As COVID-19 continues to spread, the future has never felt so unpredictable. These are challenging times for us all, and we hope your family and you are in good spirits and health! Right now, Community Bridges is doing everything possible to sustain our daily operations and to provide virtual programming and [...]
We are very excited to announce that Community Bridges Executive Director, Shannon Babe-Thomas will be honored with the 2020 Rising Star Award at the Montgomery Women’s 16th Annual Power Tea! The tea will take place on Sunday, March 1, 2020 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland. [...]
Community Bridges has been awarded a grant from the Foley Hoag Foundation for the Community Bridges High School Girls Program! The Foley Hoag Foundation supports programs addressing inequality in its various forms, including but not limited to racial, ethnic or gender disparities. Through the support of the Foundation, Community Bridges will work to [...]
Once a year, the Best Buy Foundation provides grants to local nonprofits, schools and libraries to support tech education programs for underserved teens in communities where Best Buy does business. We are happy to announce that Community Bridges has been selected as a grantee of the Best Buy Foundation Community Grant. The grant [...]
On November 13, 2019 we will honor Anna Bard with the Building Bridges Award at Girl Legacy, Community Bridges' Annual Celebration. Anna attended the McColl Graduate School of Business at Queens University of Charlotte with the help of a fellowship. While still working at the Red Cross and pursuing her MBA, Anna spoke [...]
We are thrilled to announce that on November 13, 2019 we will be honoring Dr. DeRionne Pollard with the Girl Legacy Award at our annual celebration Girl Legacy. In 2010, DeRionne Pollard assumed leadership of Montgomery College, a three-campus community college with 55,000 credit and noncredit students. She spearheaded the development of a [...]
Community Bridges Wraps Up Its Second Year of the Healthy Bridges Program From July 29 - August 23, 10 CB middle school girls participated in Healthy Bridges, a program designed to educate girls on how to have a healthy lifestyle, physically and mentally. Weekly topics included Mindfulness, Fitness, Nutrition and Goal-Setting. Week One: Mindfulness [...]
We are thrilled to share that Community Bridges has been selected to receive a grant from the Fund for Children, Youth and Families from the Greater Washington Community Foundation! The Fund for Children, Youth and Families awarded $1.95 million to Greater Washington Region Nonprofits. Community Bridges has received $20,000 to support and expand [...]
We are now seeking sponsors for CB's annual Girl Legacy celebration, which will be held on November 13 at The Fillmore in Silver Spring. Visit our Girl Legacy 2019 registration page (hosted by Network for Good) to purchase a sponsorship today. Individual tickets are also available. For more details about sponsorship levels and benefits, download [...]
Community Bridges had the amazing opportunity to take 3 staff members and 10 CB girls on a Spring Break College Tour Road Trip. The road trip took place from April 15-18 with stops at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, Agnes Scott College and Spelman College. The experience was [...]