The seventh annual Montgomery County Friendship Picnic will be held on Sunday, September 22 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Wheaton Regional Park, located at 2000 Shorefield Road. The picnic brings together people of diverse cultures and faiths to make new friends and to discuss ways to build a stronger community. This free picnic […]
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September 5, 2019 |
September 5, 2018 |
Friendship Picnic Set for Sept. 23 in Wheaton
The sixth annual Montgomery County Friendship Picnic will be held on Sept. 23 from noon to 4 p.m. at Wheaton Regional Park, located at 2000 Shorefield Road in Wheaton. The picnic brings together people of diverse cultures and faiths to make new friends and to discuss ways to build a stronger community. This free picnic […]
February 3, 2017 |
Buddy Bench Helps Students Make New Friends at Jones Lane Elementary School (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
There is a new addition at the Jones Lane Elementary School playground, and it’s helping students look out for each other and make new friends. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. You may have heard of the Buddy Bench. They are showing up on playgrounds across the country and now there is one at Jones Lane Elementary […]
February 15, 2016 |
Local Senior Center to Hold Speed Dating Event (PHOTO)
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, and the Holiday Park Senior Center located in Silver Spring is getting into the spirit. On Wednesday, February 17, the senior center will be hosting a speed dating event for those aged 55 and older. According to Holiday Park Senior Center Director Dolores Ustrell, the purpose of the event […]
September 15, 2014 |
Sharing Culture and Tradition at the Friendship Picnic in Wheaton (PHOTOS)
The second “Friendship Picnic” was held on Sept. 14 at the Wheaton Regional Park. Montgomery County’s Committee on Hate and Violence and the Office of Human Rights hosted the event that gathered more than 1,000 people. The event had live music, carousel train rides, and lots of dancing. “It was fantastic,” said James L. Stowe, […]
August 21, 2014 |
Experiencing Friendship for a Lifetime
They were like any teen-aged girls in high school. Some loved athletics, others focused on their studies…and boys were the common denominator! That was 1941. Yet a bond between a group of twelve girls from McKinley Technical High School in Washington, DC created a lifetime of friendship that endures, seventy-three years later. Formally, they started […]
October 13, 2013 |
Friendship Picnic Set for Oct. 13 in Wheaton
A Friendship Picnic will be held on October 13 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Wheaton Regional Park, located at 2000 Shorefield Rd. in Wheaton. The picnic is sponsored by the Montgomery County Office of Human Rights, the Montgomery County Committee on Hate/Violence, the Human Rights Commission, the Office of Community Partnerships and the County […]
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