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S.O.S. Safe Ride & Second Chances Garage Collaborate

S.O.S. Safe Ride & Second Chances Garage Collaborate

Wayne Dorsey, S.O.S. Safe Ride President & Founder, and Cindy D'Aquino, Second Chances Garage Director of Development Vehicle donated to S.O.S. Safe Ride by Second Chances Garage. Second Chances Garage volunteers work on donated vehicle. S.O.S. Safe Ride...

Phoenix Foundation Announces Opening of Recovery High School

Phoenix Foundation Announces Opening of Recovery High School

The Phoenix Foundation of Maryland Recovery High School located at 117 East Church St. in Downtown Frederick. Sean Nicholson, the Phoenix Foundation's Director of Development, and Marvin Ausherman, Founder of Ausherman Family Foundation  In The News... November 18,...

Executive Director Breakfast Welcomes Maryland Nonprofits

Executive Director Breakfast Welcomes Maryland Nonprofits

Wendy Wolff, Director of Strategic Engagement at Maryland Nonprofits Three times a year, the Ausherman Family Foundation hosts an Executive Director Breakfast that brings together the paid leaders and executives of Frederick County nonprofits for discussion, idea...

Marvin Ausherman Receives FCBIA Lifetime Achievement Award

Marvin Ausherman Receives FCBIA Lifetime Achievement Award

Pictured from left are Denise Jacoby, FCBIA executive officer; Marvin Ausherman, recipient of the FCBIA Lifetime Achievement Award; and Tracie Clabaugh, current FCBIA president. Ausherman Family Foundations Founder, Marvin Ausherman, was honored with the Lifetime...

Temporary Mural Project Expanded in Downtown Frederick

Temporary Mural Project Expanded in Downtown Frederick

Vanessa Smith creates temporary mural at 69 S. Market St, Downtown Frederick A temporary mural project located at 69 S. Market Street in Downtown Frederick recently moved into the second phase and expanded to windows on the side of the building. The artist, Vanessa...

Initiative Aims to Address Safety Concerns in Downtown Frederick

Initiative Aims to Address Safety Concerns in Downtown Frederick

Pete Couchman, Director of Community Benefit Projects for the Ausherman Family Foundation; Gayon Sampson, Executive Assistant to the Mayor of Frederick. Photo by Graham Cullen, Frederick News Post The Downtown Safety & Services Initiative kicked off on Tuesday,...

Funding Awarded for Day Shelter Program

Funding Awarded for Day Shelter Program

People experiencing homelessness can seek respite from extreme weather at a Day Shelter located at Grace United Church of Christ while accessing mobile case management, health services, and programming from partnering agencies. The Salvation Army of Frederick County...

Literacy Program Increasing In Frederick

Literacy Program Increasing In Frederick

Literacy Council Program Participants The Literacy Council of Frederick County offers adults the opportunity to gain reading and other English language skills in a learner-centered format with compassion, confidentiality and respect. The programs empower them to...

Second Chances Garage Receives Funding

Second Chances Garage Receives Funding

Ausherman Family Foundation recently presented Second Chances Garage with a Capacity Building Grant to support a strategic planning retreat and a General Grant to support Operating Costs. The Board will utilize a consultant to build a strategic growth plan and...

Downtown Safety & Services Initiative Launches

Downtown Safety & Services Initiative Launches

Video courtesy of WDVM By: Brendan Reynolds, WDVM September 18, 2019 FREDERICK, Md. (WDVM) — The Downtown Safety and Services Initiative (DSSI) is a community initiative stemming from a conversation held back in the Fall of 2018 between the city of Frederick and...