Montgomery Community Media

From earthquakes, violent storms and long power outages, Are you ready? On this episode of Connecting Our Community we will give you a refresher course on Emergency Preparedness 101. Host Pat Shoemaker reviews the basics with guests, Cheryl Kravitz the Marketing and Communication Director for the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region and Jenny Kurtinitis, […]

Nearly one in every 700 babies born in the US is born with Down syndrome. Montgomery County has a network of caring people focused on empowering and supporting Down syndrome families through education, awareness and advocacy. Learn more on this week’s edition of Connecting Our Community.  Host Pat Shoemaker is joined by guests, Gena Mitchell, […]

Be sure to watch this episode # 52  of Connecting Our Community on Ch. 21 using the  MyMCMedia’s Montgomery Channel on demand feature.   On this edition of Connecting Our Community, hosted by Karen Allyn our guest is well known local Licensed Psychologist, Lawyer and author, Dr. Michael Milgraum. The discussion includes signs and symptoms of PTSD […]

Are you one of the many out of work or underemployed 50+ professionals? If you answered yes then you definitely want to watch this episode of Connecting Our Community Wednesday June 27th on Montgomery Channel 21 at 8:30 pm! Karen Allyn hosts this episode featuring Catherine Hogan and Marva Goldsmith. Catherine Hogan, always the overachieving […]

The turn out was fantastic to this year’s World Elder Abuse Awareness Day event on June 15th. The County held their annual event at the Holiday Park Senior Center in Wheaton to a standing room only crowd. It looked like there were people from all age groups participating in the fun. The 1-3:30 p.m. event […]

On this episode, host Karen Allyn will be joined by some local heros, two “Hero Dogs!” along with guests,  Jennifer Lund, Founder and President of “Hero Dogs” and Maria  Malagon, the puppy raiser coordinator. Hero Dogs, Inc. is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to train and place service dogs with military veterans who have been […]

This special episode, hosted by Karen Allyn is about a new program in Olney called, Olney Home for Life. Guest Marlene Zaborsky explains how the Olney Home for Life program is designed to assist our older and needier community members avoid the need for long term care by remaining in their homes as long as […]