Give Locally to Support Your Community

Support your community by giving closer to home. Local charities and non-profit organizations understand and embrace the values and interests of our community. Giving locally improves our county's quality of life, building a stronger community. The Give Locally – Nonprofit Showcase is a program designed to highlight Carroll County's charitable community through television and here on the web. Find a current message from the charity of your choice and learn about their mission and needs. Link directly to the organization by clicking the name. You make community matter when you Give Locally.

Local non-profit organizations can participate in the Give Locally-Nonprofit Showcase, click here for more information. If your organization is not listed on this page, please email your information to webmaster@ourcarroll.com.


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Arts   |   Children   |   Civic   |   Clubs   |   Disabilities   |   Economic Development   |   Education   |   Government   |   Health   |   History   |   Human Rights   |   Human Services   |   Interpersonal Violence   |   Local Services   |   Media/Technology  
|   Merchant Associations   |   Nature/Animals   |   Poverty Relief   |   Religious Organizations   |  Seniors   |


ARTS

CATS
Carroll County Arts Council
91 West Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-7272
info@CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org
DONATE NOW

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To serve citizens and visitors by acting as a link between the arts community and education, business, government, the media, and the private sector.
 
 
Carroll County String Project
125 Airport Drive, Suite 14
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-857-4748

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Dedicated to providing the highest quality of music instruction at the lowest possible cost, the school offers music instruction to students of every age, ability and background.
 
 
 
Chamber Music on The Hill
410-857-2599
jselzer@mcdaniel.edu

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A special music program sponsored by McDaniel College that puts on four concerts a year.
 
 
Children's Chorus of Carroll County
91 West Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-871-3391
DONATE NOW

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To provide an accessible, quality choral experience for children in central Maryland.
 
 
Common Ground on The Hill
2 College Hill
Westminster, MD 21157
410-857-2771
DONATE NOW

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To offer a quality learning experience with master musicians, artists, writers, dancers, and thinkers while exploring cultural diversity in search of a common ground among ethnic, gender, age, and racial groups.
 
 
Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County
PO Box 512
Westminster, MD 21158
410-871-3371

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Dedicated to providing the community with the opportunity to not only hear music of the highest quality, but to also participate in making that music.


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CHILDREN

Carroll Child Care Center
224 N. Center Street - Rear
Westminster, MD 21157
410-861-0124

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To provide the most convenient, affordable, and professional care of the highest quality for the children of families of all income levels.
 
 
Carroll County Children's Fund
PO Box 93
Westminster, MD 21158
410-871-6086

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To assist with emergency medical, dental and pharmacy expenses of children in Carroll County who are uninsured and underinsured.
 
 
Carroll County Youth Service Bureau
332-140 Village Road, Suites 1-7
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-2500 x122

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To provide multi-disciplinary outpatient mental health treatment, as well as an array of specialty programs to children, adolescents, adults, and families.
 
 
Project Linus
410-871-0242
ccprojectlinus@comcast.net
DONATE NOW

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To provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need through the gifts of new, handmade blankets and afghans, lovingly created by volunteer "blanketeers."
 
 
Voices for Children of Carroll County
255 Clifton Boulevard, Suite 311
Westminster, MD 21157
410-840-2495
DONATE NOW

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Voices for Children of Carroll County, Inc. is the local Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program working with the Court to speak for the best interest of Carroll County children who have suffered abuse, neglect and/or abandonment and are in need of a safe, permanent home.
 
 
  Westminster Optimist Little League
Chris Henneman - 410-876-1572
John Parris - 410-259-9577
To provide community baseball for Westminster residents ages 5-12.


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CIVIC

Disabled American Veterans
2105 Moonlight Drive
Hampstead, MD 21074
410-239-2489
DONATE NOW

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To provide emergency services for disabled American veterans including transportation to the doctor, hospital, or grocery store; food; fuel; medication; assistance with paperwork for needed services, and home repair.
 
 
Taneytown Lions Club
410-756-1619
To conduct public service activities and raise money for many local projects as well as provide aid to the needy.
 
 
Westminster Rotary Club
410-871-0702

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To encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise.

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CLUBS

Boys & Girls Club of Westminster
25 Union Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-0135

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To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
 
 
Girl Scouts of Central Maryland
4806 Seton Drive
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-358-9711

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Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.


DISABILITES

The Arc
The Arc of Carroll County
180 Kriders Church Road
Westminster, Maryland 21158
410-848-4124
DONATE NOW
Arc Appeal
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To provide a variety of services and support to people with developmental disabilities and their families.
 
