Hello Friends,

We achieved and surpassed our FY23 goal to serve 180 families! I am so grateful to the RTMC Board & Committee Members and very proud of our RTMC Staff Team for working together to make this happen. Since RTMC was founded in 1990, we have never served 182 families in one year! Congratulations to all on setting this impressive record. This year’s goal was 20% higher than last year and the team crushed it!

Our team worked incredibly hard, and I would like to thank them, along with our wonderful contractors, for working tirelessly all year long. The best news of all is that thanks to our collective dedication, there are literally hundreds of folks out there right now living in safer, healthier homes. Many of the repairs we made will allow vulnerable seniors to successfully age in place for years to come and help struggling family avoid displacement. It’s truly the gift that keeps on giving. Every member of our RTMC community should all feel proud of playing a part in this great success.

Congratulations to all and special thanks to Mat Saunders for leading our Program Team to victory! His recent promotion to Director of Program Services was well deserved. Also, my gratitude to:

Christina Devlin, Office Manager

Gabby Garcia, Program Services Manager

Vivian Bacarreza Navarro, Bilingual Project Coordinator

Shelby Badger, AmeriCorps Client Outreach Coordinator

Beki Mitiku, Community Project Manager (former)

Becky Shank, AmeriCorps Community Project Coordinator

Karen Kozopas, Project Coordinator (volunteer)

Augustine Freeman, AmeriCorps Project Coordinator (former)

Alyssa Stagno, CPA Beckwith & Brown

We also couldn’t have done it without our terrific contractors, amazing volunteers and groups, and generous donors who stepped up again and again to help our neighbors in need. As always, your support and partnership are greatly appreciated. We appreciate YOU!

With gratitude,

Maury Peterson

Executive Director

We are pleased to welcome Rebecca (Becky) Shank to the RTMC Team! Becky recently retired from HUD where she was the Senior Advisor/Special Assistant to the Director at the Department Enforcement Center. As an attorney, she has extensive experience in a variety of roles at HUD and in the private sector. She earned a JD at the University of Maryland Law School and an AB in Political Science from Mount Holyoke College. In her new role, Becky will serve as our AmeriCorps Community Project Coordinator focused on outreach to help us reach more neighbors in need. Welcome, Becky!

Partnering with The Home Depot to Serve Veterans

The RTMC Team sends our gratitude to our volunteer friends from The Home Depot who came out despite the rainy weather to help RTMC homeowner clients, Mr. and Mrs. R. of Gaithersburg, MD. Mr. R. is a 90-year-old Veteran who served in the US Army. The Home Depot group jumped in to transform the yard, cleaning and trimming and adding mulch and flowers. They also repaired the deck, garage door, fence gate, downspout and installed a new mailbox. Special thanks to Adam Goslin at The Home Depot Foundation and to Jill Stimpson, Store Leader at the Winchester Home Depot #4618 for her leadership to bring the project to fruition. Like RTMC, The Home Depot is passionate about giving back to our veterans and we were glad to partner on this project to help a veteran in need.

We're down to the wire! Our Fiscal Year 2023 will come to a close on TODAY, June 30th, and we still need your help to finish strong. Time is running out to make a difference for RTMC and the vulnerable homeowners we serve.

Your donation today is vital to our mission of providing critical home repairs and accessible modifications that allow neighbors in need to remain safely in their own homes. Every dollar counts and contributes to preserving the existing affordable housing in Montgomery County. Thank you for your unwavering support of RTMC! Click below to make your life-changing gift.

Special thanks to our friends at Covenant Life Church for leading a project to help our partners at The Arc of Montgomery County. RTMC's mission is to help other nonprofits in the community that are serving vulnerable populations. For over 60 years, The Arc Montgomery County has supported children, youth, adults, seniors and families affected by disabilities like autism and Down syndrome, by providing childcare, work skills training, employment, community living services, resources, respite care and advocacy.

Celebrating Our Volunteers at Cheers to Volunteers

We sure had a great time at our Cheers to Volunteers event held on June 1st. Thanks to our amazing community of ReBuilders for coming out. At the event, we presented a few awards to recognize some of our terrific ReBuilders who went above and beyond in in FY23:

House Captains of the Year: Paul Howey and Stephen Lee

Above and Beyond Award: Lance Wolin

First-Time House Captains: James Goldthorpe of GE Frisco and Keva Chawla of Kynoch Environmental Management

Outstanding Corporate Partner: Davis Construction

Outstanding Area Coordinator: Ed Mullaney

Outstanding Community Partner: Neelsville Presbyterian Church

Outstanding New Contractor Partner: HandyPro

Outstanding In-Kind Partner: ACM Services, Inc. 

We also recognized Montgomery County Government, the Department of Housing and Community Affairs (DHCA), and presented award to the following Montgomery County Council Members who have been champions for affordable housing and the homeowners we serve:

Council President Evan Glass

Council Vice President Andrew Friedson

Councilmember Natali Fani Gonzalez

Join Us at RTMC's Golf Tournament

Sponsorships and foursomes are selling fast for our annual RTMC Golf Tournament to take place on Monday, October 2nd at Bretton Woods Golf Course in Germantown. Join us and help raise funds to make critical home repairs for neighbors in need. Register today! More info at rebuildingtogethergolftournament.com

Special thanks to our friends at The ARC of Montgomery County for presenting Rebuilding Together Montgomery County with their Volunteer of the Year Award. RTMC Team Members Vivian Bacarreza Navarro, Christina Devlin and Maury Peterson accepted the award on behalf of our wonderful volunteers who helped to transform three of The Arc's residential sites this past year. We were also delighted to be on hand to help The Arc celebrate their 65th anniversary of service to Montgomery County.

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