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Newsletter: June 2025

Summer Is Our Growing Season
Summer 2025 programming is about to start, offering students and families a season packed with fun and enriching programs designed to increase school connection and build skills key to success in school and life. We start with team-building, then dive into hands-on STEM activities, and therapeutic arts and sports as well as exciting field trips – ensuring participants find inspiration and belonging this summer.
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Job Fair Opens Opportunities
Jobseekers flocked to Identity’s Job Fair in June to network with employers from industries such as elder care, childhood development, car dealerships and trades. Staff provided on-the-spot resume assistance, translation when needed, and other support – even a lesson in how to tie a necktie for some of the younger job-seekers. One client was offered a job on the spot! Read More... [[link removed]]

The Backpack Supply Drive Needs You!
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Join friends of Identity who have already donated school supplies and signed up to volunteer at our 5th Annual Backpack Supply Drive. Check out our WISHLIST [[link removed]] and VOLUNTEER [[link removed]] opportunities. We’re on our way to filling more than 500 backpacks for young people, many of whom have fragile connections to their education. And the benefit for them is more than just supplies, but a personal connection and check-in with Identity staff before school starts. Read More... [[link removed]]

Special thanks to our Backpack Supply Drive Oro Sponsor Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation, and our Amigo Sponsors: Jewish Community Relations Council, Leder Family Foundation, Malloy Law Offices, Manhattan Strategy Group, Stein Sperling and Wealthspire Advisors.

Their First Tournament
Identity youth at Whetstone Elementary School fielded a team of 25 players for a school-wide soccer tournament, with 60 parents cheering them on. Competing teams included three from the WES Soccer Club, and two enthusiastic kindergarten teams. Identity staff said they were truly inspired by the energy and sportsmanship and strong community support.

ENOUGH Kickoff
Over 150 students and their families attended the Gaithersburg-Montgomery Village ENOUGH Community Kick-Off in May at Summit Hall Elementary School. Food, music and dancing brought neighbors together to learn how to participate in the ENOUGH Community Advisory Board and work groups. ENOUGH is a state-wide initiative of Governor Moore to reduce child poverty and increase economic mobility one neighborhood at a time. District 39 Delegate Greg Wims joined the celebration and ENOUGH partners City of Gaithersburg, 480 Club, Gaithersburg Beloved Community, Identity, Housing Initiative Partnership, MCPS and UMD School of Public Health. Thanks to the Upcounty Hub, which distributed 100 boxes of fresh produce to families
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Remembering Larry Buc
From Thanksgiving dinners for young Identity families to books for early readers, Larry Buc believed in the promise of all young people and invested in them through Identity with love and generosity. He was an early supporter and driver of the Neighbors Rising collaboration, which has been making a difference for Identity youth and families for more than 7 years. Larry passed away in May. Our hearts go out to his wife Leigh, children and grandchildren, and fellow members of Neighbors Rising.

Former Client Pays It Forward
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Former Workforce Development client Jose H. recently donated gift cards to current Identity clients, remembering how such gifts motivated his workforce journey. Now a master electrician, Jose says, “I believe it doesn’t matter what you do in life, but you have to do it with passion and love and education. Identity helped me do that and I wanted to give something back.” Read his story here. [[link removed]]

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