On Friday, November 5 2021 Community Bridges will honor Ana Sol Gutiérrez as the 2021 Girl Legacy Award recipient. Ana is a role model to CB girls as she's spent her career in service to the community. We are honored to have her join us virtually at our annual gala, Girl Legacy. Ana [...]
Overview of CB Programs CB Girls Program: This year we served 244 girls in grades 4-12. 97% of CB girls would recommend the CB Girls Program to a friend CB Family: CB connected families with .5 million pounds of food. Delivered groceries to 49 families: 13 elementary school families, 14 middle school families, 17 high school [...]
Community Bridges Receives $8,250 grant from the City of Takoma Park as part of the Community Quality of Life Grants Program FY22 The grant award from the City of Takoma Park will support the development, delivery and the use of literary, performing, visual and culinary arts within the Community Bridges Girls Program. The [...]
2021 College Signing Day! Saying that CB seniors didn't have a traditional "senior year" would be an understatement, but despite distance learning and other hurdles that happened due to COVID-19, our CB seniors persisted. Today is #CollegeSigningDay, a day where many seniors nationwide commit or "sign" to a college/university. We are so impressed [...]
Community Bridges stands in solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. As anti-racist agents, we continuously fight for a fully inclusive and equitable society and beyond it. We believe that everyone has a responsibility towards a zero-tolerance for hate environment. While there has been a significant rise in hate crimes against the [...]
Someone asked me recently if there was something I would change from my time in high school. There is, and that list is endless. I could have gotten better grades, applied to more scholarships for college or I could have been more involved. They laughed at my response and asked [...]
Learn how CB staff has transitioned to delivering all programs virtually! Due to COVID-19, Community Bridges has not had the opportunity to conduct our traditional after-school Community Bridges Girls Program in person but instead we have pivoted and are doing more work than ever to meet the basic needs of our Community [...]
Community Bridges Receives $5,000 grant from the City of Takoma Park as part of the Community Grants Program FY21 The grant award from the City of Takoma Park will support the development, delivery and the use of literary, performing, visual and culinary arts within the Community Bridges Girls Program. The grant will also [...]
Brittany Johnson will Emcee Community Bridges Virtual Gala, Girl Legacy on October 22, 2020. From creating her own entertainment blog in college, to working with companies such as Sirius XM, Viacom, TMZ, Radio One, NBCUniversal and more. Brittany has her pulse on the now and future of digital media. After graduating from the [...]
Community Bridges will honor Carla Reid as the 2020 Girl Legacy Award Recipient on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Carla A. Reid serves as General Manager and Chief Executive Officer (GM/CEO) at WSSC Water. She is the first woman to serve in this capacity. Reid is a civil engineer and senior executive with more [...]