 
Change Inc
Change, Inc.
115 Stoner Avenue
Westminster, MD 21157
410-876-2179
DONATE NOW

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To provide services to persons with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities since 1969.
 
 
The Arc FOCAS - Families of Children
with Autism Support Group

862 Snowfall Way
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-857-1596
To provide support, resources, and education to families of children with autism, as well as those who provide services to such families in Carroll County.
 
 
Mosaic Community Services Inc.
255 Clifton Boulevard, Suite 313
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-751-5970
DONATE NOW

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To enhance the quality of life for people with mental illness.
 
 
Service Coordination
Service Coordination, Inc.
5303 Spectrum Drive Suite I
Frederick, MD 21703
info@servicecoordinationinc.org
301-663-8044
DONATE NOW

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To serve individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, those with mental health challenges, the elderly, transitioning youth, and court-involved individuals throughout Maryland by providing support to adults and children by connecting them with needed resources and services in their communities.
 
 
Spectrum Support, Inc.
6505 Ridenour Way E.
Eldersburg, MD 21784
410-875-8060
DONATE NOW
To support individuals with developmental and psychiatric disabilities so they may live, learn, work, and play in supportive communities.
 
 
Target Community & Educational Services
111 Stoner Avenue
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-9090
DONATE NOW

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To provide community living, vocational, and recreational services to individuals with developmental disabilities.

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The Community Foundation of Carroll County, Inc.
255 Clifton Boulevard
Westminster, MD 21157
410-876-5505

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To maintain and enhance the community's quality of life through philanthropic means.
 
 
Westminster Fallfest Inc.
P.O. Box #804
Westminster, Maryland 21158
410-848-6962

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To highlight Westminster's spirit of community and to provide benefits to not-for-profits that serve the community.

EDUCATION

Carroll Community College
1601 Washington Road
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-2553
DONATE NOW

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To provide adult learners, 16 years of age and older, with quality, accessible, educational services and life skills that will enable them to be self-directed learners, effective workers, and productive members of the community.
 
 
Carroll Community College Foundation
1601 Washington Road
Westminster, MD 21157
foundation@carrollcc.edu
410-386-8150
DONATE NOW

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Dedicated to the development of financial resources for the college to support the educational needs of all students, businesses, and the entire community.
 
 
Carroll Lutheran School
1738 Old Taneytown Road
Westminster, MD 21158
410-848-1050
office@carrolllutheranschool.org
To provide a quality education as a private Christian school serving students in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade, offering a Lutheran environment where the love of Christ is proclaimed through the integration of faith and life. Our proven and accredited academic curriculum is supported by faith and supplemented with activities that produce well-rounded students and future citizens. All faiths are welcome and children are encouraged to learn at their own pace and to their highest potential.
 
 
Literacy Council of Carroll County, Inc.
255 Clifton Boulevard,  Suite 314
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-857-0766
DONATE NOW

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To tutor those who need help in reading, spelling, phonics, writing, ESOL, basic math, and basic computer knowledge. To help individuals reach their life goals.
 
 
Counties Creating Consensus
P.O.Box 2111
Wesminster.MD 21157
410-984-8053

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To serve as a conduit to educate in a way that is convenient and interactive on all aspects of local government.


GOVERNMENT

Carroll County Sheriff's Office
100 North Court Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-386-2900
To serve as a full service law enforcement agency, an arm of the court, and a custodian of offenders.
 
 
Carroll County Tourism
210 E. Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-1388 or 800-272-1933
cctourism@ccg.carr.org

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Visitors are encouraged to stop by the Visitor Center at 210 E. Main Street, Westminster, where they will find friendly and knowledgeable staff to help them plan a day in Carroll County.
 
 
League of Women Voters
2570 Vance Drive
Mount Airy, MD 21771
410-875-2340

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To encourage the informed and active participation of citizens in government.

HEALTH

Access Carrol
Access Carroll
2 Locust Lane, Suite 301
Westminster, MD 21157
410-871-1478
DONATE NOW

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To provide primary health care to the uninsured, low-income residents of Carroll County.
 
 
Carroll Aquatics Inc.
2710 Hampstead-Mexico Road
Four Seasons Pool
Hampstead, MD 21074
Providing a variety of recreational, instructional, and competitive aquatics programs to our community.
 
