Montgomery Community Media

Today is Monday, Aug. 26. Partly cloudy today. Still cool. Here’s the forecast. 1. Back-to-School for Montgomery College: Montgomery College President Dr. DeRionne Pollard welcomes faculty, staff, and students on the first day of the academic year. The meeting is streamed live, here. Students begin classes Tuesday, September 3. 2. Sligo Creek Parkway Closures: Montgomery […]

Children who are staying at the Children’s Inn at NIH had a fun filled, space-themed day. The educational experience included a Skype interview with retired NASA Astronaut, Clay Anderson and a conversation about space medical research. Please watch the video for more details.    

Two families staying at The Children’s Inn at NIH in Bethesda have found comfort meeting others in the “rare disease community.” Lydia Mzame came to The Inn from Mombasa, Kenya to help her 13-year-old son who’s suffered from sickle cell disease since he was four months old. Mzame came with her husband and their two other children. […]

The Children’s Inn at NIH in Bethesda celebrated Rare Disease Day on Thursday. Because the holiday celebrates “rare” diseases, the holiday is ideally celebrated on the rarest day of the year, February 29. However, since this year wasn’t a leap year, it was celebrated on February 28. Stephanie Feinberg, the family program assistant at The […]

Santa Claus left his sleigh in the North Pole garage and rode through Montgomery County on his Harley motorcycle. No, Rudolph didn’t guide Santa on this trip; instead the Montgomery County Police Officers spent the day as Santa’s elves, escorting him to 10 stops in Montgomery County. Throughout the day, Santa and the officers visited […]

Montgomery County is home to many top-notched hospitals and medical facilities. There is one in Bethesda that is in a league of its own. Susan Kenedy reports. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

On this episode of Dialagondo, host Blanca Kling shares information about the wonderful partnership with the Children’s Inn at NIH. On the first half of the show Blanca is joined by Laura King, Sr. Director of Volunteers and Community Outreach at the Inn and Lt. David McBain, Deputy Director of the Traffic Division of MCPD. Laura […]

This Saturday, December 19th, Union Jack’s at Washingtonian Center is hosting the “Rock Bells Kids Helping Kids Benefit Concert”  from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free and benefiting The Children’s Inn at NIH. Event sponsors will be collecting gloves, hats, and scarves while local teen and kid bands perform. Miss Maryland Destiny […]

Residents and employees of Riderwood retirement community are encouraged to seek opportunities to live the company’s mission to “…share our gifts to create communities that celebrate life.” The end result is tens of thousands of volunteer hours contributed to the greater community each year. A recent example that comes from the heart is reported by […]

Santa will be riding a motorcycle on Wednesday, December 12 from Germantown to the Children’s Inn at NIH in Bethesda to deliver gift bags and donations collected by the Montgomery County Police. This annual event which includes over 40 uniformed policemen led by Santa on a Harley has become a highlight of the holiday season […]