The Mall in Columbia Hosts Thanksgiving Food Drive for Grassroots
Non-perishable food and financial donations sought to provide meals for individuals and families in Howard County’s shelter for the homeless The Mall in Columbia is hosting a Thanksgiving Food Drive...
View ArticleCoalition to End Homelessness to hold Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day Event...
On Wednesday, December 21, the first day of winter and the longest night of the year, the Howard County Coalition to End Homelessness will hold a gathering to remember those lives lost in Howard...
View ArticleMarriotts Ridge High School Fills Empty Bowls for Grassroots
Benefit on Feb. 23 includes all the soup you can eat and a paint-your-own ceramic bowl created by students in the National Art Honor Society The National Art Honor Society, the Black Student Union and...
View ArticleEgg Hunt Fundraiser for Grassroots is Sunday, April 2, 1-3 p.m.
The weather forecast promises sunny skies and almost 60 degrees for this Sunday’s Egg Hunt Fundraiser for Grassroots on the Kittleman Family Farm in West Friendship.The benefit will include a Petting...
View ArticleGrassroots Volunteer Physician Retires After 20 Years of Service
Dr. Joe Gagliardi led a volunteer staff of 3 doctors and 10 nurses to provide treatment, advice and counseling to the “routinely neglected” Dr. N. Joseph Gagliardi Dr. N. Joseph Gagliardi, who served...
View ArticleVolunteers and Donors Rise to the Challenge
Grassroots faced many challenges during the past fiscal year, as record numbers of callers, clients and residents turned to us in their time of crisis. In addition to the best efforts of talented and...
View ArticleSeptember is Suicide Prevention Month
In recognition of National Suicide Prevention Month – and every month – Grassroots Crisis Intervention encourages community members to learn how they can help individuals who might be feeling...
View ArticleGrassroots Has Moved and Expanded Services!
Grassroots has moved its location in order to substantially expand its 24-hour crisis intervention, mental health, substance use disorder, housing support and suicide prevention services. This...
View ArticleGrassroots is Recognized for Changing Lives!
Recently, Grassroots was honored for its lifesaving work and expansion on four separate occasions. This month, Grassroots was recognized for our expansion of services to our new crisis center at 8990...
View ArticleChat with Us, 24-7
Grassroots now provides support to texters and chatters via 988 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. People contact 988 for a variety of reasons, including loneliness, anxiety/depression,...
View ArticleGrassroots Awarded Major Accreditation
Grassroots recently received a major accreditation from CARF International, the highest level of accreditation that can be awarded to mental health, crisis and substance use disorder programs....
View ArticleWe Love Our Volunteers!
Grassroots was so excited to host our first annual Volunteer Recognition Celebration. We honored our wonderful and dedicated volunteers who greet individuals who walk into our emergency shelter, help...
View ArticleWe Love our Volunteers!
Grassroots hosted our first annual Volunteer Recognition Celebration. We honored our wonderful and dedicated volunteers who greet individuals who walk into our emergency shelter, help to organize the...
View ArticleGift of Art Enriches Grassroots Crisis Center
Grassroots is excited to be the new home of local artist Stan Wencour’s amazing work! The Grassroots crisis center was chosen as the location for Stan’s art through the program, Art Connection in the...
View ArticleGrassroots receives grant to provide free mental health care
Grassroots is excited to announce that we have been awarded $430,000 in grant funding from the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC) to expand our Outpatient Mental Health Clinic...
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