 
Carroll County Health Department
290 South Center Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-857-5000, 410-876-2152, 410-857-3390

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The mission of our Health Department is to create and sustain a community of wellness in Carroll County. Our commitment it to assure the optimum quality of life by empowering the public with knowledge and resources through advocacy and community partnerships.
 
 
Carroll Hospice
292 Stoner Avenue
Westminster, MD 21157
410-871-8000
DONATE NOW

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To improve the quality of life for patients needing end-of-life hospice care.
 
 
Carroll Hospital Center
200 Memorial Ave
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-3000

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Carroll Hospital Center will help people maintain the highest attainable level of good health throughout their lives.
 
 
Donate Life Maryland
1-800-MD-DONOR
Dedicated to saving and enhancing lives by registering organ, eye and tissue donors.
 
 
Freedom Fitness
Carrolltown Center
Eldersburg, MD
410-795-9101

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Provides a high quality, low cost fitness program in southern Carroll County.
 
 
Joanna M. Nicolay Melanoma Foundation
"Tri-To-Win" Events

255 Clifton Boulevard, Suite 217
Westminster, MD 21157
410-857-4890
contact@melanomaresource.org
DONATE NOW
The voice for melanoma prevention, detection, care and cure.
 
 
Maryland Society for Sight
1313 W. Old Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21209
410-243-2020
fax: 410-889-2505
info@mdsocietyforsight.org
DONATE NOW

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For 100 years the mission of the Maryland Society for Sight has been to prevent blindness and preserve sight. The Society provides vision screenings for preschool children in Carroll County. Adult services include vision and glaucoma screenings. Eye health and safety information is available for all ages.
 
 
Mission of Mercy
255 Clifton Boulevard, Suite 301
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-857-4811
DONATE NOW

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To provide free medical care, free dental care and free prescription medications, via a mobile medical van, to the uninsured and underinsured at 7 clinic sites in Maryland.
 
 
The Partnership for a Healthier Carroll County
535 Old Westminster Pike, Suite 102
Westminster, MD 21157
410-871-7645
The Partnership for a Healthier Carroll County, Inc. strives to build the capacity of individuals and organizations to improve the health and quality of life in Carroll County, Maryland.
 
 
SPEECH PATHways Foundation
410 Meadow Creek Drive, Suite 206
Westminster, MD 21158
410-374-0555

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To ensure that the children of Carroll County and the surrounding areas have access to high-quality private speech-language pathology services and programs.
 
 
Y of Central MD
Carroll Coounty Family Center

1719 Sykesville Road
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-3660

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To help bring families closer together, to help children succeed in life, and to help adults take care of themselves through programs and services that build healthy bodies, minds, and spirits.

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HISTORY

Carroll County Farm Museum
500 S Center Street #1
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-3880
1-800-654-4645
ccfarm@carr.org

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Provides the public with the opportunity to experience mid-nineteenth Century rural life.
 
 
Carroll County History Project
1301 Washington Road
Westminster, Maryland
410-386-4415
DONATE NOW

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An initiative to preserve the history of Carroll County through the memories of its residents and visitors.
 
 
Historical Society of Carroll County
210 East Main Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-6494

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To preserve and promote public awareness of Carroll County and its rich heritage within the framework of American history.
 
 
Strawbridge Shrine Association
2650 Strawbridge Lane
New Windsor, Maryland
410-635-2600

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Formed on June 18, 1937 to preserve the history of Robert Strawbridge's ministry.
 
 
Westminster Clock Tower
410-876-5505

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To raise funds for the historic Westminster Clock Tower.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Carroll County Human Relations Commission
10 Distillery Drive
Westminster, MD 21157
410-795-8521
410-857-2999

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To promote harmony and understanding among the citizens of Carroll County, and to ensure that all individuals are free to exercise and enjoy all civic, economic, political, housing, recreational, and other human rights.
 
 
Carroll County NAACP
255 Clifton Boulevard - Suite 310
Westminster, MD 21157
410-751-7667

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To improve the political, social, economic, and educational status of minority groups; promote racial harmony and eliminate racial prejudice; to increase public awareness of the adverse effects of racial discrimination, and, where such discrimination is found to exist, secure its lawful elimination.

HUMAN SERVICES

Caring Carroll
Caring Carroll
P.O. Box 842
Westminster, MD 21158
410-775-5596
caringcarrollinc@gmail.com
Caring Carroll PSA
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Caring Carroll recruits, trains, and supports a network of volunteers who help to meet the non-medical needs of chronically ill, disabled, isolated, or frail adult residents of Carroll County who are striving to remain independent in their own homes.
 
