Montgomery Community Media

Will the SNAP challenge really improve the plight of Montgomery County’s poor? MCM’s Merlyn Reineke ponders potential outcomes from this week’s activity:

MCM’s Merlyn Reineke talks about the challenges to eating healthy on only $5 a day, in today’s edition of his SNAP the Silence video blog.

On Day Three of the SNAP the Silence Challenge, MCM’s Merlyn Reineke is beginning to see the obstacles to eating on just $5 a day.

On Day Two of the SNAP the Silence on poverty challenge: is there controversy that the poor really DON’T want these types of events? In today’s video blog, MCM’s Merlyn Reineke discusses one such conversation.

MCM Executive Director Merlyn Reineke talks about how he developed his meal plan, and what’s on the menu for day one of the SNAP the silence challenge.

With the SNAP The Silence Challenge almost upon us, MCM’s executive director prepares for a week of eating on only $5 a day. Check out his first web video here:

One of the hardest things in the world is to truly walk in someone else’s shoes. Sure, we can empathize with another’s challenges… but it’s something far different to live someone’s life as they do. One of these challenges is poverty, which forces many to feed themselves and their families on an astonishingly small amount […]

What an inspiring story unfolded in the world of tennis this week, as 19-year-old Sloane Stephens knocked off fellow American Serena Williams to win the Australian Open. Apparently, Sloane woke up earlier that morning, pondered the challenge ahead of her and said, “Look, Dude, You Can Do This”. Just think what each of us could […]

This week, I was invited to speak to the Potomac Rotary Club. I’ve loved the Rotary since I was a Student Rotarian 30-something years ago. It’s a great service organization that does terrific work all around the world, and Potomac is one of several terrific Rotary clubs right here in Montgomery County. But like many […]

As a kid, I remember watching in utter amazement those grainy TV images of our astronauts walking around on the Moon. Last week marked the 40th anniversary of the final lunar mission, the culmination of perhaps the greatest single technical achievement mankind has ever accomplished. When President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to put […]