The Bernard Creeger
Bikur Cholim House

The Bernard Creeger Bikur Cholim House is a Jewish home away from home for patients and their families seeking lifesaving treatment at the National Institutes of Health and area hospitals. Bikur Cholim of Greater Washington is a not-for-profit, volunteer based service organization that provides assistance to people facing medical and related challenges.

The Children’s Inn at NIH

The Children’s Inn at NIH is a residential “Place Like Home’’ for families with children participating in cutting edge research studies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The NIH Clinical Center is the nation’s premier biomedical research hospital, providing an opportunity for our residents to be partners in advancing medical discoveries and improving the health of people all over the world. While the NIH takes care of the child’s medical needs, The Inn tends to the child’s heart, soul and spirit.

Flower Valley Elementary School Health Room

At Flower Valley Elementary School, the diverse team of students, staff, and parents are committed to creating a peaceful academic environment by respecting differences and encouraging individuals to be active participants in the learning process. The team works together as a community by utilizing research-based strategies to foster academic excellence and equitable practices. All children in the special education program for students with emotional disabilities are fully included in the Flower Valley educational environment.

Interfaith Works
Empowerment Center

The Interfaith Works Empowerment Center (IWEC) is located in the Progress Place Building off Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland. The IWEC is a day and outreach program for adults experiencing homelessness in Montgomery County. At the center of its mission, Interfaith Works provides access to basic needs such as food, laundry, and shower facilities. The IWEC also offers its clients case management, health screenings, and a full calendar of recreational and therapeutic groups (i.e. behavioral health, recovery services, and yoga).

Interfaith Works New Leaf Shelter

Interfaith Works New Leaf Shelter is a 30 bed low-barrier shelter serving men and women experiencing homelessness. New Leaf Shelter is on a mission to support those in need, with dignity and humanity, and the fresh start they deserve by providing shelter, access to basic needs, and case management in order to lift themselves up and out of homelessness.

Joint Base Andrews Fisher House

Joint Base Andrews Fisher House, located at Andrews Air Force Base, MD, is “a home away from home” where military and veterans’ families stay at no cost while their loved ones receive treatment at major military and VA medical centers. 

In 2014-2015, 16 students from Walt Whitman High School participated in a special Youth Art For Healing project. The students’ twenty beautiful paintings in memory of Matt Papirmeister, cherished son of Jan and Chuck, and big brother to Sara, reflect the life of Matt and his family. Matt served in the US Army and was an Iraq War veteran, earning the Army Commendation Medal in addition to seven medals and ribbons. In August 2014, one week before his 25th birthday, Matt died of catastrophic injuries after being hit by a car while helping a person with their disabled vehicle. Matt’s heart and kidney live on in those who were given the Gift of Life, and his exuberant and kind spirit prevails. Matt’s family is very grateful for the love, kindness, and support they have received, the students’ amazing talent and commitment, and the many generous donations given in Matt’s memory to Youth Art For Healing.

Montgomery Village
Health Care Center

Montgomery Village Health Care Center in Montgomery Village, MD, offers comprehensive medical and physical rehabilitation to enable patients to regain their health and highest level of functioning before returning home. Rehabilitation services include physical, occupational, speech and respiratory for persons who have had a stroke, been in an accident, suffered a fracture, or had a joint replacement. Skilled medical services, therapy, and general and restorative services are also provided.

National Alliance on Mental Illness
of Montgomery County

The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Montgomery County (NAMI MC) envisions a community where all persons affected by mental illness experience resiliency, recovery, acceptance, and wellness. NAMI MC is a local affiliate of the Nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. NAMI MC offers free classes and support groups throughout Montgomery County in Maryland, catering to both adults living with mental illness and their loved ones. In addition, NAMI MC’s free presentations are designed to educate audiences of a variety of backgrounds and ages about mental illness, warning signs and how to access help. NAMI MC’s programs currently reach over 22,000 individuals, including middle and high school students, throughout Montgomery County.

St. Ann's Center for Children,
Youth and Families

St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth and Families is a place of healing and hope for women and children in crisis, many of whom have experienced the traumas of intergenerational poverty, abuse and neglect, and most recently, homelessness. Through Supportive & Transitional Housing Programs and Wraparound Services, young families are able to heal from the past and plan for bright, independent futures. St. Ann’s Center’s trauma-informed and strengths-based model includes a safe and supportive home; on-site child care center; education and employment assistance; and clinical and social work services – including case management, as well as individual, group, and family therapy.

St. Ann’s Center is committed to providing care that is safe, nurturing, healing, empowering, and strengths-based, and a space where all are served with compassion, dignity, and respect.

Walter Reed Fisher House
at Forest Glen Annex

The Fisher House at Forest Glen Annex, located in Silver Spring, MD, is “a home away from home” where military and veterans’ families stay at no cost while their loved ones receive treatment at major military and VA medical centers. There are 71 Fisher Houses located on 24 military installations and 29 VA medical centers.  Many more houses donated by the Fisher family and Fisher House Foundation are currently under construction or in design.