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🦃 Join Us for the 12th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Drive! 🦃
It’s That Time of Year Again! 🍂🦃📆 Join HCAR Cares and the HCAR Cares Community Outreach Committee in our 12th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Drive with Neighbor Network! We’re collecting baskets until November 10th. Help us surpass last year’s 400 baskets and bring joy to more families. Download the flyer here or pick one up at the HCAR Office. Let’s make this year’s drive the best yet! 💛 Prefer to donate instead of shop?We’ve made it easy — give $100 or more and we’ll do the shopping for
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🛏 Help Us Support Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center – Twin Sheet Drive Now Underway!
HCAR Cares is proud to support Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center—and we need your help! Grassroots provides emergency shelter and critical services to individuals and families across Howard County. Right now, they are in urgent need
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Score Big for a Good Cause: Enter to Win Club Level Ravens Tickets!
Are you ready to experience Ravens football like never before—all while supporting a cause that gives back to our community? HCAR Cares is raffling off two premium Club Level tickets to the Baltimore Ravens vs.
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A Night of Blooming Elegance: HCAR Cares Spring Gala 2025
On Monday, April 28, 2025, HCAR Cares hosted its Homes & Hearts: Making a Difference Together Spring Gala at Old Line Kitchen & Wine Bar in Columbia, Maryland. The evening brought together REALTORS®, Preferred Partners,
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April Quarterly Grants: HCAR Cares Supports Local Changemakers
On April 1st, HCAR Cares had the honor of awarding $5,000 in quarterly grant funding to a group of outstanding organizations whose work is changing lives in Howard County and beyond. Representatives from the Coalition
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🌸 HCAR Cares Spring Gala: “Blooming Elegance” 🌸
Date: April 28th, 2025 | Time: 6 PM – 10 PM Venue: Old Line Kitchen & Cocktails – 6741 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, MD 21046 Join us for an unforgettable evening of elegance and impact
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HCAR Cares Sock Drive – Warm Hearts, One Pair at a Time!
This February, HCAR Cares is excited to kick off our Sock Drive, an initiative dedicated to supporting Grassroots Crisis Intervention, a cornerstone of care in our community. With your help, we aim to provide much-needed
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HCAR Cares Linus Project – Happy Hour & Sock Drive
🌟 Join us for a heartwarming evening with HCAR Cares! 🌟 We’re hosting a Project Linus Happy Hour & Sock Drive, and YOU can help provide warmth and comfort to children in need right here in Howard County,
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🦃 Join Us for the 11th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Drive! 🦃
As we step into another year of gratitude and giving, HCAR Cares is thrilled to announce the kickoff of our 11th Annual Thanksgiving Basket Drive! Over the past decade, our community has come together to ensure
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HCAR Cares donates school supplies for local children
Columbia, MD (August 13, 2024) – To help ensure every Howard County child is equipped for a successful academic year, HCAR Cares has donated over $1,000 in school supplies to the organization Prepare for Success
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[Our grant from HCAR Cares] allowed us to help hundreds and hundreds of students by purchasing composition notebooks, pencils, pens, and binders – so the students can feel that they are equipped with everything they need. We appreciate them helping us support the students in need in our community.
– Greta Luhar, The Kindness Pantry