 
CCASH
Carroll County Alliance or Support & Hope
1337 Silver Run Valley Road
Westminster, Md 21158
410-775-0308
info@CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org
DONATE NOW

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To provide relief to the poor, the financially distressed, the homeless and the underprivileged people of Carroll County.
 
 
 
Carroll County Community Mediation Center
1601 Washington Road
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-8000

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To promote peaceful resolution of conflict and collaborative problem solving by providing a range of conflict resolution services, education and professional training to the Carroll Couty community.
 
 
Food Sunday
Carroll County Food Sunday
10 Distillery Drive
Westminster, MD 21157
410-857-7926
DONATE NOW
Food Sunday PSA
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To collect non perishable food and money to buy food, and make it available to people who are hungry.
 
 
Salvation Army
Carroll County Salvation Army
300 Hahn Road
Westminster, MD 21157
410-876-9358

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To provide emergency services and friendship to people who are in need.
 
 
Century High School Career Connections
355 Ronsdale Road
Sykesville, MD 21784
410-386-4400 x225
Workforce preparation and economic development partnership, helps prepare today's students for the career and educational opportunities of tomorrow.
 
 
Dads Works
P.O. Box 481
Westminster, MD 21158
443-605-6358
DONATE NOW

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Helping Fathers Be Great Dads
 
 
Family & Children's Services
22 North Court Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-876-1233

FCS Appeal
Committed to providing targeted services to vulnerable families and individuals in all stages of life who are experiencing problems related to social and personal adjustment thereby enhancing their quality of life.
 
 
Family & Children's Services
West End Place

7 Schoolhouse Avenue
Westminster, MD 21157
410-840-0406

West End Appeal
To provide adults age 50 and over with structured daytime activities, socialization, nursing supervision and fun in a pleasant comfortable atmosphere.
 
 
Get Connected Family Resource Center
255 Clifton Blvd
Westminster, MD 21157
410-871-0008
To assist families in learning about, navigating and managing systems of care as they become empowered advocates for their children.
 
 
Goodwill Industries of Monocacy Valley
200 Baltimore Boulevard
Westminster, MD 21157
301-662-0622
DONATE NOW

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Goodwill creates hope, jobs and futures in our community.
 
 
Human Services Programs of Carroll County, Inc.
10 Distillery Drive
Westminster, MD 21158
410-857-2999
DONATE NOW

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To improve the quality of life and self-sufficiency of at-risk and low-income Carroll County residents by providing assistance with basic needs, advocacy, linkages to resources and opportunities to enhance life skills.
 
 
Marriage Resource Center
255 Clifton Boulevard, Suite 213
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-9003
DONATE NOW

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To Prepare, Strengthen and Restore Marriages through relationship education and mentoring.
 
 
Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland
255 Clifton Boulevard, Suite 312
Westminster, MD 21157
410-857-4447
DONATE NOW

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To enhance quality of life through the provision of nutritious meals, daily social contact, and related services.
 
 
Shepherd's Staff
30 Carroll Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-857-5944
DONATE NOW
To provide a Christian outreach and support center which offers assistance to resolve short-term crises while seeking pathways to self-sufficiency.
 
 
 
Westminster Community of Shalom
25 Union Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-259-2082
DONATE NOW

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Provide resources for quality and affordable housing, health and education, economic well-being, and spirtual growth opportunities for persons of all ages.

INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE

Rape Crisis Intervention Services
P.O. Box 1563
Westminster, MD 21158
410-857-0900
DONATE NOW

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To provide counseling and support services to people in the community hurt by sexual violence, and to eliminate sexual violence in Carroll County through education and advocacy.

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LOCAL SERVICES

 
 
  Anverse, Inc.
255 Clifton Boulevard
Westminster, MD 21157
410-871-9030
 
 
CATS
Carroll Area Transit System
211 Greenwood Avenue
Westminster, MD 21157
410-857-0884

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To provide safe, efficient, affordable, customer-friendly community transportation to ensure mobility for the residents of Carroll County.
 
 
CATS
City of Westminster Recreation and Parks Deptartment
410-848-9000

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Dedicated to providing citizens with safe and enjoyable activities, events and park services. It is committed to organizing and promoting a variety of recreational activities and events designed to encourage family interaction and personal enjoyment.

MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY

Carroll Technology Council
255 Clifton Boulevard, Suite 215
Westminster, MD 21157
443-244-1262
To provide leadership, information and resources to educate, attract, and influence technology in Carroll County in order to prepare the county for the future.
 
