporting Mary’s Center. The first Tuesday of every month, all Catalogue restaurants are hosting a “Dine-In to Don...

Meet Gabriella – Dedicated to Giving Back to Mary’s Center

When Gabriella Badji graduated from Trinity Washington University in May, she started looking for opportunities to give back to the community as she figured out her next steps. Soon after, she heard Mary’s Center was looking for volunteers for an ...

An Avid Volunteer Since Age 8: Meet Gabi

At Mary’s Center, we rely on the valuable support of our volunteers who give their time and energy to a variety of programs – from helping to sort donated books to packing Thanksgiving meal kits for our participants. We welcome volunteers of all a...

Meet Tom – Addressing Senior Food Insecurity, One Phone Call at a Time

Food insecurity is an issue for people of all ages in the district, but older adults in DC have the highest rate of hunger in comparison to the rest of the nation, Feeding America reports. DC Hunger Solutions found that in 2020, nearly a third...

Child Tax Credit Advocate Helps Community Members Access Benefits

A Photo Is Worth A Thousand Words In the photo above, Silver Spring mom Heidi Metcalfe Lewis is sitting in an empty bathtub (fully clothed), responding to work emails while keeping an eye on her one-year-old daughter who was playing at a water ...

Meet the Selfless Staff Behind Community Health Partners

Behind every successful company, there are people with purpose and passion. Since their establishment in 2016, Community Health Partners (CHP) has established a corporate culture committed to service and the betterment of their community. They pr...

An Employee’s Powerful Spirit of Giving

At Mary's Center, we are privileged to have such talented and committed employees, whose hard work enables us to serve nearly 60,000 participants a year. We are incredibly grateful to so many within our Mary’s Center family who not only put their...

Immigrant Heritage Month: Meet Emeka and Juan

By Antonio Caro, Development Officer Mary’s Center is proud to celebrate our immigrant community during Immigrant Heritage Month in June. Throughout the month, we are using the power of storytelling to bring the immigrant experience to light. ...

Power in Partnership: Pepco, an Exelon Company

By Paige Warner, Donor Relations Associate As we reflect on the impact the pandemic has had on our community, it is apparent that COVID-19 affected more than just people’s physical health. The pandemic has taken a toll on the financial and emo...

Meet Scott D. Pearson

By Sara Hourwitz, Assistant Director of Individual Giving Earlier this year, Mary’s Center was thrilled to welcome Scott D. Pearson as one of the newest members of our Board of Directors. While Scott may be new to the Board, Mary’s Center is c...

My Why Story – Meet Viki Betancourt

By Antonio Caro, Development Officer At Mary’s Center, we bring compassionate people together to impact lives and strengthen communities – individuals like Viki Betancourt, one of the newest members of our Board of Directors. Her path to Mary’...

Get Care to Give Care: Meet Chase and Heather Kimball

For nearly 33 years, Mary’s Center has made healthcare more accessible for thousands of individuals with limited resources throughout the DC metropolitan area. Mary’s Center offers care to all who walk through our doors, regardless of ability to ...

Counting on Reliable Donors like Albert Lang III

By Carmella Sotelino, Events Coordinator Community health centers nationwide are coping with the financial implications of the pandemic. When the first wave of COVID-19 hit, health centers like Mary’s Center took on unprecedented expenses as w...

Our Highlights from the Year

It’s hard to believe there are only three days left until the new year. Despite the unprecedented challenges of 2020, the support of our volunteers, donors, partners, and staff enabled Mary’s Center to adapt quickly to meet the needs of our regio...

#MyGivingStory – Meet Kola Garber

By Antonio Caro, Development Officer “During the holidays, we tend to focus on materialistic things. What can you get? At the end of the year, it’s important to think beyond what you want and focus on giving back. And it’s not just a one-time ...

Sharing Passion for Mary’s Center in the Workplace

On October 16th, Mary’s Center held its 2020 Vision Virtual Gala, raising over $460,000 to help under-resourced communities in the region reclaim health, hope, and opportunity.  Leading up to the Gala, supporters created their own peer-to-peer ca...

Bringing Mary’s Center to Your Home: Meet Your Gala Co-Chairs

By Antonio Caro, Development Officer Passionate, invested, energetic, caring, and the list goes on when describing the commitment Brandon Clay, Director at Tiffany & Co, and Wayne Fortune, Vice President and Senior Client Advisor Wealth Ma...

Giving During a Pandemic: Meet Trudi Davis

By Paige Warner, Donor Relations Associate   Trudi Davis, a freelance writer and longtime Adams Morgan resident, was familiar with Mary’s Center’s work. But as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, she developed a new l...

Amazon: The New Way to Give Back

Since March, the pandemic has turned our world upside down in many ways, causing panic and uncertainty. Items that many of us took for granted, like toilet paper, soap, hand sanitizer, and cleaning supplies, were suddenly in high demand. These cri...

Mary’s Center is Family: Meet Cynthia

By Antonio Caro, Development Officer & Paige Warner, Donor Relations Associate When Cynthia Avazpour first encountered Mary’s Center 10 years ago, working as a consultant to help federally qualified health centers improve their billing systems...

A Daughter’s Determination

By Antonio Caro, Development Officer “The new Melhek that goes to college wants to take her degree and build healthier communities back in Ethiopia. That’s my goal – to take Mary’s Center’s model and change lives in my homeland. I want to e...

PPE Donation Protects Mary’s Center Staff and Participants

During the current pandemic, Mary’s Center, like other health clinics, has encountered numerous challenges to obtaining personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect our staff and participants from the spread of the virus in our clinics, includ...

Standing with Our Community

By Antonio Caro, Development OfficerLike you, we’ve been trying to make sense of these difficult times. Having to make extreme adjustments in our lives and priorities is no easy task – especially for people who are unemployed, uninsured, and unfa...

Delivering Lasting Change

By Sara Hourwitz, Assistant Director of Individual Giving Delivering lasting change to communities doesn’t happen overnight; it takes hard work every day of the year. But thanks to the monthly support of community heroes like Dr. Mary Fairba...

David Chalker: A Champion for Mary’s Center

By Sara Hourwitz, Assistant Director of Individual Giving At Mary’s Center, we are grateful to all of our kind supporters, whether they help us through in-kind donations, monetary contributions, volunteerism, or community advocacy. We are espe...

#MyGivingStory – Meet Kathya Soto

By Antonio Caro, Development Officer “We aren’t meant to be alone. In every stage of life, you need some form of support. Whether it’s a hug, a smile, a mentor or financial assistance, kind gestures both big and small help us move forward. It ...