Thank you from Identity

January 2025

Heartfelt Thanks to our Donors
De Corazón, Muchas Gracias

Thank you to everyone who invested in Identity youth and families with year-end contributions and in-kind gifts. Together we will meet the moment to keep young people engaged in school, older youth engaged in work skills development and their parents equipped to help them. And like family, we will celebrate their victories and offer help when something extra is needed.

Keeping Families Warm

Donations of new and gently used coats poured in over the holidays for Identity families who need something extra to keep warm this winter. Board member Tal Widdes organized a coat drive through Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation and her Women’s Torah Study Group, and Board member Sarah Whitesell organized coat drives at St. John's Norwood and St. Dunstan's Episcopal Churches. Thank you for these extra acts of kindness.

Gracias Neighbors Rising

Thanks to Neighbors Rising for embracing older youth and their families, sharing pies and groceries to make this Thanksgiving a special one. It is all part of an effort to bring life changing support and services closer to where clients live and we are beyond grateful that Neighbors Rising is there with us.

Kids Helping Kids

Thank you to all of the young people who helped fellow students during the holidays. Pyle Middle Schoolers and youth and families from B'nai Israel Congregation again collected, packed and decorated more than 1,000 bags of snacks for students who are enrolled in Identity Out-of-School-Time programs.

Thank you Kentlands!

Thank you to the Kentlands Community Foundation and local runners for supporting Identity youth and families during their annual Kentlands/Lakelands 5K!

Identity HQ Update

We are nearing the day we can invite community members into our new home in Gaithersburg, currently being renovated, and to welcome all of you who brought us to this transformational moment.

Thank You Transformational Campaign Donors

Anonymous Donors

The APA Fund

Linna Barnes and Chris Mixter

Wanda Bautista

Emily R. Beckman and Andrew J. Ewalt

Bender Foundation, Inc.

Yonis Benitez

Diane and Kevin Beverly

Fernanda Bianchi

Shirley Brandman and Howard M. Shapiro

Sharon and Bob Buchanan

Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Carolyn and Rodolfo Camacho

Sonia and Rick Chessen

A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation

Annice Cody and Peter Braverman

Amanda and Andrew Coelho

Catherine Crockett

Sumintra and Jeffrey Dillman

Nancy Ebb and Gary Ford

Stew Edelstein

Claire Engers and David Silberman

Julie Farkas and Seth Goldman

Melanie Folstad and Rick McUmber

Sharon and Stephen Friedman

Hope Gleicher and Andrew Burness

Susan and Steve Hull

Jahanvi Desai Educational Foundation

Michael Jiménez and Karim Merchant

Nancy Kaplan

Samuel and Sylvia Kaplan Foundation

Sharon and Steve Kaufman

Susan and Peter Keisler

Cassie and Mike Knapp

Mimi and Michael Kress

Nancy Leopold and Jeff Wagner

Martin Lespada

Ivonne and Byron Lindley

Gail Maidenbaum and Phil Schreiber

Monica Marquina

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

The Richard E. and Nancy P. Marriott Foundation

Elisa Martin and Alejandro Yepes

Mead Family Foundation

Andra and Stephen Metz

Meyer Foundation

J. Henry Montes

Ana Morales

Nora Morales

Anna Parisi-Trone and Robert Trone

Marta B. and Manuel Perez

Vanessa Rodriguez

Sally Rudney and Scott Hoekman Family Fund

The Ruppert Family Foundation

Allison Russell and Tim Harwood

Kathleen Sanzo

Marla Schulman

Mark Schuman

Samuel and Zachary Shapiro

Sharing Montgomery Fund, Greater Washington Community Foundation

Steve Simon

Ilene Sparber

Gislene Tasayco and Juan Ducos

Amy Thrasher

Faith and Kevin Toruno

Allison and Bill Treanor

Diego Uriburu

Elizabeth Wheaton and William Arnold

Cliff and Deborah White Family Foundation

Sarah E. Whitesell and Wan J. Kim

Tal and Steve Widdes

Mary Lou Winkler and Gary Metz

Teresa R. Wright

Linda and Bob Youngentob

Repurpose Your Tech

KindWorks has helped more than 150 of Identity’s clients with free refurbished computers in recent years - helping them earn their GED, attend vocational and college classes, prepare for and search for work and much more. Do you have a laptop or tablet you are no longer using? Consider donating your used tech to KindWorks for Identity youth!

Happy New Year from all of us at Identity!

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