 
CMC
Community Media Center
1301 Washington Road
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-4415
DONATE NOW

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To provide the facilities, equipment, and technical support necessary to allow everyone to affordably access today's dominant communications technologies.

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MERCHANT ASSOCIATIONS

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce
700 Corporate Center Court, Suite L
Westminster, MD 21158
410-848-9050

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To promote a sound economic environment in which our business community can prosper.
 
 
Taneytown Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 18
24 East Baltimore Street
Taneytown, MD 21787
410-756-4234

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To promote our member businesses and organizations, thus benefiting the entire community.

NATURE/ANIMALS

 
Bear Branch Nature Preserve
300 John Owings Road
Westminster, MD 21158
410-848-2517

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To provide nature study and environmental education to visitors of all ages, focusing on native plant and animal life.
 
 
Carroll County Forest Conservancy Board
328A East Nicodemus Road
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-848-9290
DONATE NOW

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To promote wise management and conservation of our rural and urban forest resources in Carroll County through advocacy and environmental education.
 
 
Change Inc
Charlotte's Quest Nature Center
3400 Wilhelm Lane
PO Box 864
Manchester, Maryland 21102
410.374.3395
DONATE NOW

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To provide nature education and opportunities to explore the natural world.
 
 
Days End Farm Horse Rescue
1372 Woodbine Road
Woodbine, MD 21797
301-854-5037 or 410-442-1564
info@defhr.org
DONATE NOW

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Ensuring quality care and treatment of horse through intervention, education and outreach.
 
 
Humane Society of Carroll County
2517 Littlestown Pike
Westminster, MD 21158
410-848-4810 or 410-875-5379
DONATE NOW

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The Humane Society of Carroll County, Inc. attempts to alleviate the pain and suffering of animals. It also attempts to educate the public about their needs, shelter the lost and unwanted, reunite and adopt as many as possible and enforce the laws pertaining to their regulation and humane keeping.
 
 
Mid-Atlantic German Shepherd Rescue
P.O. Box 353
Mt. Airy, MD 21771
DONATE NOW

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Dedicated to rehabilitating and providing a second chance to German Shepherds and shepherd mixes that have been abandoned, abused, lost, strayed or surrendered.
 
 
Tails of Hope Sanctuary
P.O. Box 875
Mt. Airy, MD 21771
410-549-4760
DONATE NOW

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Tails of Hope Sanctuary fosters healthy relationships among people, animals, and the earth by rescuing animals in need, teaching humane and environmental education, and promoting wellness in the minds, hearts, and bodies of all living things.

POVERTY RELIEF

North East Social Action Program
1046 S. Carroll Street
Hampstead, MD 21074
410-239-6216
DONATE NOW

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To provide financial assistance to our community in need; to coordinate community resources, and to find solutions that respond to the total range of needs.
 
 
SERRV
SERRV, New Windsor
500 Main Street
New Windsor, MD 21176
410-635-8711

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To eradicate poverty wherever it resides by providing opportunity and support to artisans and farmers worldwide.

RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS

Church of the Ascension
23 North Court Street
Westminster, Maryland 21157
410-848-3251

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Evensong Concert Series
 
 
 
Church of the Open Door
550 Baltimore Boulevard
Westminster, MD 21157
410-876-3838

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Opportunities for every age group, heart-stirring music and Bible preaching.
 
 
Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
Carroll County Detention Center
100 North Court Street
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-2606

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To provide spiritually mature, equipped, and motivated Christian chaplains to serve in correctional facilities nationally and internationally.
 
 
Pythian Sisters Charity Temple 35
410-857-9389
A non-profit organization that advocates for the betterment of the communities in which we live. Our principles are founded on purity, love, equality and fidelity. Our work in Carroll County: Adopt a Highway, Trick or Treat Challenge for Carroll County Food Sunday, Relay for Life, Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics, Adopt a Family for the Holidays and many more.

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SENIORS

  Carroll County Bureau of Aging
Senior Centers
410-386-3800
To provide social, educational, wellness, and recreational activities for senior citizens aged 60 and over in Carroll County, including meals, information and referral.
 
 
Carroll Lutheran Village
300 St. Luke Circle
Westminster, MD 21158
410-848-0090
To provide a continuing care retirement community serving older adults, 60 and over in residential living, assisted living, and a skilled nursing center.
 
 
 
Seniors Keep in Touch
125 Stoner Avenue
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-3812

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To improve the quality of life for eligible, isolated seniors through pre-arranged telephone links.


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